Drama Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

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Review

Tuesday review – a magical realist allegory

by Anton Bitel

A moth­er and her teenage daugh­ter come face to face with death in the form of a strange talk­ing bird in Daina Oni­u­nas-Pusic’s fea­ture debut.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

It Ends With Us review – struggles to grapple with its heavy themes

by Anna McKibbin

Lit­er­ary behe­moth Colleen Hoover makes her cin­e­mat­ic debut, with this mean­der­ing, shal­low exam­i­na­tion of domes­tic abuse.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Alma’s Rainbow review – a stylish gem

by Marina Ashioti

30 years since its ini­tial release, Ayoka Chenzira’s under­seen debut fea­ture receives a gor­geous 4K restoration.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Dìdi review – a neo-nostalgic period piece

by David Jenkins

Set in 2008, a 13-year-old boy under­goes the tri­als and tribu­la­tions of his final month of mid­dle school in Sean Wang’s direc­to­r­i­al debut.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

I Saw the TV Glow review – an instant queer classic

by Esther Rosenfield

Jane Schoen­brun’s sopho­more fea­ture is an unnerv­ing take on lone­li­ness, iso­la­tion, and the endur­ing mys­ter­ies of chil­dren’s media.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

About Dry Grasses review – consistently mind-expanding

by David Jenkins

Nuri Bilge Cey­lan’s mag­nif­i­cent lat­est fol­lows the dai­ly life of a can­tan­ker­ous Eng­lish teacher in a small Ana­tol­lian village.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Shayda review – a moving, necessary picture

by Madeleine Wilson

Noo­ra Niasar­i’s ten­der dra­ma fol­lows a moth­er and her six-year-old daugh­ter who take shel­ter at a wom­en’s refuge after flee­ing an abu­sive marriage.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Crossing review – sensitive and soulful

by Hannah Strong

A retired Geor­gian teacher sets out to reunite with her estranged niece in Istan­bul in Lev­an Akin’s com­pas­sion­ate third feature.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Kill review – a bumpy ride along parallel tracks of heroism and villainy

by Anton Bitel

A young man sets out to save his true love and ends up caught in a bloody bat­tle aboard a train in Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s riotous actioner.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Nature of Love review – cinematic and exuberant

by Josh Slater-Williams

A uni­ver­si­ty pro­fes­sor’s life is turned upside down when she falls in love with a con­struc­tion work­er in Monia Chokri’s under­stat­ed roman­tic comedy.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect