Contributions from David Jenkins | Little White Lies

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Festivals

First Person Plural – first-look review

by David Jenkins

A bourgeois couple experience the noxious effects of a vaccine in this gorgeous, surreal study of corrupted minds and bodies.
Festivals

Vitrival – first-look review

by David Jenkins

This absorbing and carefully-crafted chronicle of a quaint Belgian village crumbling to pieces is 2025 breakout.
In Heaven Everything Is Fine

Eraserhead and the Lady in the Radiator

by David Jenkins

In our tribute to the works and worlds of David Lynch, David Jenkins reflects on his most spiritual film.
Review

By the Stream review – burrows under your skin

by David Jenkins

Korean director Hong Sang-soo returns with this playful study of creation, performance and why films don’t need audiences to be successful.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Here review – a forgiving and open mind is required for this one

by David Jenkins

This conceptually-intriguing folly sees Robert Zemeckis reteaming with Tom Hanks for an effects-driven everyman tale that never gets off the ground.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Review

Emmanuelle review – anticlimactic and unerotic

by David Jenkins

Audrey Diwan’s cold take on the infamous erotic softcore French novel leaves a bit too much to be desired.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Review

Architecton review – taps into the short-order nature of modern construction

by David Jenkins

Viktor Kossakovsky takes us on a journey through the concrete and stone that makes up much of our modern world.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

The Girl With The Needle review – politically pertinent Gothic horror story

by David Jenkins

Magnus von Horn brings subtlety and empathy to the serial killer genre in this extraordinary true-life yarn.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Mufasa: The Lion King review – let down by weak script and songs

by David Jenkins

A rousing, noble misstep from Barry Jenkins, in which the paw-print of this great filmmaker is too light to make out.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

A Complete Unknown review – drips with hollow trivia

by David Jenkins

Timothée Chalamet plays music legend Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s latest, which appears totally unwilling to escape the vapid biopic formula.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect

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