Drama Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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