Contributor David Jenkins

Review

Hostiles

by David Jenkins

Christian Bale gives it his actorly all as a jaded cavalry gunslinger in Scott Cooper’s dour, old-timey western.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Persona (1966)

by David Jenkins

Ingmar Bergman’s enigmatic masterpiece still shines with a piercing intensity after 50 years.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Review

Mountains May Depart

by David Jenkins

Jia Zhangke’s ambitious, multi-stranded romantic epic features a stunning central turn from Zhao Tao.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Phantom Thread

by David Jenkins

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest is a swooning, masochistic love story set in mid-century London. It might just be his best film…

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
In Praise Of

In praise of Jacques Tati’s Playtime

by David Jenkins

We have teamed with MUBI and the ICA to host a 35mm screening of this true original.
Review

Happy End

by David Jenkins

Europe’s refugee crisis backdrops this unconventional family drama from deadpan master Michael Haneke.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Interviews

Michael Haneke: ‘I use the internet, but I don’t have time to waste on social media’

by David Jenkins

The Austrian auteur explains why he had to create a Facebook account for his new film, Happy End.
Review

Beach Rats

by David Jenkins

A Brooklyn teen struggles to find his own identity in Eliza Hittman’s stirring ballad of sexual awakening.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Antiporno

by David Jenkins

Sono Sion deconstructs power relationships on a porn movie set in this colourful, cacophonous miniature.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Battle of the Sexes

by David Jenkins

Emma Stone and Steve Carell go head-to-head in this fascinating true story of sport and sexism.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect