Contributions from David Jenkins | Little White Lies

Contributor David Jenkins

Review

Memoir of War

by David Jenkins

A perfectly calibrated central performance by Mélanie Thierry powers this dour wartime literary drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Aladdin

by David Jenkins

This ultra-glossy ​‘live action’ remake of Disney’s 1992 mega hit cleaves too closely to the original to justify its existence.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Review

Birds of Passage

by David Jenkins

Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego mix ethnography and classical genre filmmaking to vibrant, if lumbering effect.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Interviews

Claire Denis: ‘Robert wrote to me saying that he never expected me to be such a punk’

by David Jenkins

A journey through the wondrous and terrifying cinematic cosmos of the High Life director.
Review

Amazing Grace

by David Jenkins

The live recording of Aretha Franklin’s seminal gospel album is one of the great music documentaries.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Review

Long Shot

by David Jenkins

Light romance in the west wing as Charlize Theron hires Seth Rogen to funny-up her speeches… and more.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Review

Donbass

by David Jenkins

War leads to absurd moral decline in the Ukraine in Sergei Losnitza’s pitch-dark comedy of oppression.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Canada Now Festival

Discover great new Canadian films at the 2019 Canada Now festival

by David Jenkins

Porn barons, rebel poets and teen sexuality are all part of this exciting cinematic crop.
Interviews

Romain Gavras: ‘I see this film as almost the anti-Scarface’

by David Jenkins

The French filmmaker and sometime MIA collaborator chats about his gangster epic The World Is Yours.
Review

The World Is Yours

by David Jenkins

Isabelle Adjani steals this playful French gangster comedy of hoods making a hash out of a simple drug deal.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect

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