‘Leviticus’ Is the Best Romance Movie of the Summer, Horror & All

More than a few times in Neon’s new thriller Leviticus, Naim (Joe Bird) and Ryan (Stacy Clausen) have their fingers in each other’s hair. They can’t help it. It’s intoxicating just how sensual and untamed you can feel running your fingers through your partner’s hair as you succumb to their kiss or fall into their arms. It’s so overwhelming that it can blot out the world around you and ward off anything prying into that moment, even a malicious entity hellbent on ripping you from it and then ripping you apart.

For Naim and Ryan, it first happens in an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of their deeply religious town of Victoria, Australia, where they seek momentary refuge away from a world they know doesn’t accept them.