‘Some films ask to be watched; Love Me Tender asks to be felt. Anna Cazenave Cambet’s quietly devastating adaptation of Constance Debré’s 2020 novel unfolds like a long exhale, exploring the fragile space where love, identity and motherhood collide,‘ writes Genevieve Dichiara. Read the full review:

Love Me Tender review – quietly devastating adaptation

Vicky Krieps captivates as a mother fighting for custody of her son after leaving her marriage in Anna Cazenave Cambet's tender adaptation of Constance…

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‘Soporific, uninvolving and generally just undernourishing, the film leans heavy on the blushing rural landscape without ever giving much sense of an original reason for it to exist,‘ writes @daveyjenkins.bsky.social Read the full review:

The Summer Book review – dismally cosy

Glenn Close plays the sagely grandmother steering her son and granddaughter through mourning in this soporific, undernourishing adaptation of Tove…

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In our latest Club LWLies exclusive essay, Ariana Martinez explores the fragile personas behind cinema’s least convincing salesmen. Join the club at lwlies.com/membership.

Behind the Window Display: Cinema's Desperate Salesmen

Lacking the confidence to emulate the smooth-talking charlatans of the business world, these salesmen's entrepreneurial personas end up as artificial as…

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As The Face of Another turns 60, the Japanese New Wave director’s cinematic battlegrounds of alienation, exploitation and fractured identity remain as haunting as ever.

In Praise of Hiroshi Teshigahara – surveyor of the abyss

As The Face of Another turns 60, the Japanese New Wave director's cinematic battlegrounds of alienation, exploitation and fractured identity remain as…

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Tom Holland returns for yet another swing as Spider-Man, but gets caught in Marvel’s ever-expanding web of franchise housekeeping. Spider-Man: Brand New Day review: lwlies.com/reviews/spid...

Spider-Man: Brand New Day review – slavish fan service

Tom Holland returns for yet another swing as Spider-Man, but gets caught in Marvel's ever-expanding web of franchise housekeeping.

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The 2026 BFI London Film Festival's Opening Night Gala is... Elsinore. Starring Andrew Scott and Olivia Colman, directed by Simon Stone, it tells the true story of actor Ian Charleson's legendary performance in Hamlet at the National Theatre. Catch it at the Royal Festival Hall on 7 October #LFF26

'Perretta makes the leap to film director with impressive ease, his vision confident and compassionate, echoing the work of Shane Meadows in its sensitive but never condescending portrait of childhood from a child’s point of view,' writes @hannahstrong.co.uk Read our full review:

Ish review – a vital coming-of-age tale

Imran Perretta's feature debut follows two best friends whose bond is torn apart by racial profiling and a traumatic police stop-and-search.

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A decade since the first series of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s opus aired and defined the modern tragicomedy, we remember it for its take on screwing things up.

Fleabag at 10: A Legacy Shaped by Mistakes

A decade since the first series of Phoebe Waller Bridge's opus aired and defined the modern tragicomedy, we remember it for its take on screwing things up.

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Cinema has spent 120 years trying to crack the Cyclops. Christopher Nolan finally found the answer – and it was staring everyone in the face.

Eye of the Giant: Cinema's Cyclops Problem

Cinema has spent 120 years trying to crack the Cyclops. Christopher Nolan finally found the answer – and it was staring everyone in the face.

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A new set of young programmers in London are reshaping how we experience silence and celluloid, combing through the pre-sound film catalogue to speak into this often buried period of history.

London's New Silent Cinema Wave

London’s silent cinema wave is only gathering pace, signalling an exciting new development through an unexpected departure to the past.

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Dear friends, So here it is, the epic final episode of our Truth & Movies podcast before a Summer pause and an Autumn refresh. @leilalatif.bsky.social is joined by @daveyjenkins.bsky.social and there is just one subject… Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. shows.acast.com/truthandmovi...

The Odyssey | Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast

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The first trailer for Grant Gee’s prizewinning Everybody Digs Bill Evans is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hiob... The film hits UK cinemas on 11 September, 2026

‘The Odyssey is a story about a lot of things – family, true love, war, faith, folly, revenge – but mostly it’s about enduring. This is what human beings do best: we endure, and we tell ourselves stories, as Joan Didion once wrote, in order to live,‘ writes @hannahstrong.co.uk Read full review:

The Odyssey review – a magnificent feat of storytelling

Christopher Nolan mounts a mighty spectacle with his interpretation of Homer's classic story of one tired man's commute from hell.

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Inside the grassroots community of programmers, critics and filmmakers working for the Bishkek International Film Festival who aim to put Kyrgyzstan on the cinematic map.

Beating Heart: Discovering the Cinema of Kyrgyzstan

Inside the grassroots community of programmers, critics and filmmakers working for the Bishkek International Film Festival who aim to put Kyrgyzstan on…

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In his new docu-fiction hybrid, Marc Isaacs hands over his film archive to an apocryphal university's AI lab so it can harvest real human emotion. Read @daveyjenkins.bsky.social's full review:

Synthetic Sincerity review – ambitious doc with little structure

In his new docu-fiction hybrid, Marc Isaacs hands over his film archive to an apocryphal university's AI lab so it can harvest real human emotion.

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A conversation with the Pope of Trash following new @criterion.bsky.social restorations of the upbeat/​downbeat duo, Hairspray and Desperate Living. In conversation with John Waters:

John Waters: ’I’ve always been a les bro‘

A conversation with the Pope of Trash following new restorations of the upbeat/downbeat duo, Hairspray and Desperate Living.

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We've been doing our Truth & Movie pod for 8 years, and felt it was time for something fresh… Following this week's ep, covering Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, we'll be going on a summer hiatus, set to return in October with a brand new format. THANKS to all our amazing listeners. See you soon!

Pouring out a Two Paddocks dry Riesling for Sam Neill, who has gone up to the great cinema in the sky. RIP

Transforming the idyll of summer into a landscape of alienation, Éric Rohmer’s piercing portrait of loneliness endures as a deeply feminine exploration of solo travel.

Summertime Solitude: The Green Ray at 40

Transforming the idyll of summer into a landscape of alienation, Éric Rohmer's piercing portrait of loneliness endures as a deeply feminine exploration of…

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Read @daveyjenkins.bsky.social's first-look review of 3 Weeks After, live from Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

3 Weeks After – first-look review

This lazy Serbian riff on Carrie offers a high-styled, faux-provocative take on teenagers’ apparent obsession with bullying.

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Read @daveyjenkins.bsky.social's first-look review of Five Years, Four Months, live from Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

Five Years, Four Months – first-look review

An intriguing and lightly surreal account of one Columbian mother’s obsessive search for her missing son.

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Andy Mundy-Castle’s stirring documentary charts the career of photographer and activist Misan Harriman while exploring the lasting impact of protest photography. Read Anna Stafford's full review:

Shoot The People review – a powerful tribute to the camera as witness

Andy Mundy-Castle's stirring documentary charts the career of photographer and activist Misan Harriman while exploring the lasting impact of protest…

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An unfortunate family reunion turns bloodbath in Sébastien Vaniček’s disappointing addition to the Evil Dead franchise. Read @billierwalker.bsky.social's full review:

Evil Dead Burn review – struggles to stay alight

An unfortunate family reunion turns bloodbath in Sébastien Vaniček’s disappointing addition to the Evil Dead franchise.

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‘Francesco Sossai takes the Italian road movie for a boozy wander through the Venetian plains,‘ writes Louis Spong Read our full review:

The Last One For The Road review – loose, funny and melancholy

This wistful Venetian road movie pairs two ageing barflies with a shy student, finding humour and beauty in a boozy search for one last drink.

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‘This film unveils the most terrifying residents of the internet: performative teenage boys!‘ writes Yasmine Kandil. Read our full review:

Our Hero, Balthazar review – perceptive dark comedy

When a wealthy New York teen is drawn into an online exchange with a young man from Texas, an unlikely bond forms between two boys shaped by very…

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As the Annecy International Animation Film Festival returns for its 66th year, its Work in Progress sessions offer a rare glimpse into the artistic process behind contemporary animation.

The Process of Art at Annecy Animation Festival

As the Annecy International Animation Film Festival returns for its 66th year, its Work in Progress strand offers a rare glimpse into the artistic process…

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Read @daveyjenkins.bsky.social's first-look review of The Lion at My Back, live from Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

The Lion at My Back – first-look review

How female solidarity can transcend class and race is the focus of this ripped-from-the-heart drama from Cypriot writer/director Tonia Mishiali​.

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Read @daveyjenkins.bsky.social's first-look review of Black Money for White Nights, live from Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

Black Money for White Nights – first-look review

An ageing Bulgarian couple plan to go on a dream holiday to St Petersburg but are scuppered when Russia invades Ukraine in this morality tale about the…

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Disruption and provocation were key motives behind the decision to make Rosebush Pruning, a new, sick treatise on family. In conversation with Karim Aïnouz:

Karim Aïnouz: ‘I was interested in questioning the safe space of…

Disruption and provocation were key motives behind the decision to make Rosebush Pruning, a new, sick treatise on family.

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Rosebush Pruning is proudly a weird, bad time at the movies, but it’s also a film that selects its targets and then hits them with dead aim, writes @daveyjenkins.bsky.social Read full review:

Rosebush Pruning review – a dark-hearted, button-pushing hoot

Karim Aïnouz turns Efthimis Filippou's twisted screenplay into a gloriously deranged portrait of rich-kid rot.

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