Contributions from David Jenkins | Little White Lies

Contributor David Jenkins

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Review

Blue Moon review – one spry night of a fallen musical genius

by David Jenkins

Richard Linklater casts Ethan Hawke as drunken wit Lorenz Hart and charts the beginning of the end of his epic downfall. 

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Zodiac Killer Project review – all filler, all killer

by David Jenkins

Film essayist Charlie Shackleton takes dead-aim at the true crime industrial complex in this cheeky documentary about a dream project that wasn’t to be.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Fiume o morte! review – a lively and creative history lesson

by David Jenkins

Filmmaker Igor Bezinović restages a little-known early 20th century coup in this entertaining hybrid work that connects community and landscape.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Thing With Feathers review – simplistic self-help cinema

by David Jenkins

This genre-inflected adaptation of Max Porter’s 2019 bestseller starring Benedict Cumberbatch fails to leap off the page.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

The Running Man review – brings very little new to the death sports arena

by David Jenkins

Edgar Wright’s slick new adaptation of the dystopian Stephen King novel fails to tackle some of the key issues of our age.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Belén review – a superior femme-focused legal thriller from Argentina

by David Jenkins

Dolores Fonzi channels Pedro Almodóvar in this taut, true-life tale of a woman who is wrongly arrested while in hospital.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Anemone review – Daniel Day-Lewis’s return to the screen is a dour slog

by David Jenkins

There are some moments of pure magic in Ronan Day-Lewis’s directorial debut, but a tone of perpetual glumness doesn’t make for a fun time at the movies.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Relay review – Riz Ahmed shines in this slick corporate espionage thriller

by David Jenkins

David Mackenzie depicts the shady world of corporate whistleblowing and private fixers in this compelling Hitchcockian B‑movie.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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In Conversation

Kelly Reichardt: ‘I’m fascinated with people stealing art’

by David Jenkins

Robert Bresson, Warren Oates and Jean-Pierre Melville are just some of the ingredients of The Mastermind, an existential heist movie with a political twist.
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Review

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere review – a middling rock biog

by David Jenkins

Jeremy Allen White plays The Boss during a period of deep introspection and emotional confusion in this risk-averse film biography.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect

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