Reviews

The Nature of Love review – cinematic and exuberant

By Josh Slater-Williams

A university professor's life is turned upside down when she falls in love with a construction worker in Monia Chokri's understated romantic comedy.

review

MaXXXine review – it kinda suxxx

By David Jenkins

Mia Goth’s porn starlet cleans up her CV with a bloody vengeance in this underwhelming and overreaching horror threequel.

review

A Quiet Place: Day One review – cat’s entertainment

By Hannah Strong

A feline steals the show in Michael Sarnowski's serviceable entry into the sound-focused horror franchise.

review

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 review – Kevin Costner’s blood, sweat and tears

By Isaac Feldberg

In the first half of his epic passion project, Kevin Costner charts a cost across the vast expanse of the American west.

review

Bye Bye Tiberias review – gets under your skin and stays there

By Rógan Graham

Lina Soualem’s poignant new documentary traces the stories of four generations of Palestinian women in her family.

review

Kinds of Kindness review – a salacious, sun-bleached fable

By David Jenkins

Yorgos Lanthimos returns with his merry band to explore – in triptych form – all the funny and sick ways in which we entrap ourselves inside psychological prisons of our own making.

review LWLies Recommends

Green Border review – brilliant and tense

By Charles Bramesco

A stirring depiction of the refugee situation in Europe, as Syrians fleeing war face harrowing interrogation at the Polish-Belarusian border.

review LWLies Recommends

Something in the Water review – not likely to make a splash

By Billie Walker

A bridal party find themselves sharing the ocean with an aquatic killer in Hayley Easton Street's shark thriller.

review

The Bikeriders review – a slow but enveloping saga

By Rógan Graham

Jeff Nichols' drama based on Danny Lyon’s photobook about a 1960s Chicago motorcycle gang finally cruises into cinemas.

review

Inside Out 2 review – earnest but unambitious

By Hannah Strong

New emotions arise in Kelsey Mann's charming sequel to Pixar's 2015 hit about the internal machinations of an American tweenager.

review

Sorcery – A witch trial movie with a magical-realist twist

By Anton Bitel

Christopher Murray directs and stars in this intriguing and original drama about an 1880s Chilean trial for witchcraft.

review LWLies Recommends

Hounds – This contrived crime story outstays its welcome

By David Jenkins

Two bumbling hoods in Casablanca are charged with disposing of a corpse in Kamal Lazraq’s disappointing thriller.

review

Àma Gloria – Gorgeous domestic drama on the meaning of parenthood

By Marina Ashioti

Marie Amachoukeli’s second film is a triumph of political and emotional sensitivity in its depiction of a young girl and her nanny.

review LWLies Recommends

Sasquatch Sunset – Gross-out larks with an anthropological twist

By David Jenkins

A family of mythical beasts are observed in their natural habitat in comic portrait of animals and their instincts.

review

Here – A gorgeous study of fragile human bonds

By Laura Venning

A delicate study of human interaction in a space where the urban and the natural collide from director Bas Devos.

review

Riddle of Fire review – whimsical and imaginative child’s play

By Hannah Strong

Three precocious kids set out on a quest for blueberry pie in Weston Razooli's throwback adventure film.

review LWLies Recommends

Four Little Adults review – earnest yet soapy

By Marina Ashioti

Facing a marital crisis, a couple venture into the world of polyamory in Selma Vilhunen's Finnish relationship drama.

review

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 review – witless nonsense

By David Jenkins

Another unwatchable slasher dirge from the IP graverobbers behind 2023’s unlikely cause celebre.

review

Little White Lies Logo

About Little White Lies

Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at the vanguard of the independent publishing movement.” Our reviews feature a unique tripartite ranking system that captures the different aspects of the movie-going experience. We believe in Truth & Movies.

Editorial

Design