Contributions from Natasha Jagger | Little White Lies

Contributor Natasha Jagger

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Review

Vermiglio review – a hushed yet effectively emotive drama

by Natasha Jagger

Set in 1944, Mau­ra Delpero’s Ital­ian dra­ma presents a com­plex famil­ial por­trait against the back­drop of a remote Alpine village.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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How MediCinema brings the magic of movies to hospital patients

by Natasha Jagger

Based inside var­i­ous hos­pi­tals across the UK, Med­i­Cin­e­ma recog­nis­es the pow­er of movies for peo­ple under­go­ing med­ical treatment.
Two people in red jackets riding a motorcycle together against a cloudy sky.
Review

Girls Will Be Girls review – sympathetic to teendom

by Natasha Jagger

Shuchi Talati’s sen­si­tive Sun­dance sen­sa­tion focus­es on a teenage girl in North India who expe­ri­ences first love amid clash­ing with her mother.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Rosalie review – very simple and enjoyable

by Natasha Jagger

A young French­woman in Brit­tany har­bours a secret about her appear­ance until she mar­ries a suit­or inter­est­ed in her dowry in this gen­tle peri­od drama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man and a woman seated in a wooden boat in a lush, green forest.
Review

The Score

by Natasha Jagger

Writer/​director Malachi Smyth’s fea­ture debut is a musi­cal heist film that strug­gles to strike the right chord.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

The Velvet Queen

by Natasha Jagger

Marie Amiguet and Vin­cent Munier track the elu­sive endan­gered Tibetan snow leop­ard in this poet­ic wildlife documentary.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Incoming

Who is Cate Shortland and why has she directed a Marvel movie?

by Natasha Jagger

How this tal­ent­ed Aus­tralian indie direc­tor end­ed up helm­ing one of the year’s biggest blockbusters.
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Women In Film

Why are there so few female film composers?

by Natasha Jagger

We list six great com­posers who aren’t one of the small pool of men who seem to get all the big com­pos­ing gigs in Hollywood.