Under Great White Northern Lights review

A surprisingly different 'rockumentary' following The White Stripes on tour

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There’s more than meets the eye within Emmett Malloy’s ‘rockumentary’.

First impressions suggest it’s a tour movie with a difference, plotting The White Stripes’ 10th anniversary Canadian jaunt in ’07.

Jack and Meg bring Deep South revisionism to Northern provinces and venues and Malloy’s lo-fi style spotlights the gigs’ intuitive intensity.

The dynamic between the faux-siblings fascinates most, though, quietly speaking volumes. Note that Meg had to cancel all subsequent tours and the close will subtly slay you.

Viscerally thrilling and a vivid psychodrama on the sly: just like The White Stripes themselves, then.

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Kevin Harley is a freelance journalist with bylines at Total Film, Radio Times, The List, and others, specializing in film and music coverage. He can most commonly be found writing movie reviews and previews at 12DOVE.