Contributions from David Jenkins | Little White Lies

Contributor David Jenkins

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Review

Witches review – leaves you wowed, wounded and educated

by David Jenkins

This vital and deeply per­son­al essay doc care­ful­ly dis­sects and dis­man­tles age-old rep­re­sen­ta­tions of witches.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Tyler Taormina: ‘The soundtrack is one of the germinating seeds of the work’

by David Jenkins

Christ­mas Eve in Miller’s Point is a Yule­tide clas­sic in the mak­ing, and its direc­tor has a sin­cere fond­ness for the hol­i­day season.
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Interviews

Barry Keoghan: ‘I have my own method; I’m still learning and discovering’

by David Jenkins

The role of charis­mat­ic chancer Bug in Andrea Arnold’s Bird feels like a vic­to­ry lap for Hol­ly­wood’s most unlike­ly new darling.
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Review

Paddington in Peru review – a very well-executed threequel

by David Jenkins

It’s three for three in the beloved bear fran­chise, as our mar­malade-scoff­ing scamp heads off for an adven­ture in his South Amer­i­can homeland.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Juror #2 review – one of Clint Eastwood’s finest late-era films

by David Jenkins

Clint Eastwood’s 40th film offers a moral­ly com­plex riff on the tried-and-test­ed court­room dra­ma which cul­mi­nates in a killer final shot.

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4
In Retrospect
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Review

Anora review – an amazing, hypermodern concept for a film

by David Jenkins

A young sex work­er thinks she’s hit the jack­pot when she falls for a Russ­ian nepo baby, but his par­ents have oth­er plans in Sean Bak­er’s anti-rom-com.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Venom: The Last Dance review – air-headed escapism

by David Jenkins

Tom Hardy seems tired and con­fused in this com­ic book sci-fi sequel that hasn’t got an orig­i­nal bone in its alien sym­biote body.

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Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Dahomey review – a blueprint for anti-colonialist action

by David Jenkins

Mati Diop offers a cre­ative and mov­ing guide to dis­cussing anti-colo­nial­ist action in her very fine fol­low-up to 2019’s Atlantics.

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Anticipation
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4
In Retrospect
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Review

Portraits of Dangerous Women review – pleasant to a fault

by David Jenkins

Fol­low­ing a bizarre road acci­dent, the lives of three strangers col­lide in this cheer­ful yet mean­der­ing dramedy.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Alice Lowe: ‘I do want to make something timeless’

by David Jenkins

British filmmaker/​actor Alice Lowe reflects on the mak­ing of her sub­lime and refresh­ing­ly self-crit­i­cal sec­ond fea­ture, Timestalker.