Contributions from David Jenkins | Little White Lies

Contributor David Jenkins

Review

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

by David Jenkins

Charming, if slight Dreamworks animated feature in which a kraken hides in plain sight as a gawky teen high-schooler in the run-up to prom.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

by David Jenkins

It’s an improvement on the execrable Crystal Skull, but James Mangold’s exhumation of the Spielberg adventure serial is both tame and unnecessary.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Interviews

A conversation with Milena Canonero, Wes Anderson’s costume designer

by David Jenkins

The four time Oscar-winner talks her formative connections with Stanley Kubrick and how she’s able to fulfil Wes Anderson’s unique aesthetic visions.
Review

Asteroid City

by David Jenkins

The maestro returns, the patented formula tweaked to blissful perfection in this witty and deeply moving exploration of the tools that we produce to help us see beyond our everyday vision.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Review

Pretty Red Dress

by David Jenkins

Dionne Edwards’ debut feature reconstructs the stereotypes of Black masculinity in a way that’s honest and unsentimental.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts

by David Jenkins

The extinction of the human race is on the table with this join-the-dots seventh entry to the apparently beloved fighting robot-based mega franchise.

2
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Festivals

Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall wins the 2023 Palme d’Or

by David Jenkins

The psychological courtroom thriller with the great Sandra Hüller wins the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Review

De Humani Corporis Fabrica

by David Jenkins

This humanist portrait of care, surgery and technology is Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor’s most overtly socially conscious work.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Festivals

The Pot-au-Feu – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel play late 19th century gourmands in Tran Ahn Hung’s scintillating epic of proto-foodie passions.
Festivals

Close Your Eyes – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The long-awaited return of Spanish filmmaker Victor Erice is a slow-burn marvel which climaxes in a sequence of overwhelming profundity and mystery.

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