Drama Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

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Two women in winter clothing, one holding a basket, walking on a city street. Black and white image with a vintage aesthetic.
Review

Passing

by David Jenkins

Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson stars in Rebecca Hall’s stylish directorial debut about racial identity in 1920s New York.

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4
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A man in a light coloured shirt standing in a lush, green forest.
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Azor

by David Jenkins

This exceptional debut feature from Andreas Fontana takes in a search for a missing banker in ​’70s Argentina.

3
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4
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4
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Two people, a man and a woman, sitting on a sofa and looking at each other intently. The room is dimly lit, with a lamp and framed artwork visible in the background.
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Dear Evan Hansen

by Corey Atad

This well-intentioned but glaringly wrongheaded adaptation of the Tony-winning musical is one of the year’s worst.

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A woman and a young boy sitting in a dimly lit, wooden-panelled room. The woman has dark hair and appears concerned, while the boy has a pensive expression.
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Antlers

by Anton Bitel

A horned entity stalks Keri Russell’s school teacher in director Scott Cooper’s allegorical American horror story.

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4
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Cluttered vintage office interior with bookshelves, furniture, and several people, including a man in a bow tie and an older man.
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The French Dispatch

by Hannah Strong

Wes Anderson’s New Yorker-inspired anthology film is a meticulously-crafted love letter to the art of magazine journalism.

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5
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Silhouetted figure of a person sitting alone on a pier at dusk, surrounded by a calm body of water and a colourful sky.
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ear for eye

by David Jenkins

debbie tucker green adapts her own stage play to create a radical study of racial discourse in contemporary society.

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4
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A man with a beard wearing a white headscarf, looking thoughtful and serious.
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Freshman Year

by Emily Maskell

With this poignant rom-com, writer/​director and star Cooper Raiff establishes himself as a vital voice for Gen Z.

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Blond woman with windswept hair in a blue and yellow top, against a grassy field background.
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Anne at 13,000 Feet

by Charles Bramesco

A nursery worker finds inner peace through skydiving in writer/​director Kazik Radwanski’s invigorating character study.

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4
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A person wearing a patterned bucket hat and sunglasses, resting their chin on their hands against a pink background.
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Sweetheart

by Marina Ashioti

Teenage romance blossoms by the seaside in first-time director Marley Morrison’s caravan park-set coming-of-ager.

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4
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Three older Tibetan men, one with a white umbrella, conversing with a younger man in a mountainous landscape with a flock of sheep in the background.
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Balloon

by David Jenkins

This gentle sex comedy set among a Tibetan rural community explores intimacy, family and the hardships of life.

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4
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