David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 8hThe records I had on constant blast as a teen… (that I wld still rep for) 020
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Is the problem that Hollywood are gambling too much on risky, alienating auteur projects, or that the gauge for a film’s success is box office haul across 48hrs? 070
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Happy that Skynet want to greenlight the Barbie sequel… 001
Reposted by David JenkinsLittle White Lies @lwlies.com · 30/09/2026Tom Cruise hams it up as an oil-drilling oligarch in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s overstuffed satire. Digger review: lwlies.com/reviews/diggerlwlies.comDigger review – a satire with no meaningful targetTom Cruise hams it up as an oil-drilling oligarch in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s overstuffed satire. 055
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Fave British Films (Five) Distant Voices, Still Lives Road Yellow Submarine A Canterbury Tale Wonderland 050
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Was in the playground at Parliament Hill with my daughter and there were a big group of pre-teen boys who’d come there after their rugby practice. They were playing tag, the twist being, whoever was “it” had to shout, “Little Death is coming!!” and everyone else would scream and run away. 020
Reposted by David JenkinsLittle White Lies @lwlies.com · 23/09/2026Horror heroine Sophie Thatcher talks music, madness and surrendering to the strange world of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell. In conversation with Sophie Thatcher: lwlies.com/in-conversat...lwlies.comSophie Thatcher: ‘It felt like the most I’d ever been seen’Horror heroine Sophie Thatcher talks music, madness and surrendering to the strange world of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell. 081
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Expected behaviour from this mega hack. Hope people are sending him vids of Danny Boyle's latest Q&As. Hopefully the stigma of AI usage will hit such a level that fest programmers will diplomatically dump this stuff in out of comp slots… variety.com/2026/film/gl...variety.comGoodfellas’ CEO Vincent Maraval Says Michel Hazanavicius Cut Eight Days of Production on WWI Film ‘The Third Hand’ by Using AIOscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius cut eight days of production from World War I film 'The Third Hand' with AI, says Goodfellas' CEO. 030
Reposted by David JenkinsEmma Fraser @frazbelina.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The joy I had while watching this concert-doc. I was bursting by the end. 041
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Dunno about you but I’m really keen to hear about the GOOD Lieutenant. 240
Reposted by David Jenkinsclaire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my new @lwlies.com column is out! i wrote about the relationship between concert films and the audience – when to replicate an experience and when to create one that is singular – featuring pulp, ryuichi sakamoto, r.e.m., david byrne &c. read and subscribe!! mailchi.mp/tcolondon/al... 0122
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I’m excited for The Magician’s Nephew, especially as its story is almost identical to Barbie. Although have yet to be able to picture Daniel Craig as Uncle Andrew. Also, can confirm it’s the best Narnia book and you don’t have to read any others to enjoy it. 030
Reposted by David JenkinsMatt Thrift @matt-thrift.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Have the fondest memories of time spent with Jeremy. What were meant to be short chats at his Hanway St, and later Notting Hill, offices ended up lasting hours, as he walked and talked me through his vast archives. Boy, could that man tell a story. A warm, generous titan, and a devastating loss. 0113
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I guess he’s a bit old now to play him, but I can’t help but think Oliver Platt would’ve made the perfect JD Vance. You can see a bit of it in Bulworth. 100
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Mega thread. @hannahstrong.co.uk smashing it over and over and over… 051
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Really sad news. One of the best culture publications out there. 040
Reposted by David JenkinsLittle White Lies @lwlies.com · 04/09/2026LWLies Presents an early preview screening of our latest cover film, HER PRIVATE HELL, next Friday 9.15pm at Curzon Soho... ...with NICOLAS WINDING REFN in attendance! Snag your tickets via @curzon.com: www.curzon.com/films/her-pr... 0188
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Heinous. Both instances are very conspicuous and completely unnecessary. How can any artwork that employs these methods, however briefly, take the moral high ground against any subject? 0100
Reposted by David JenkinsHannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · 05/09/2026i think lance oppenheim's primetime is pretty fucking great lwlies.com/venice-film-...lwlies.comPrimetime – first-look reviewRobert Pattinson cleanses the world of an ancient evil in Lance Oppenheim's take on the murky story of Chris Hansen and NBC's To Catch A Predator. 0267
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 05/09/2026For his possible final film, Tender Loving Care, Mike Leigh decided to make his own Tokyo Story. Exceptional tragicomic exploration of life’s disappointments, and follow-up to the underloved (and equally great) Hard Truths. 181
Reposted by David JenkinsHannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · 05/09/2026I am not in Telluride but I did review two films - Mike Leigh's Tender Loving Care is incredibly special, particularly to someone whose mother works in social care and grandpa is in the late stages of dementia lwlies.com/telluride-fi...lwlies.comTender Loving Care – first-look reviewMike Leigh's mooted swansong, concerning two social workers grappling with differing relationship and family woes, happens to be one of his finest films. 1195
Reposted by David JenkinsLittle White Lies @lwlies.com · 04/09/2026Flinging salty rejoinders back and forth, John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell play CIA lowlifes as if they’re brothers, split by generations but with a bond that appears to transcend banal friendship – @daveyjenkins.bsky.social on Martin McDonagh's Wild Horse Ninelwlies.comWild Horse Nine – first-look reviewA revitalising shot of pure entertainment from writer/director Martin McDonagh which also operates as a grave critique of modern US foreign policy. 152
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Wild Horse Nine pure pleasure. Malkovich all-timer performance. lwlies.com/venice-film-...lwlies.comWild Horse Nine – first-look reviewA revitalising shot of pure entertainment from writer/director Martin McDonagh which also operates as a grave critique of modern US foreign policy. 040
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Caught a restoration of Tinto Brass’s Deadly Sweet (1967) in Venice, an all-timer London location film. Highlight a chase that starts in Piccadilly Circus, goes into Holborn tube station, then ends up at Clapton dog track. 131
Reposted by David JenkinsRafa Sales Ross @rafiews.com · 02/09/2026Venice has started on a sour note this year. Here's me on Danny Boyle's misguided INK for @lwlies.com lwlies.com/venice-film-...lwlies.comInk – first-look reviewDanny Boyle's take on the rise of Rupert Murdoch and The Sun fails to spin a convincing yarn. 185
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Had a very bizarre record shop experience in Sorrento, Italy. Entered the shop and began to browse the records, and the owner walked over to me and said he would rather I didn’t browse but use a QR code to download a dropbox spreadsheet with all his unpriced holdings. 140
Reposted by David JenkinsLittle White Lies @lwlies.com · 25/08/2026Pedro Almodóvar is on a career-best streak, and this self-lacerating study of a filmmaker mining her friends‘ heartbreak for art is another triumph in his late-period run. Bitter Christmas review: lwlies.com/reviews/bitt...lwlies.comBitter Christmas review – dazzling, late-period jewelPedro Almodóvar is on a career-best streak, and this self-lacerating study of a filmmaker mining her friends‘ heartbreak for art is another triumph in his… 032
Reposted by David JenkinsCorey Atad @coreyatad.com · 25/08/2026some words on Soraya Roberts, the best writer i ever knewjustatad.xyzSorayaI sat on the aisle at a movie the other day. 0547143
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 25/08/2026So so good… like Camus’ unpublished screenplay for Guest House Paradiso. 020
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...you.38degrees.org.ukSave The Prince Charles CinemaThe future of the iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords, Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion... 044
Reposted by David JenkinsLittle White Lies @lwlies.com · 21/08/2026Rather than asking our blockbusters to deliver the nuance we demand of them, perhaps it’s more rewarding to see through a child’s eyes as they navigate their own epic quests.lwlies.comWhat can we learn from cinema's Little Odysseys?Rather than asking our blockbusters to deliver the nuance we demand of them, perhaps it's more rewarding to see through a child's eyes as they navigate… 032
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 17/08/20261900 The Music Lovers Rosetta Pastoral Hide and Seek La Roue Hyenas My Friend Ivan Lapshin A Time To Live, A Time to Die Viridiana Wattstax Veronika Voss Dragon Inn The Tarnished Angels Kanal Frasier 040
Reposted by David JenkinsLittle White Lies @lwlies.com · 17/08/2026New cover reveal!! Sophie Thatcher is star of our issue inspired by Nicolas Winding Refn's cyberpunk giallo noir, Her Private Hell. Artwork by Racheal Bruce. Pre-orders available now. On shelves this weekend. The film is out in UK cinemas on 25 September. lwlies.com/magazine 13511
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Witnessed a young guy in the library type “Rolex” into the Argos website. 040
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026anyone want a pair of eclipse glasses? selling some for best offer 000
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 10/08/2026A great film from each year of the 60s 60: Peeping Tom 61: The Ladies Man 62: Carnival of Souls 63: Muriel 64: Gertrud 65: Chimes at Midnight 66: Black Girl 67: Les Demoiselles de Rochefort 68: Petulia 69: Funeral Parade of Roses 030
Reposted by David JenkinsLittle White Lies @lwlies.com · 10/08/2026‘Tony charts a brief summer during the formative years of the late chef, gourmand and cultural wayfarer Anthony Bourdain, and it takes its lead from the older Bourdain’s own proclamation that young Bourdain was an entitled brat who was in need of a good shoeing,‘ writes @daveyjenkins.bsky.sociallwlies.comTony review – a breezy biopic with little biteDominic Sessa plays Anthony Bourdain as a dorky, deluded wannabe punk in this entertaining but directionless account of the chef's unglamorous coming of… 021
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 10/08/2026clearly some socially-driven festival scams going on... stay alert 010
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 09/08/2026This is the only promo they’re doing for this film. 020
Reposted by David JenkinsMonica Castillo @mcastimovies.bsky.social · 05/08/2026They let me get a little spicy on main over *that* NYT op-ed. So without further ado…a few cents on David Ellison’s plea to the American people to let him win this round of Monopoly. Full story at the link 👇 530291
Reposted by David JenkinsLittle White Lies @lwlies.com · 06/08/2026Recently restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, James Bidgood’s Super 8‑shot queer milestone remains vital viewing.lwlies.comVenus as a Boy: Pink Narcissus at 55Recently restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, James Bidgood’s Super 8-shot queer milestone remains vital viewing. 0103
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 05/08/2026All the people who are anti-lamprey or want to slow lamprey consumption, I have one question: If lampreys disappeared tomorrow, could you still get through the day without wanting to eat lamprey or any other suction eel? Imagine lampreys were banned. Would you actually be willing to give them up? 010
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 05/08/2026As a cultural critic focusing on film, I see a work like Eli Roth's gen AI-powered Ice Cream Man has having more in common with, say, a bluetooth sound bar than a work of cinema. "But is it art?" you say. The answer is that, if you employ such methods of creation, then no, it is not. 1201
