Drama Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

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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
Four women with blond, grey, and curly hair, smiling and conversing together.
Review

80 For Brady

by Hannah Strong

A group of octo­ge­nar­i­an pals set their sights on attend­ing the 2017 Super­bowl in Kyle Mar­v­in’s charm­ing but unam­bi­tious comedy.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A person in a black leather jacket walking through a stream in a forest.
Review

The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future

by Caitlin Quinlan

A woman returns home to care for her ail­ing father, where the past con­fronts her in strange ways in Fran­cis­ca Ale­gri­a’s fea­ture debut.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect