Rose of Nevada

If it’s artisan film-making you’re after, authenticity guaranteed, then Mark Jenkin is your man. Rose of Nevada is his second film since he slapped critical acclaim about with Bait, his Cornwall-set black-and-white tale of a left-behind town and the awful DFL (Down From London) weekenders who regularly turn up looking for, yes, authenticity. Since then Jenkin has come back with Enys Men, spooky folk horror of sorts. And now this, a tale set in a Cornish fishing town whose better days seem to be returning, at least as an echo, in a time-travelling turn of events. Since Bait, as Jenkin’s profile has risen, he’s started employing more expensive stars and – he’d probably … Read more