David Jenkins

If you ever see the term "big swing" in a film review, that means the film is bad in an interesting way.

Got an email from Netflix titled "We've Added Something You Might Like". Intrigued, I opened the email to discover they have added The Boss Baby (2017) to their platform.

Amanda Seyfried: ‘This movie has changed me’ The star of The Testament of Ann Lee expounds on the joys of giving yourself over to cinema.

I spoke to Amanda Seyfried lwlies.com/interviews/a... about The Testament of Ann Lee @lwlies.com

Excited for Paramount to give us a stream of starless, prestige versions of Daily Wire productions, each one crashing and burning harder than the last…

Three euphoric films on this week's episode, plus a big up to Abel Ferrara's new memoir, Scene.

And bravo to the Greens – just on an image basis, not a hard choice when it comes to the jolly woman in the bright clothes who smiles vs the raging Moss Bros nightmare who probably has a home basement with key-code entry.

No doubt at all that Labour will now lean further and harder into their swing right rather than a light capitulation towards what they think is the progressive cause, but is actually the reason people voted for them in the first place.

Some very good Walken material incoming… legend status confirmed.

Hem, Rabbit Songs

A perfect album. Shoulda been a million-seller…

Daniel Blumberg: ​‘The ingredients were there to make something… Meeting the compositional maestro behind the complex web of sounds and rhythms in Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee.

just seen that my @lwlies.com interview with daniel blumberg about THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is now online as well as in the magazine :) have a read please lwlies.com/interviews/d...

Omg it’s happening!

Nozin’ Aroun' possible the high point of visual culture IMO. I would love to know what it was parodying tho…

Mona Fastvold: ‘I’m always searching for the perfect choreography… The maker of The Testament of Ann Lee on creating a radical biography that’s forged in ecstatic song.

"I’m always searching for the perfect choreography between the camera and the performer" – The maker of The Testament of Ann Lee on creating a radical biography that’s forged in ecstatic song.

In conversation with Mona Fastvold:

Sucks we’re getting a Cliff Booth spin-off movie when the world is clearly hankering for a Cyril Woodcock spin-off movie.

What Wasteman shows us about the reality of prisons and the potential… Cal McMau’s visceral feature debut, set in a men's prison, provides a useful lens for considering how pop culture informs our understanding of policing…

Cal McMau’s visceral feature debut, set in a men’s prison, provides a useful lens for considering how pop culture informs our understanding of policing and justice.

The Eye of a Camera: Frederick Wiseman (1930-2026) | Tributes | Roger Ebert A legendary documentarian is gone.

Frederick Wiseman appreciations:
@daveyjenkins.bsky.social: lwlies.com/in-praise-of...
@alissawilkinson.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...
Philip Concannon: www.bfi.org.uk/features/fre...
@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/tributes/fre...

RIP Frederick Wiseman – In remembrance of the American dean of… Our homage to one of the great filmmakers of the modern age who leaves behind him a corpus of worked unmatched in the world of film and art.

RIP Frederick Wiseman. I wrote a little remembrance for @lwlies.com about how I discovered his films, how my long journey commenced, and why I love the work so, so much.

lwlies.com/in-praise-of...

Duvall - acting legend, but also top director. The Apostle - amazing, but also this little-seen masterpiece

How representation of sexual assault is changing on screen Two decades on from the beginning of the MeToo movement, more and more filmmakers are choosing to explore the lasting impact of sexual violence rather…

Instead of reading the Epstein files and freaking yourself out you could read my lates for @lwlies.com on how sexual assault cinema is going beyond graphic depictions to detail the lives of those impacted by sexual violence.
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Amazing!! Picking this up asap! Congratulations!

Titles of his best films all end in -ing. (They’re all amazing!!)

Slices of life in the Sundance shorts section Don't let the excitement of the ritzy feature premieres fool you – Sundance's brightest gems can be found in their excellent shorts programming.

Don’t let the excitement of the ritzy feature premieres fool you – Sundance’s brightest gems can be found in their excellent shorts programming.

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley review – a touching but incomplete… Amy Berg's tribute to a singular artist is well-intentioned and often interesting, but doesn't quite live up to the its complex subject.

i reviewed amy berg's new jeff buckley documentary for @lwlies.com and wrote about why it's difficult to fully capture his artistic and personal strangeness in one film – in cinemas this friday lwlies.com/reviews/its-...

YouTube video by I, Kino Nénette and Boni (1996) - Dough Scene

Hey new Wuthering Heights – Claire Denis did erotic dough kneading 30 years ago, and better!

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My take: she doesn’t necessarily misinterpret the novel (which, as you say, is very open in many respects), but when it comes to the rich ambiguities, she always goes for the easy option.

The Fall Couldn’t Get Ahead 12 inch cover

I just think this goes so hard in so many ways…

this take is hotter than the film tbh

Wuthering Heights review – pretty vacant Emerald Fennell sets out to shock with her maximalist take on Emily Brontë's classic novel, but her grand vision lacks depth or heart.

some thoughts on wuthering heights lwlies.com/reviews/wuth...