Drama Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Drama

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Review

Portraits of Dangerous Women review – pleasant to a fault

by David Jenkins

Fol­low­ing a bizarre road acci­dent, the lives of three strangers col­lide in this cheer­ful yet mean­der­ing dramedy.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Blitz – A vital fragment of the Steve McQueen saga

by Rógan Graham

A moth­er and son reunion takes place on the bomb-shat­tered streets of World War Two-era Lon­don in this sweep­ing his­tor­i­cal melodrama.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Timestalker review – ripples with insight and emotion

by David Jenkins

Alice Lowe’s mirac­u­lous sec­ond fea­ture is a tri­umph of imag­i­na­tion, soul-search­ing and a refined com­ic instinct.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Joker: Folie à Deux review – a grim karaoke session

by Hannah Strong

Todd Phillips recruits Lady Gaga to his cir­cus act as Joaquin Phoenix repris­es his role as the crime-com­mit­ting clown about town in this shock­ing­ly ama­teur musi­cal effort.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

The Outrun review – sensationally directed and performed

by Katherine McLaughlin

Saoirse Ronan stars as a young woman bat­tling alco­holism on the Orkney Isles in Nora Fin­gschei­dt’s adap­ta­tion of Amy Lip­trot­t’s best­selling memoir.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Teacher review – a wonderful cinematic experience

by Grace Dodd

A Pales­tin­ian teacher has to rec­on­cile his com­mit­ment to polit­i­cal resis­tance with his role as father-fig­ure in Farah Nabul­si’s grip­ping fea­ture debut.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Megalopolis review – scintillating, absurd and violently original

by David Jenkins

Ignore the haters – this is the kalei­do­scop­ic, enrich­ing, Well­sian vision of a grand old mas­ter with noth­ing to lose.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Man in suit standing at podium in courtroom, surrounded by people.
Review

The Goldman Case review – a thumping courtroom drama

by David Jenkins

Cédric Kahn recre­ates the grip­ping 1976 tri­al of polit­i­cal activist Pierre Gold­man in this immer­sive court­room drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

His Three Daughters review – fires on all pistons

by David Jenkins

Car­rie Coon, Natasha Lyonne and Eliz­a­beth Olsen play estranged sis­ters reunit­ing to care for their ail­ing father in Azazel Jacobs’ affect­ing cham­ber drama.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Girls Will Be Girls review – sympathetic to teendom

by Natasha Jagger

Shuchi Talati’s sen­si­tive Sun­dance sen­sa­tion focus­es on a teenage girl in North India who expe­ri­ences first love amid clash­ing with her mother.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect