David Jenkins
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Really wanted to like this one, but just doesn't work. Didn't even have space in the review to address some of the most pitiful and thin women characters in a long time…
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What about they find his identical twin?
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about 12 hours ago
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4 days ago
Out today!! Support insane women!!
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This feels very “back in the news” in the UK right now…
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Brass Eye paedophile blasted into space
YouTube video by Sam Kington
https://youtu.be/SRRw1ERj2Gc
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Marshall Shaffer
6 days ago
Thrilled to write even more about BUGONIA, this time over at
@lwlies.com
where I look at the film as a synthesis of the various strains of Stanley Kubrick running through the work of Yorgos Lanthimos. (Many thnaks to
@daveyjenkins.bsky.social
for helping focus the idea!)
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Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia, and the Long Shadow of Stanley Kubrick
Kubrickian echoes reverberate throughout the Greek filmmaker's oeuvre. With Bugonia, those connections are shaped into a singular package that transcends…
https://lwlies.com/this-just-in/yorgos-lanthimos-bugonia-and-the-long-shadow-of-stanley-kubrick
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interviewed one of my absolute favourite filmmakers in the world, lynne ramsay, about die my love. she is extremely lovely, quite shy, and a total genius, imo
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Lynne Ramsay: ‘I love pushing people as far as I can’
One of Britain’s most iconic and beloved directors on her striking new film, Die My Love, and why she is drawn to extreme material.
https://lwlies.com/interviews/lynne-ramsay-die-my-love
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me every time I pull off a parry in Expedition 33
8 days ago
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Little White Lies
13 days ago
Daylight savings got you down? Us too, but we’ve got a scarily good offer to lift your spirits 👻 For the next 48 hours, get 20% off on a subscription to LWLies magazine:
lwlies.imbmsubscriptions.com/creature20
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Relay is almost really good. Case of when a film has to stick or twist, and makes the wrong choice.
lwlies.com/reviews/relay
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Relay review – Riz Ahmed shines in this slick corporate espionage…
David Mackenzie depicts the shady world of corporate whistleblowing and private fixers in this compelling Hitchcockian B-movie.
https://lwlies.com/reviews/relay
13 days ago
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Top three Hitchcock: Vertigo Marnie I Confess
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Little White Lies
20 days ago
Another stunning O’Connor performance, another Reichardt dream. The Mastermind review:
lwlies.com/reviews/the-...
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The Mastermind review – another Reichardt dream
An art theft spells disaster for Josh O'Connor in Kelly Reichardt's excellent Vietnam-era heist dramedy.
https://lwlies.com/reviews/the-mastermind
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BFI screening an all-timer this Sunday…
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Buy cinema tickets for Public Housing | BFI Southbank
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20 days ago
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21 days ago
Still some seats for the LWL screening of Frankenstein at the Rio Cinema tomorrow! Grab £5 tix with code LITTLEWHITEFIVE and pick up a copy of our Frankenstein issue in person!
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Rio Cinema | Booking
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Little White Lies
27 days ago
Guillermo del Toro handles Mary Shelley’s canonical text with the tenderness of a butterfly, exulting in the author’s wisdom and sense of high tragedy while bringing his own steampunk spin to the material. Review:
lwlies.com/reviews/fran...
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Frankenstein review – Jacob Elordi is a revelation
Guillermo del Toro handles Mary Shelley’s canonical text with the tenderness of a butterfly, exulting in the author’s wisdom and sense of high tragedy…
https://lwlies.com/reviews/frankenstein
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This was an epic and enlivening issue to make. Proud that every illustration has been hand-crafted by human people.
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27 days ago
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Rose of Nevada is a fascinating Brexit movie, George McKay as the collective Ego (rejecting the nostalgic past) and Callum Turner as the collective Id (finding salvation in a mythical before time).
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Show me one (1) person who wants this?
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28 days ago
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The original KPop Demon Hunters
about 1 month ago
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With Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother (which I liked a lot!), it’s pretty funny to me that JJ thinks PG Tips is a luxury brand.
about 1 month ago
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As it heads off to the printers, especially proud of this next issue of @LWLies as it has been made with minimal digital intervention, all the artwork made via practical, analog means. We celebrate illustrators and their intricate human process in the issue.
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George M during his AI jury duty…
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about 1 month ago
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James Dalrymple
about 1 month ago
Breaking: PTA confesses that he is NOT a hardcore Steely Dan fan!
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JacquiWine
about 1 month ago
I think this might be the best ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Q&A I’ve heard so far. Great questions from
@daveyjenkins.bsky.social
and some interesting insights into PTA’s research. He cites Bryan Burrough’s book DAYS OF RAGE as a key touchstone. (9 mins in)
#FilmSky
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One Battle After Another + Paul Thomas Anderson | Magnolia (1999) | Licorice Pizza (2021)
Podcast Episode · Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast · 26/09/2025 · 1h 22m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/truth-movies-a-little-white-lies-podcast/id1229775456?i=1000728540226
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Just heard an ad for an AI publishing tool that weeds out AI plagiarism.
about 1 month ago
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Hannah Strong
about 1 month ago
and so is harris dickinson's urchin, featuring frank dillane who should be everywhere imo
lwlies.com/reviews/urchin
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Urchin review – a sharp, empathetic study of life on the fringes
Harris Dickinson proves there's no end to his talents with his feature debut about a homeless Londoner who keeps running into trouble.
https://lwlies.com/reviews/urchin
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Hannah Strong
about 1 month ago
good week at the movies in the UK, benny safdie's smashing machine is wonderful
lwlies.com/reviews/the-...
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The Smashing Machine review – a moving portrait of masculinity in flux
Benny Safdie delivers a knock-out with Dwayne Johnson starring as UFC pioneer Mark Kerr.
https://lwlies.com/reviews/the-smashing-machine
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about 1 month ago
On a very special (and long) episode of Truth & Movies, myself and
@daveyjenkins.bsky.social
and Marina Ashioti travel to Amsterdam and meet Tilda Swinton, Joanna Hogg, Apichatpong Weerasethkul & Vincent van Velsen for a mega celebration of Tilda's new exhibition, Ongoing
lwlies.com/podcast/spec...
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Special Episode: Tilda Swinton – Ongoing at the Eye Filmmuseum,…
On this very special episode of Truth & Movies, the LWLies team head over to Amsterdam to experience the opening of a new exhibition at the Eye…
https://lwlies.com/podcast/special-episode-tilda-swinton-ongoing-at-the-eye-filmmuseum-amsterdam
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Film Stories
about 1 month ago
The new edition of Film Stories magazine - featuring Brit drama I Swear, Roofman, Edgar Wright, Irvine Welsh and a lot of Krull - is out now.
filmstories.co.uk/news/film-st...
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Film Stories issue 57 is on sale now | I Swear, Edgar Wright, Roofman, Krull
The new edition of Film Stories magazine - featuring Brit drama I Swear, Roofman, Edgar Wright, Irvine Welsh and a lot of Krull - is out now.
https://filmstories.co.uk/news/film-stories-issue-57-is-on-sale-now-i-swear-edgar-wright-roofman-krull/
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Little White Lies
about 1 month ago
Harris Dickinson proves there’s no end to his talents with his feature debut about a homeless Londoner who keeps running into trouble. Our review of Urchin:
lwlies.com/reviews/urchin
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Urchin review – a sharp, empathetic study of life on the fringes
Harris Dickinson proves there's no end to his talents with his feature debut about a homeless Londoner who keeps running into trouble.
https://lwlies.com/reviews/urchin
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Sold!
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about 1 month ago
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2 months ago
hi i'm hosting a screening of the grand budapest hotel at
@princecharlescinema.com
on october 2nd! come and say hi and maybe buy a book i will even sign it for you!
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JW Mason
about 1 month ago
No surprise, this is very good.
pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...
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Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/econopocalypse/
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Gotta say, as mid as it is, the Springsteen film is still >>> A Complete Unknown.
about 1 month ago
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Everyone (rightly) praising the new PTA for its chilling timeliness, but remember when Gary Valentine got randomly bundled into a police car for no reason and was then allowed to walk free when it was determined he wasn’t a local serial killer.
about 2 months ago
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In London, there’s an opportunity to see pretty much every one of PTA’s films in the cinema every single month. This film, like the others, will be making money for decades to come.
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about 2 months ago
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How I imagine Isaac Chotiner:
about 2 months ago
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The real turning point
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about 2 months ago
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Wrote this piece for
@lwlies.com
a coupla years back in praise of Miller’s Crossing, which was my Favourite Film Of All Time from about 1993-1998.
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Looking into the heart of Miller’s Crossing
The Coen brothers’ classic gangland neo-noir remains one of their most potent and illusive works.
https://lwlies.com/in-praise-of/millers-crossing-the-coen-brothers
about 2 months ago
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Please god, no more boxing movies…
about 2 months ago
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This illustration is so good you could probably tell it’s Trump’s hand even if the remote wasn’t there.
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about 2 months ago
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Little White Lies
about 2 months ago
PTA has made a film that is a very rare beast indeed: one that is incredibly fun without ever once straining to be – read
@daveyjenkins.bsky.social
's review:
lwlies.com/reviews/one-...
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One Battle After Another review – another slam-dunk for PTA
A scorching political thriller (with a heart!) from Paul Thomas Anderson that presents a filmmaker at the apex of his powers.
https://lwlies.com/reviews/one-battle-after-another
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Little White Lies
about 2 months ago
Review: One Battle After Another is a pure shot of PTA’s alchemical craft and one of 2025’s best. Top marks awarded from
@daveyjenkins.bsky.social
lwlies.com/reviews/one-...
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One Battle After Another review – another slam-dunk for PTA
A scorching political thriller (with a heart!) from Paul Thomas Anderson that presents a filmmaker at the apex of his powers.
https://lwlies.com/reviews/one-battle-after-another
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about 2 months ago
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Every time I see mention of A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey it makes me think of…
about 2 months ago
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RIP Robert Redford. Downhill Racer, for me, an absolute pip.
about 2 months ago
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Top Scottish accents rh
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about 2 months ago
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This was a fun Monday morning task tbh…
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about 2 months ago
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God this was a depressing, mirthless slog… Little more than a trundled victory lap for the original film.
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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review – depressing sequel to a…
The iconic Brit metal trio come out of retirement for one final star-studded gig. Frankly, they shouldn't have bothered.
https://lwlies.com/reviews/spinal-tap-ii-the-end-continues
2 months ago
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I jumped on the
@studiocanal.com
podcast with the great
@simonbrew.bsky.social
to discuss their plush new 4K re-release of Mike Nichols’ The Graduate, and make the case that it's perhaps a more interesting film about Mrs Robinson than it is about Benjamin Braddock.
audioboom.com/posts/877297...
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The Graduate: "There was so little going for it ahead of its release!"
After breaking through on Broadway and earning early success with theatre, director Mike Nichols was looking to move to feature films. The second movie he made - and at one stage it was going to be th...
https://audioboom.com/posts/8772972-the-graduate-there-was-so-little-going-for-it-ahead-of-its-release
2 months ago
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PSA: there’s a ton of Steely Dan refs in the new PTA (complimentary).
2 months ago
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