“Beast.” / “Major Arcana.”
“Beast” (2017, Amazon Prime) British psychological thriller , written and directed by Michael Pearce, stars Jessie Buckley as 27-year old Moll, who is treated by her controlling mother as flawed and a burden. (You may wiki the rest of the premise or plot.) Although critics consider 2018's “Wild Rose” as her breakthrough, “Beast” was Ms Buckley's first movie and may well be one of her best performances. I haven't seen all her movies (including “Wild Rose” and 2021's “The Lost Daughter,” which gave her an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress) so I can't really say “Beast” is her best. But I saw her in about 5 or 7 movies. All that I can say is, Jessie as Moll, is power performance, restraint and forewarning like a fuse to a dynamite. So the eventual explosion (although not entirely expected) jars the viewer's nerves. Co-lead Johnny Flynn as the tortured soul Pascal is also fine but this is all a Jessie Buckley ride. You'd disregard the