Contributions from David Jenkins | Little White Lies

Contributor David Jenkins

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Review

Timestalker review – ripples with insight and emotion

by David Jenkins

Alice Lowe’s mirac­u­lous sec­ond fea­ture is a tri­umph of imag­i­na­tion, soul-search­ing and a refined com­ic instinct.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

The Battle For Laikipia review – captures a violent story as it happens

by David Jenkins

A con­flict between indige­nous com­mu­ni­ties and white set­tlers in a region rav­aged by his­tor­i­cal griev­ances and cli­mate change is the sub­ject of this pow­er­ful doc.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Megalopolis review – scintillating, absurd and violently original

by David Jenkins

Ignore the haters – this is the kalei­do­scop­ic, enrich­ing, Well­sian vision of a grand old mas­ter with noth­ing to lose.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Festivals

On Falling – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The dire lot of a low paid fac­to­ry work­er is the sub­ject of this rig­or­ous if hard­ly rev­e­la­to­ry char­ac­ter study from debut direc­tor Lau­ra Carreira.
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Festivals

Afternoons of Solitude – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Albert Serra’s extra­or­di­nary, intense por­trait of tore­ador Andrés Roca Rey is one of the Span­ish director’s finest works to date.
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Festivals

When Fall Is Coming – first-look review

by David Jenkins

This light­weight Chabro­lian coun­try dra­ma from François Ozon sees an elder­ly retiree with a com­plex past try­ing to do right by her family.
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Festivals

The Serpent’s Path – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s third film of 2024 is a French-lan­guage remake of his own 1998 fea­ture about a grim, cycli­cal revenge mission.
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Festivals

I Am Nevenka – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Icíar Bollaín’s tabloidy but worth­while #MeToo dra­ma tells of a vic­tim of sex­u­al abuse with­in Spain’s local polit­i­cal scene.
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Review

The Goldman Case review – a thumping courtroom drama

by David Jenkins

Cédric Kahn recre­ates the grip­ping 1976 tri­al of polit­i­cal activist Pierre Gold­man in this immer­sive court­room drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

His Three Daughters review – fires on all pistons

by David Jenkins

Car­rie Coon, Natasha Lyonne and Eliz­a­beth Olsen play estranged sis­ters reunit­ing to care for their ail­ing father in Azazel Jacobs’ affect­ing cham­ber drama.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect