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A ★★★★ review of Leviticus (2026)
Adrian Chiarella's first feature follows Naim and Ryan, two teenage boys in a small, religious Australian town. After a conversion-therapy ritual, an entity starts stalking them, and it takes the shape of the person each boy wants most: the other one. It's a brutal premise, and Chiarella handles it with real care. Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen are excellent. Their slow, awkward, tender connection feels real, so each time the entity shows up wearing a familiar face, it hurts as much as it scares. Mia Wasikowska is quietly chilling as Naim's mother, a reminder that the scariest people here are