Contributions from David Jenkins | Little White Lies

Contributor David Jenkins

A group of people gathered around a vintage bus in a lush, overgrown environment, black and white image.
Festivals

Grand Tour – first-look review

by David Jenkins

A visually ravishing if emotionally and thematically opaque travelogue is the latest from Portuguese maestro, Miguel Gomes.
Cartoon cat-like character sitting on a plate of cooked food, with flames in the background.
Review

The Garfield Movie review – as messy as a child eating spaghetti

by David Jenkins

Another lacklustre animated foray into the lasagne-smeared world of Jim Davis’ most famous comic creation.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Two people, an older man and a younger woman, standing and talking in a dimly lit setting.
Festivals

The Shrouds – first-look review

by David Jenkins

David Cronenberg’s melancholy exploration of how we retain our connection with the dead makes for one of his most beautiful love stories.
Young woman in white top and black trousers practising martial arts moves in a gym.
Festivals

Julie Keeps Quiet – first-look review

by David Jenkins

A young tennis star refuses to open about an abusive coach in Leonardo Van Dijl’s impressive feature debut.
A person in a red dress gesturing on a dark stage, with other people visible in the background.
Festivals

Emilia Perez – first-look review

by David Jenkins

This ghastly musical melodrama from Jacques Audiard tells of a Mexican cartel bosses’s gender affirming surgery.
A woman in a black and orange coat interacting with a white robot in an indoor setting.
Festivals

Caught by the Tides – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The Chinese maestro delivers his greatest film in this cut-and-paste jukebox musical melodrama.
Two young people, a man and a woman, standing close together in a dimly lit urban setting.
Festivals

Kinds of Kindness – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Yorgos Lanthimos returns with another scorcher in this innovative and darkly comic trio of films about spiritual domination.
Man in a suit pointing a gun at the camera in a dramatic, cinematic setting with yellow lighting.
Festivals

Megalopolis – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Ignore the haters – this is the kaleidoscopic, enriching, Wellsian vision of a grand old master with nothing to lose.
Monochrome image depicting a crowd of people wearing hats and coats, with a woman in the centre standing out from the group.
Festivals

The Girl with the Needle – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Magnus Von Horn brings subtlety and empathy to the serial killer genre in this extraordinary true-life yarn.
Two people, a woman with long blonde hair and a man with curly dark hair, standing close and facing each other in an indoor setting.
Festivals

The Second Act – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The opening film of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival offers a limp metafictional critique of the modern film industry.