Contributions from Jack King | Little White Lies

Contributor Jack King

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Review

Boiling Point

by Jack King

Stephen Graham plays a head chef pushed to the limit in this impressive one-shot pressure-cooker kitchen drama.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Levan Akin: ‘A lot of people in Georgia are living secret lives’

by Jack King

The director of And Then We Danced discusses his film’s impact on the LGBT+ community in Georgia and beyond.
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Festivals

Welcome to Chechnya – first look review

by Jack King

David France’s vital documentary interrogates the ongoing queer genocide in the Russian republic.
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In Praise Of

‘Is butter a carb?’ How Mean Girls became Meme Girls

by Jack King

Director Mark Waters on how his hit high school comedy turned into a font of gif-based rejoinders.
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In Praise Of

Remembering Longtime Companion, a pioneering portrait of the AIDS crisis

by Jack King

Norman René’s compassionate opus remains the only theatrically released film to accurately reflect the epidemic’s impact.