Contributions from Jourdain Searles | Little White Lies

Contributor Jourdain Searles

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In Heaven Everything Is Fine

Desire Wore Blue Velvet

by Jourdain Searles

Jour­dain Sear­les reflects on the pow­er dynam­ics at play in David Lynch’s seduc­tive 1986 thriller.
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Review

Nightbitch review – Amy Adams is back

by Jourdain Searles

Amy Adams is on great form in Marielle Heller’s adap­ta­tion of Rachel Yoder’s nov­el about a new moth­er who is alarmed dis­cov­er she is turn­ing into a dog.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Nightbitch – first-look review

by Jourdain Searles

Amy Adams is on great form in Marielle Heller’s adap­ta­tion of Rachel Yoder’s nov­el about a new moth­er who is alarmed dis­cov­er she is turn­ing into a dog.
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Review

Stars at Noon

by Jourdain Searles

Claire Denis adapts Denis Johnson’s 1986 nov­el about love in a time of rev­o­lu­tion, with fas­ci­nat­ing results.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A human face with a serious expression, captured in a darkly lit setting.
Festivals

Emily the Criminal – first-look review

by Jourdain Searles

Aubrey Plaza deliv­ers a stand-out per­for­mance as a strug­gling artist with a crim­i­nal record who becomes involved with a cred­it card scam.
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Festivals

Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul – first-look review

by Jourdain Searles

Adamma Ebo offers a glimpse into South­ern Bap­tist cul­ture – specif­i­cal­ly the cor­po­rate greed of megachurch­es and cel­e­bra­to­ry pastors.
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Review

Ammonite

by Jourdain Searles

A reclu­sive fos­sil col­lec­tor has her qui­et life inter­rupt­ed in Fran­cis Lee’s atmos­pher­ic coastal drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect