Drama Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

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A man wearing glasses and a dark coat, looking to the side, in a busy urban setting.
Review

Uncut Gems

by Hannah Strong

Mr Sandman brings us a dream with his hypnotic turn as a fatalistic Jewish jeweller.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Intense, red-tinted image of two people's faces in close proximity, with textured hair and strong lighting creating dramatic contrast.
Review

Pink Wall

by Max Copeman

Actor-turned-director Tom Cullen’s feature debut episodically pieces together a relationship falling apart.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Blonde girl in red coat sitting in chair.
Review

System Crasher

by Millicent Thomas

Nora Fingscheidt’s narrative debut follows a wild child who’s been failed by Germany’s foster system.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man and a woman sitting at a table, engaged in conversation, with tropical foliage in the background.
Review

Lucy in the Sky

by Hannah Strong

Astronaut Natalie Portman struggles to adapt to life back on earth in Noah Hawley’s dull space drama.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Child with hair splashing in water, wearing red floral dress against dark background.
Review

Honey Boy

by Hannah Strong

Shia LaBeouf plays his own father in this dramatised account of his own troubled childhood.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A couple in a wooden room, the woman holds a mobile phone and the man stands close to her.
Review

So Long, My Son

by Josh Slater-Williams

Wang Xiaoshuai’s domestic drama charts a generation of political and social upheaval in his native China.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Man wearing a hat taking a photograph in a vintage car.
Review

Motherless Brooklyn

by Adam Woodward

Edward Norton directs and stars in this patchwork New York noir about a Tourette-suffering private eye.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Close-up of a young woman with dark skin and braided hair gazing intently at the camera.
Review

Atlantics

by David Jenkins

Mati Diop announces herself as a major new talent with this Gothic-tinged romantic mystery.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A woman wearing a green dress stands in a dimly lit room, surrounded by other people, some of whom have their hands raised, as if in conversation.
Review

The Nightingale

by Elena Lazic

Jennifer Kent follows up The Babadook with a gruelling yet vital portrait of colonialism in 19th century Tasmania.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Three women in period costumes standing outdoors on a grassy pathway, with a brick building in the background.
Review

Little Women

by David Jenkins

Greta Gerwig delivers one of the great modern literary adaptations with her second feature as writer/​director.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect