Kim Ki-duk's 18th film offers the usual style and panache, but lacks the grace and power of 3-Iron, writes Mark Kermode
The Great Beauty, About Time, Riddick: this week's new films
The Great Beauty | About Time | Riddick | Ain't Them Bodies Saints | Museum Hours | Pieta | The Stuart Hall Project | The Great Hip Hop Hoax | No One Lives | More Than Honey | Jadoo | Any Day Now
Pieta – review
Though no masterpiece, Kim Ki-duk's tale of redemption bristles with the Korean film-maker's trademark anger and agony, writes Peter Bradshaw
September 2012
Venice film festival demotes The Master to grant Pieta top prize
Religious allegory divided critics yet goes home with the Golden Lion, while Paul Thomas Anderson's acclaimed drama bags directing and acting awards
