Drama Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Drama

Young woman with dark hair wearing striped top, sitting at a desk.
Review

The Super 8 Years

by Mark Asch

Annie Ernaux and her son David piece togeth­er a mag­i­cal home movie essay on mar­riage, moth­er­hood and the whole damn thing.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Arid desert landscape with red rock formations, wooden signage, and a person standing near a telephone booth.
Review

Asteroid City

by David Jenkins

The mae­stro returns, the patent­ed for­mu­la tweaked to bliss­ful per­fec­tion in this wit­ty and deeply mov­ing explo­ration of the tools that we pro­duce to help us see beyond our every­day vision.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A group of smiling and laughing women in colourful, patterned dresses and tops, posing together at a social event.
Review

Greatest Days

by Lillian Crawford

A group of estranged friends reunite for a pop pil­grim­age in Coky Giedroy­c’s dire big screen ver­sion of the offi­cial Take That musical.

1
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Two older men with grey hair and beards, one looking directly at the camera and the other with a pensive expression.
Review

Inland

by Robyn Quick

A trou­bled young man search­es for his moth­er in Fridtjof Ryder’s dis­ap­point­ing first feature.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A close-up of a Black man with dreadlocks, wearing a red sequinned top, posing with his arms raised.
Review

Pretty Red Dress

by David Jenkins

Dionne Edwards’ debut fea­ture recon­structs the stereo­types of Black mas­culin­i­ty in a way that’s hon­est and unsentimental.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man playing a violin, his eyes closed as he performs with intensity.
Review

Chevalier

by Leila Latif

Joseph Bologne receives a gor­geous biopic that also serves as a dev­as­tat­ing reminder of a great­ness near­ly entire­ly expunged from history.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Four young children, two boys and two girls, sitting on a wooden bench outdoors. They wear casual clothing and have relaxed expressions.
Review

War Pony

by Charles Bramesco

Gina Gam­mell and Riley Keough’s debut fea­ture focus­es on two Oglala Lako­ta teenagers as they come of age in South Dakota.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Vibrant pink hair, elaborate facial features, dark background.
Review

Medusa Deluxe

by Cheyenne Bart-Stewart

The cut­throat world of hair­dress­ing is the set­ting for this sparky mur­der mys­tery – a debut from Thomas Hardiman.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A young woman with long dark hair lying on a pink bedsheet, wearing a black dress with frilly details.
Review

Amanda

by Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

Car­oli­na Cavalli’s fea­ture debut about a young wom­an’s arrest­ed devel­op­ment is both too real for its whim­sy and too whim­si­cal to be realistic.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Woman in white shirt standing in front of brick wall with arms crossed.
Review

Reality

by Caitlin Quinlan

Tina Sat­ter adapts her own play into a cham­ber dra­ma pow­ered by Syd­ney Sweeney’s per­for­mance as NSA whistle­blow­er Real­i­ty Winner.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect