Contributions from David Jenkins | Little White Lies

Contributor David Jenkins

Festivals

Aftersun – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Paul Mescal doesn’t quite nail his role as a depressed young father in this emotionally furtive debut drama from Charlotte Wells.
Festivals

Brother and Sister – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Arnaud Desplechin’s scintillating family ensemble charts a toxic sibling rivalry, with Marion Cotillard and Melvil Poupard.
Festivals

Enys Men – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Mark Jenkin’s follow-up to 2019’s beloved Bait is the haunting tale of lonely botanist that offers audiovisual thrills a‑plenty.
Festivals

One Fine Morning – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Léa Seydoux plays a struggling single mother in a drama that’s not to Mia Hansen-Løve’s usual lofty standards.
Festivals

God’s Creatures – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Emily Watson and Paul Mescal enter into a battle of mother-son wills in this gorgeously-mounted but unoriginal Irish thriller.
Festivals

Final Cut – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Michel Hazanavicius comes up short in his underpowered remake of Shinichirou Ueda’s zom-com, One Cut of the Dead
Interviews

Gaspar Noé: ‘Vortex isn’t about the death of cinema, but its evolution’

by David Jenkins

The Argentinian enfant terrible on death, sex, his mature new film Vortex and why making TV shows isn’t worth his freedom.
Review

The Drover’s Wife

by David Jenkins

Leah Purcell writes, directs and stars in this violent psychological western about a Bushwoman defending her lonesome patch.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Incoming

Introducing… the new host of Truth & Movies

by David Jenkins

Leila Latif slinks into the presenting hot seat of LWLies’ weekly film review podcast.
Review

Happening

by David Jenkins

Audrey Diwan’s significant and unflinching adaptation of Annie Erneux’s memoir of a teen abortion is one of the year’s best films.

3
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect

Accessibility Settings

Text

Applies the Open Dyslexic font, designed to improve readability for individuals with dyslexia.

Applies a more readable font throughout the website, improving readability.

Underlines links throughout the website, making them easier to distinguish.

Adjusts the font size for improved readability.

Visuals

Reduces animations and disables autoplaying videos across the website, reducing distractions and improving focus.

Reduces the colour saturation throughout the website to create a more soothing visual experience.

Increases the contrast of elements on the website, making text and interface elements easier to distinguish.