Drama Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Drama

Group of men in traditional Islamic dress seated in a courtroom setting, with two men engaged in discussion.
Review

Cairo Conspiracy

by Charles Bramesco

Tarik Saleh’s latest sees the election of a new Grand Imam take place in Egypt’s most prestigious university for Islamic scholarship.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Greying middle-aged man with a serious expression, standing in front of a landscape painting.
Review

Beau is Afraid

by Hannah Strong

Joaquin Phoenix plays a chronically nervous man on a mission to get home in Ari Aster’s scattered third feature.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man wearing blue-tinted glasses and a red and blue jacket sits at a desk in a room with framed photos on the wall.
Review

Air

by Hannah Strong

Ben Affleck returns to the director’s chair, fictionalising the fascinating story of how an iconic shoe was born.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Lone person on chair amid mountainous, rocky landscape with lush vegetation.
Review

Godland

by Josh Slater-Williams

A Danish priest mounts an escapade to Iceland with a camera in hand and a dream of building a church in Hlynur Pálmason’s darkly comic epic.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A close-up portrait of an elderly woman framed by a colourful, curved tunnel.
Review

Leonor Will Never Die

by David Jenkins

A retired action film screenwriter falls into a coma that transforms into one of her own scripts in Martika Ramirez Escobar’s debut feature.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Person using a computer in a dimly lit room with electronics in the background.
Review

Tetris

by David Jenkins

Taron Egerton stars in this entertaining but naggingly light retelling of the story of epochal computer game Tetris and its success in the west.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people sitting at a table in a dimly lit room, facing each other through a window.
Review

The Night Of The 12th

by Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

Dominik Moll grapples with an unsolved murder case taking place in a small Alpine town in this dark, true crime drama.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Man with short dark hair wearing a striped shirt, holding a cigarette in his mouth and looking directly at the camera.
Review

Please Baby Please

by Marina Ashioti

Amanda Kramer’s alluring, neon-lit musical feature sees a newlywed couple catapulted into a queer awakening.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people embrace, faces close together, an intimate moment.
Review

God’s Creatures

by David Jenkins

Emily Watson and Paul Mescal play mother and son in Anna Rose Holmer and Saela Davis’ Irish fishing village-set drama.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Animated figure of a nude woman standing in a dark, forested setting, with mist or fog surrounding her.
Review

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

by David Jenkins

Pierre Földes’ debut feature is an animated adaptation of a several short stories by celebrated Japanese author Haruki Murakami.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect