Contributions from Jack King | Little White Lies

Contributor Jack King

A stern-faced chef in a white uniform and apron, scowling intensely in a kitchen setting.
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
Portrait of a man with a beard against a background of red and yellow geometric shapes.
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.
Two people looking at smartphones on a floral patterned rug.
Festivals

Welcome to Chechnya – first look review

by Jack King

David France’s vital doc­u­men­tary inter­ro­gates the ongo­ing queer geno­cide in the Russ­ian republic.
Two women in a school cafeteria, one with red hair drinking from a soda can, the other with blonde hair looking at her food tray.
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.
Three young men in casual clothing conversing and gesturing on a colourful background.
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.