Drama Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

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Silhouetted carriage drawn by galloping horses in an open field, with a cloudy sky in the background.
Review

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 review – Kevin Costner’s blood, sweat and tears

by Isaac Feldberg

In the first half of his epic pas­sion project, Kevin Cost­ner charts a cost across the vast expanse of the Amer­i­can west.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Three adults, two men and a woman, embracing intimately in a dimly lit room, with warm orange tones casting a soft glow.
Review

Kinds of Kindness review – a salacious, sun-bleached fable

by David Jenkins

Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos returns with his mer­ry band to explore – in trip­tych form – all the fun­ny and sick ways in which we entrap our­selves inside psy­cho­log­i­cal pris­ons of our own making.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Monochrome image of two young people, a woman and a child, in winter clothing, with the woman cradling the child in her arms.
Review

Green Border review – brilliant and tense

by Charles Bramesco

A stir­ring depic­tion of the refugee sit­u­a­tion in Europe, as Syr­i­ans flee­ing war face har­row­ing inter­ro­ga­tion at the Pol­ish-Belaru­sian border.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two men in casual clothing sitting on the grass next to a vintage motorcycle against a background of trees.
Review

The Bikeriders review – a slow but enveloping saga

by Rógan Graham

Jeff Nichols’ dra­ma based on Dan­ny Lyon’s pho­to­book about a 1960s Chica­go motor­cy­cle gang final­ly cruis­es into cinemas.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man with curly hair and a beard wearing a beige t-shirt and a black jacket with a fur collar, standing in front of another person.
Review

Hounds – This contrived crime story outstays its welcome

by David Jenkins

Two bum­bling hoods in Casablan­ca are charged with dis­pos­ing of a corpse in Kamal Lazraq’s dis­ap­point­ing thriller.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A person with curly hair and glasses appears to be in conversation with another person, with colourful lights in the background.
Review

Àma Gloria – Gorgeous domestic drama on the meaning of parenthood

by Marina Ashioti

Marie Amachoukeli’s sec­ond film is a tri­umph of polit­i­cal and emo­tion­al sen­si­tiv­i­ty in its depic­tion of a young girl and her nanny.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people sitting in a forest, one reading a book, the other playing a game on the ground, surrounded by lush green foliage.
Review

Here – A gorgeous study of fragile human bonds

by Laura Venning

A del­i­cate study of human inter­ac­tion in a space where the urban and the nat­ur­al col­lide from direc­tor Bas Devos.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Four adults toasting with wine glasses at a dining table set with food and drink.
Review

Four Little Adults review – earnest yet soapy

by Marina Ashioti

Fac­ing a mar­i­tal cri­sis, a cou­ple ven­ture into the world of polyamory in Sel­ma Vil­hunen’s Finnish rela­tion­ship drama.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A man in a cowboy hat sitting on a crate beside a horse, holding a book.
Review

The Dead Don’t Hurt review – elegiac and tenderly romantic

by David Jenkins

Vig­go Mortensen’s som­bre take on the west­ern evokes some clas­sic Clint East­wood films.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A bride in a white dress and veil holding a bouquet of pink roses, standing next to a man in a dark suit at an outdoor setting with a historical building in the background.
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