Drama Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

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A man standing shirtless in a kitchen, cooking on a stove.
Review

Minyan

by Rafa Sales Ross

Eric Steele ventures into narrative filmmaking with a lacklustre adaptation of David Bezmozgis’ queer coming-of-age story.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Elderly man in formal attire standing at a podium and addressing an audience.
Review

Munich: The Edge of War

by Josh Slater-Williams

Netflix rings in the new year with an austere World War Two espionage thriller from director Christian Schwochow.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a boy, walking together on a street.
Review

A Hero

by Adam Solomons

Asghar Farhadi’s exceptional Iran-centred drama is a soulful reflection on the morality of crime.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Man in hat and coat, woman in blue dress, holding white cat in front of tree.
Review

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

by Lydia Figes

Benedict Cumberbatch is electric in Will Sharpe’s tumultuous portrait of a cat lover extraordinaire, supported by a stellar cast.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A stern-faced chef in a white uniform and apron, scowling intensely in a kitchen setting.
Review

Boiling Point

by Jack King

Stephen Graham plays a head chef pushed to the limit in this impressive one-shot pressure-cooker kitchen drama.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A woman in a cream-coloured top and a man in a striped shirt stand in front of a blue car.
Review

Licorice Pizza

by David Jenkins

Newcomers Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman shine in Paul Thomas Anderson’s most purely pleasurable film to date.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A person standing in a dark room, with a large flame visible behind them.
Review

Titane

by Sam Bodrojan

All hail the new flesh in Julia Ducournau’s dreamlike fable of a fractured young dancer grappling with the fire inside her.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two older men sitting at a table, one with grey hair and glasses, the other with long hair, speaking to each other.
Review

The Humans

by Saffron Maeve

A wholesome family gathering becomes a claustrophobic chamber piece in the hands of first-time director Stephen Karam.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Woman with curly brown hair and serious facial expression, wearing a green jacket.
Review

The Lost Daughter

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Olivia Colman delivers an acting masterclass in this off-kilter psychodrama from first-time director Maggie Gyllenhaal.

3
Anticipation
4
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4
In Retrospect
A woman in a dark jacket standing in the mist, looking serious.
Review

Lamb

by Hannah Strong

Noomi Rapace adopts a strange newborn in this elevated Icelandic folk horror from director Valdimar Jóhannsson.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect