Contributions from David Jenkins | Little White Lies

Contributor David Jenkins

Review

Citizens of the World

by David Jenkins

A light, frisky Italian comedy about three old geezers looking to leave Rome for a more fulfilling life.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Days of the Bagnold Summer

by David Jenkins

This melancholy comic character portrait of an emotionally estranged mother and son falls in its final act.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Guest of Honour

by David Jenkins

David Thewlis as a finicky health inspector is the high point of this otherwise bizarre and overwrought melodrama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two lambs stand in a garden with a colourful ornate shrine visible in the background.
Review

Krabi, 2562

by David Jenkins

Ben Rivers and Anocha Suwichakornpong observe the local customs of a Southern Thai community.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Creative Brief

My Picture Palace creative brief – the results

by David Jenkins

You built home cinemas and sent us video clips of them. We watched them and wept with joy.
In Praise Of

My Comfort Blanket Movie: Way Out West

by David Jenkins

This Laurel and Hardy gem from 1937 reminds David Jenkins of a time when he almost died laughing.
Review

The Whistlers

by David Jenkins

Double, triple and quadruple crosses play a part in this lightly-eccentric gangster thriller from a Romanian great.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect

Coming Out: Six great sexual awakenings in the movies

by David Jenkins

To celebrate the release of Moffie, we look back at some memorable queer coming-of-age classics.
Review

Extraction

by David Jenkins

Chris Hemsworth goes full Rambo in this slick, soulless shoot-em-up penned by Joe Russo.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Review

Fire Will Come

by David Jenkins

A fierce blaze tears across rural Galicia in Oliver Laxe’s ruminative docu-fiction hybrid.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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