My lead review of FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER for @lwlies.com is now online. Out Friday in the UK from MUBI

Happy Cannes Announcement Day to all who celebrate! lwlies.com/cannes-film-...

We’ve got a fun treat coming your way next Friday, 10 April 👀 Introducing LWLies Weekly: A weekly dispatch newsletter featuring mini-essays from a rotating list of contributors and a neat round-up of all the stories, reviews and podcast episodes we’ve published. Subscribe: eepurl.com/lfBCT

The banality of watching someone else playing video games is channeled into this celeb-packed animation sequel that plays like an extended product advertorial. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review: lwlies.com/reviews/the-...

Certainly it feels like Kristoffer Borgli is growing as a filmmaker, even if his intention here is occasionally underserved by his ability, writes @hannahstrong.co.uk The Drama review: lwlies.com/reviews/the-...

As the queen of evocative dance pop releases her ninth studio album, it’s a good time to reflect on how her music has become a phenomenon within queer media. The Queer Cinematic Magic of Robyn: lwlies.com/in-praise-of...

£5 tix with code LWLIES24 to screenings at MUBI’s Stories From Home fest at Hackney’s amazing Castle Cinema this Saturday! Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Neighbouring Sounds Sean Baker’s The Florida Project Ti West’s The House of the Devil Elegance Bratton’s Pier Girls thecastlecinema.com/organisation...

Exploring Ryan Gosling’s whirlwind screen romance with iconic jackets...

The future of Oxford’s Ultimate Picture Palace – one of the UK's oldest cinemas – is under threat. Why are British property developers so interested in destroying our cultural heritage? Please read, sign and pass on! lwlies.com/this-just-in...

Nicolas Roeg’s space oddity has only become more relevant in our age of all-consuming media and unbridled corporate greed

I wrote about Michael Shannon's extraordinary 2016 for @lwlies.com: lwlies.com/acting-up/mi...

Project Hail Mary is the latest film to employ the art of puppetry to bring an alien to life. 'Whether it’s a googly-eyed sock puppet or a towering animatronic operated by a whole team, these celebrities of fabric and string only work because of the stars hidden behind them', writes Henry Bulmer.

Announcing… the new print edition of Little White Lies, inspired by the cinema of Jim Jarmusch, with special focus on his wonderful new film, Father Mother Sister Brother, which is out in the UK on 10 April. The cover is by Berlin-based illustrator Yannik Saal.

thrilled to have written a piece in the new issue on coffee and cigarettes and jarmusch’s idea of “constructed voyeurism” 👀

just ordered my copy and you should too if you love lil indie magazines about films!

had so much fun writing about jim jarmusch through the lens of music for the new @lwlies.com – including his no-wave beginnings, his albums with SQURL, soundtracks by RZA and john lurie + much more, focusing on loops and twisted americana aesthetics across all his work. buy a magazine!

I am very happy to announce that I am in the new issue of Little White Lies! I wrote about Jim Jarmusch's DEAD MAN. Check it out!

Announcing… the new print edition of Little White Lies, inspired by the cinema of Jim Jarmusch, with special focus on his wonderful new film, Father Mother Sister Brother, which is out in the UK on 10 April. The cover is by Berlin-based illustrator Yannik Saal.

Reviewed ARCO for @lwlies.com: lwlies.com/reviews/arco 🌈

Broken English is out now in cinemas. It’s a lovely tribute to Marianne Faithfull. My review lwlies.com/reviews/brok... @lwlies.com

Bi Gan's RESURRECTION gets my first ever 5-star review for @lwlies.com lwlies.com/reviews/resu...

Sandy Powell's work in costume design is both a visual feast and also a treatise on the period film itself, reminding us that the past can only offer so much of itself, and the rest must be filled with dreams

The imagery of Terrence Malick’s 2011 masterpiece has borne plentiful fruit – for better or for worse

'The latest adaptation in the Colleen Hoover cinematic universe has no ambition beyond appealing to BookTok devotees and right-leaning suburban women who post on local neighbourhood pages about ​“suspicious youths” loitering too close to their McMansions.' Reminders of Him review:

In a landmark piece of Slovenian cinema, Stanko Jost articulated the challenges and beauty of queer desire

Giddy Up!! For @lwlies.com, I wrote a lil love letter to Desert Hearts as the film turns 40 - an unsung queer gem! lwlies.com/in-praise-of...

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s attempt at a riot grrl spin on The Bride of Frankenstein is a shambling corpse in dire need of a closed casket. The Bride! review: lwlies.com/reviews/the-...

wrote about da Looney Tunes for @lwlies.com’s new(ish) Big Shorts column! with a lot of great input from director of recent feature The Day The Earth Blew Up, Peter Browngardt: lwlies.com/big-s/looney...

Between the firing of Melissa Barrera for supporting Palestine and a staunch refusal to innovate, the once-beloved horror series has reached new lows. How the Scream franchise’s mask slipped:

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...

With Sentimental Value winning universal acclaim, we revisit Joachim Trier’s 2006 debut about two best friends attempting to become literary greats In praise of Reprise:

With Sentimental Value winning universal acclaim, we visit Joachim Trier’s 2006 debut about two best friends attempting to become literary greats

"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:

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.

RIP Frederick Wiseman – In remembrance of the American dean of documentary

Had the privilege recently to speak to Mary Sweeney about The Straight Story and her wider Lynch collaborations. The interview is out now on @lwlies.com: lwlies.com/in-conversat...

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. lwlies.com/this-just-in...

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

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-...

pretty, simplified, dull – emerald fennell's much-feted version of wuthering heights is a bitter disappointment that reads more as brand exercise than sensual cinema lwlies.com/reviews/wuth...

I wrote about Gus Van Sant, the new queer cinema, and the stalking of immigrants for @lwlies.com lwlies.com/in-praise-of...

I spoke with Markiplier for @lwlies.com. One of the most successful YouTubers on the planet, he now finds himself an overnight box-office sensation — and disruptor In a mutually curious conversation, we explore what IRON LUNG means to film, to games, and to Markiplier lwlies.com/this-just-in...

Send Help sees veteran director Sam Raimi returning to his horror-adjacent roots for this first work based on an original IP since 2009 indie humdinger, Drag Me to Hell, and it's an absolute hoot, writes @daveyjenkins.bsky.social Review: lwlies.com/reviews/send...

100 Nights of Hero unfolds at breakneck speed, with never a dull moment. Julia Jackman deftly interweaves her multiple narrative threads and indulges (complimentary) in woozy, dreamlike montages of image and sound, writes @lauravenning.bsky.social Review: lwlies.com/reviews/100-...

Shelter: This minor-key chase thriller aims for high seriousness, but offers nothing new or exciting to the ever-expanding Statham canon. Review: lwlies.com/reviews/shel...

Bradley Cooper’s third directorial feature about a struggling marriage through the eyes of a stand-up comedian buzzes with energy and emotion. Is This Thing On? review: lwlies.com/reviews/is-t...

for @lwlies.com, my review of Return to Silent Hill, an adaptation of Silent Hill 2 that makes some bewildering decisions but still captures its spirit better than the recent Bloober Team remake lwlies.com/reviews/retu...

The History Of Sound: its buttoned-up nature might frustrate those hoping for a more salacious story, but Oliver Hermanus and Ben Shattuck (adapting his own short story of the same name) have produced a unique and moving romance for those willing to listen. Review: lwlies.com/reviews/the-...

Hawking my wares: here's my @lwlies.com review of Claire Foy vehicle H IS FOR HAWK, now playing in cinemas lwlies.com/reviews/h-is...

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