The real turning point

Wrote this piece for @lwlies.com a coupla years back in praise of Miller’s Crossing, which was my Favourite Film Of All Time from about 1993-1998. lwlies.com/in-praise-of...

Please god, no more boxing movies…

This illustration is so good you could probably tell it’s Trump’s hand even if the remote wasn’t there.

PTA has made a film that is a very rare beast indeed: one that is incredibly fun without ever once straining to be – read @daveyjenkins.bsky.social's review: lwlies.com/reviews/one-...

Review: One Battle After Another is a pure shot of PTA’s alchemical craft and one of 2025’s best. Top marks awarded from @daveyjenkins.bsky.social lwlies.com/reviews/one-...

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Every time I see mention of A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey it makes me think of…

RIP Robert Redford. Downhill Racer, for me, an absolute pip.

Top Scottish accents rh

This was a fun Monday morning task tbh…

God this was a depressing, mirthless slog… Little more than a trundled victory lap for the original film. lwlies.com/reviews/spin...

I jumped on the @studiocanal.com podcast with the great @simonbrew.bsky.social to discuss their plush new 4K re-release of Mike Nichols’ The Graduate, and make the case that it's perhaps a more interesting film about Mrs Robinson than it is about Benjamin Braddock. audioboom.com/posts/877297...

PSA: there’s a ton of Steely Dan refs in the new PTA (complimentary).

A new Claire Denis film is always cause for celebration in our house – The Fence sees her return to Africa, with her eternal muse Isaach de Bankolé plus Matt Dillon, Tom Blyth and Mia McKenna-Bruce lwlies.com/toronto-film...

thread of LFF recs not in the gala selections!!!

You already know about the gala films at London Film Festival this year (and we highly recommend a bunch of 'em!) but there's plenty of hidden gems in the rest of the programme – here's a little thread of titles to grab tickets for... ⬇️ 🎬

Further details 👇 whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/d...

If you'd like more thoughts on the fest from me, @rafiews.com and @marshallshaffer.bsky.social our Venice podcast episode is out now! shows.acast.com/truthandmovi...

The twist is Lucy falls back in love with George as she is wowed by his new sixth finger. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Seeing the new Ross McElwee film get raves, we need to get a UK screening of this early masterpiece, in which the sudden birth of his son allows him some long-denied perspective on a prolonged existential and creative funk.

As a McElwee superfan, simply reading some of the passages here made me well up… (please add to LFF line-up stat!!)

Recounting the horrific murder of five-year-old Hind Rajab by the IDF in Gaze last year, Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab is an immensely powerful cry for the genocide of the Palestinian people to be recognised lwlies.com/venice-film-...

Introducing our latest music themed issue, covered by @kojeyradical.bsky.social Huck 82: The Music Issue. Grab your copy now: huck.imbmsubscriptions.com/huckcurrenti...

Benny Safdie's solo feature debut The Smashing Machine features a stellar turn from Dwayne Johnson, but it's so much better than an awards bait biopic. @hannahstrong.co.uk out of Venice: lwlies.com/venice-film-...

hurts so bad when someone you voted for turns out to be an A1 roofrack

If you like your Tilda fully Swintoned may I suggest you pick up this rather excellent latest edition of @lwlies.com

Guillermo del Toro’s dream-fulfilling Frankenstein is a heartbreaking dream of a movie. @hannahstrong.co.uk reviews out of Venice lwlies.com/venice-film-...

Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is a spellbinding masterwork and Jacob Elordi made me cry lwlies.com/venice-film-...

Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet is film of the year for me (so far).

The best thing I've seen in Venice so far? Mark Jenkins' ROSE OF NEVADA. Here's me for @lwlies.com. lwlies.com/venice-film-...

The Pride of Cornwall Mark Jenkin delivers a triumph in Rose of Nevada out of Venice, featuring George MacKay and Callum Turner as fishermen on a strange vessel – read @rafiews.com' first-look review lwlies.com/venice-film-...

Here to boldly stand against the haters and say After the Hunt is great lwlies.com/venice-film-...

Luca Guadagnino’s knotty psychodrama confronts our most selfish impulses against the backdrop of a Yale University scandal. First-look review of After the Hunt from #Venezia82: lwlies.com/venice-film-...

Alternative timeline where Dusk At Cubist Castle got the belated plaudits and masterpiece status that went to In An Aeroplane…

My homeslice firing our gold from Venice. Please do rep.

Jay Kelly: sure! Why not!! lwlies.com/venice-film-...

Yorgos Lanthimos’ stylish and sardonic take on the Korean sci-fi caper Save The Green Planet! defies the remake odds. First-look review of Bugonia from #Venezia82: lwlies.com/venice-film-...

Bugonia: good movie lwlies.com/venice-film-...

Paolo Sorrentino’s latest tries to recapture the unruly political bite of his early films, with mixed results. First-look review of La Grazia from #Venezia82: lwlies.com/festivals/la...

My review of Paolo Sorrentino’s disappointing Venice opener, La Grazia lwlies.com/festivals/la...

Caught Stealing: solidly entertaining stuff that feels easily recommendable to a wide audience – a rarity for an Aronofsky film. Our review: lwlies.com/reviews/caug...

The writer/​director/​star of festival sensation, Sorry, Baby, on bellybutton piercings and finding a sombre humour and reflection in the subject of sexual abuse. In conversation with Eva Victor:

Could not be more proud of all the amazing writers and artists involved in the creation of this Tilda Swinton special. Details of all the insides coming soon!

Take this with a pinch of salt, but whenever we've done a readers survey for LWLies (we actually did one just last month!), the one constant and overwhelming insight we get is that people love reviews, love reading the reviews and want more reviews. There's other stuff, but this is always the same.

The Fail

Poopl Vuh

Tilda for the biopic

Some of my Dylan minidiscs from circa 1998

Why yes, this sounds exactly like the authentic words of a member of a test screening audience in Dallas…