Contributions from David Jenkins | Little White Lies

Contributor David Jenkins

Festivals

Female directors open and close the 2020 Glasgow Film Festival

by David Jenkins

Alice Winocour’s Proxima and Coky Giedroyc’s How to Build a Girl are among the highlights of the 16th GFF.
Review

Seberg

by David Jenkins

Kristen Stewart is woefully miscast in Benedict Andrews’ biopic of the late screen icon Jean Seberg.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect

Why it’s time to shut down the BAFTAs

by David Jenkins

It’s a(nother) good year to be a white man, as the nominations for UK’s premier film awards prove.
Review

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

by David Jenkins

The Star Wars saga comes to a close with a story that’s big on cameos and references, but short on excitement and surprises.

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Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Review

Shooting the Mafia

by David Jenkins

Kim Longinotto’s latest documentary offers a stark, deromanticised look at the Sicilian Mafia.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Knives Out

by David Jenkins

Rian Johnson does his best Agatha Christie impression in this riotous, star-packed homage to the classic whodunnit.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Atlantics

by David Jenkins

Mati Diop announces herself as a major new talent with this Gothic-tinged romantic mystery.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Interviews

Mati Diop: ‘It’s a unique experience to have characters come out of you’

by David Jenkins

With her eerie debut feature Atlantics, the actor-turned-director has delivered one of the year’s finest films.
Review

Little Women

by David Jenkins

Greta Gerwig delivers one of the great modern literary adaptations with her second feature as writer/​director.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Review

21 Bridges

by David Jenkins

This exceptionally poor cop thriller starring Chadwick Boseman prizes leery violence over basic coherence.

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Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect

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