Contributions from David Jenkins | Little White Lies

Contributor David Jenkins

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Rotting in the Sun review – bold and brilliant influencer satire

by David Jenkins

The impish Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Silva returns with a sharp thriller about an influencer who turns detective after a filmmaker he’s involved with goes missing.

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LWLies Magazine

LWLies 100: Special Anniversary Issue – Out now!

by David Jenkins

Party hats and streamers at the ready as we celebrate our bumper birthday edition – with four stunning covers up for grabs.
Review

Passages review – a tantalising romantic car-crash

by David Jenkins

Ira Sachs returns with an intimate, intense three-hander about a Fassbinder-like film director played by the great Franz Rogowski.

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Blue Beetle review – a fairly decent time at the movies

by David Jenkins

DC plunders the musty vaults for material and comes up with a poppy Latino riff on the boilerplate superhero yarn.

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The Future Tense review – invigorating, droll essay film

by David Jenkins

Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy reflect on matters of cultural identity in this hopscotching journey through time, space and the Irish Sea.

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L’Immensità review – infuriating hash of sentimentality

by David Jenkins

Penélope Cruz is in glamorous ​’70s matriarch mode in this patchy Italian family saga which tries to deal with themes it doesn’t fully understand.

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Oppenheimer review – Cillian Murphy’s finest hour

by David Jenkins

This combustible and relentlessly-paced biography of the ​“father of the the atomic bomb” is a contender for Christopher Nolan’s best film.

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Review

My Name is Alfred Hitchcock review – deep film analysis with a twist

by David Jenkins

Mark Cousins’ analytical survey of the Hitchcock filmography draws on a strange and not entirely helpful special guest for its narration.

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Review

Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

by David Jenkins

Fun, insidery profile doc of the creative team behind some of the most memorable album covers ever made – including Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon.

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Review

Name Me Lawand

by David Jenkins

A deaf Kurdish boy belatedly discovers the simple joys of communication in Edward Lovelace’s moving and politically prescient documentary portrait.

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