Drama Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Drama

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Review

A Good Person

by Charles Bramesco

Auteur Zach Braff puts then-girl­friend Flo­rence Pugh through it in the opi­oid-addic­tion drama.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
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Review

The Beasts

by Anton Bitel

Neigh­bourly hos­til­i­ty abounds in Span­ish direc­tor Rodri­go Soro­goyen’s lat­est psy­cho­log­i­cal thriller, set in the Gali­cian countryside.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Man at desk, woman seated on sofa in a wood-panelled room with lamps and curtains.
Review

1976

by Marina Ashioti

Manuela Martel­li’s aus­pi­cious debut fea­ture unfurls as a sear­ing­ly intense char­ac­ter study against the back­drop of Pinochet’s Chile.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, standing close together and smiling while holding a microphone, set against a dark background with colourful lights.
Review

The Five Devils

by David Jenkins

Léa Mysius crafts an enig­mat­ic tale about a young girl with a mag­i­cal sense of smell in her aus­pi­cious sec­ond feature.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Other People’s Children

by David Jenkins

Vir­ginie Efi­ra deliv­ers a sub­lime per­for­mance as a jour­nal­ist who devel­ops a strong bond with her boyfriend’s daugh­ter in Rebec­ca Zlo­towski’s roman­tic dramedy.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A man wearing a hooded jacket and boxing gloves, with an American flag design on the jacket, stands in a dimly lit room.
Review

Creed III

by Cheyenne Bart-Stewart

Michael B. Jor­dan is both star and direc­tor in the lat­est instal­ment of this heavy­weight fran­chise, which sees Ado­nis Creed face off against an old foe.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two young people embracing at sunset in a field.
Review

Close

by Hannah Strong

The dis­so­lu­tion of a tight friend­ship and a sub­se­quent tragedy have a pro­found impact on the life of 13-year-old Léo in Lukas Dhon­t’s poignant drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two young girls, one holding a stuffed animal, conversing in a room with various shelves and objects.
Review

I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking)

by David Jenkins

A moth­er attempts to scrape togeth­er a deposit for a house over a sin­gle day in Kel­ley Kali and Angelique Molina’s dra­mat­i­cal­ly-under­pow­ered response to post-pan­dem­ic life.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A person in a bright red dress riding a motorcycle on a night-time bridge with illuminated lampposts.
Review

Joyland

by Xuanlin Tham

A con­ser­v­a­tive Pak­istani fam­i­ly in Lahore frac­ture when moder­ni­ty meets tra­di­tion in Saim Sadiq’s inti­mate drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man in a workroom using a sewing machine, surrounded by colourful spools of thread and other sewing equipment.
Review

Broker

by Charles Bramesco

Hirokazu Koreeda’s lat­est tale of found fam­i­lies focus­es on an ille­gal South Kore­an adop­tion scheme, run by two grifters with hearts of gold.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect