Contributions from Fatima Sheriff | Little White Lies

Contributor Fatima Sheriff

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Review

Thunderbolts* review – the best Marvel film in a while

by Fatima Sheriff

There’s a lot of super­fi­cial fun to be had with this super­hero romp, which hasn’t been the case in the MCU for a long while.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Wicked review – Grande and Erivo’s chemistry is unmatched

by Fatima Sheriff

CGI Block­buster visu­als aside, there’s much to love in Jon M Chu’s adap­ta­tion of one of Broadway’s biggest musi­cal successes.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

No Other Land review – a microcosm of Palestinian resistance

by Fatima Sheriff

Call­ing for a free Pales­tine, this vital doc chron­i­cles the resilience of the Masafer Yat­ta com­mu­ni­ty and the occupation’s atroc­i­ties in the West Bank.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

My Favourite Cake review – a charming slice-of-life film

by Fatima Sheriff

An elder­ly woman dis­cov­ers romance again in Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaee­ha’s touch­ing dramedy.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Banel & Adama review – gorgeous but frustrating cinema as fairytale

by Fatima Sheriff

A young cou­ple’s romance threat­ens the future of their vil­lage in Rama­ta-Toulaye Sy’s visu­al­ly stun­ning but under­de­vel­oped drama.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Polite Society

by Fatima Sheriff

Fol­low­ing the blast of sit­com joy that was We Are Lady Parts, Nida Man­zoor takes a giant leap to the big screen with an in-your-face com­e­dy about crane-kick­ing the face of tra­di­tion­al mores.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

What’s Love Got to Do With It?

by Fatima Sheriff

A film­mak­er sets out to doc­u­ment her best friend’s arranged mar­riage in Shekhar Kapur’s cul­ture clash roman­tic comedy.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Hive

by Fatima Sheriff

A woman with a miss­ing hus­band turns to an inter­est­ing mon­ey-mak­ing ven­ture in Bler­ta Basholli’s intrigu­ing drama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Wildfire

by Fatima Sheriff

Two sis­ters are reunit­ed as their com­mu­ni­ty comes apart at the seams in Cathy Brady’s Trou­bles-era drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Souad

by Fatima Sheriff

Ayten Amin’s uncon­ven­tion­al com­ing-of-age dra­ma adopts a mat­ter-of-fact view of mod­ern Egypt­ian society.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Black Widow

by Fatima Sheriff

Scar­lett Johansson’s super assas­sin final­ly gets a solo run out in this enjoy­able adven­ture about messed up families.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Luxor

by Fatima Sheriff

Andrea Riseborough’s aid work­er finds cathar­sis in the ancient Egypt­ian city in this mov­ing dra­ma from Zeina Durra.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect

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