Me and @hannahstrong.co.uk chop it up with a game of Cannes tombola, covering a bunch of the big movies + official gelato rankings!

The murderous antagonist in Nicolas Winding Refn’s new film, Her Private Hell, is called The Leather Man, and I would die for him.

I feel like a disappointed parent lwlies.com/cannes-film-...

Usually love Cristian Mungiu, but his mean-spirited and absurd new film, Fjord, is (so far) my bomb of the 2026 Cannes festival… lwlies.com/cannes-film-...

Our collected coverage from Cannes. Lotsa good stuff!

Elite list. Lolly, Brookner, Frog Hospital…

In the new Marie Kreuzer film Gentle Monster, Lea Seydoux plays a popstar whose apparently popular schtick is neo-classical solo piano covers of Charles & Eddie.

The new Hamaguchi is everything. lwlies.com/cannes-film-...

Paweł Pawlikowski’s striking miniature on author Thomas Mann’s return to Germany after the war in 1949 hums with emotion and insight. #Cannes2026

Just saw the new restoration of Ken Russell’s The Devils in Cannes. I must confess I loved it. Phenomenal intro by @kermodemovie.bsky.social and Russell’s widow, Lisi.

My review of Paweł Pawlikowski’s Fatherland #Cannes lwlies.com/cannes-film-...

“Genre-bending” as a term is bandied around a lot in film marketing, but it’s hard to think of a film where it feels more apt a descriptor; Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma defies easy categorisation. #Cannes2026

The boys

Looking to commission a colour piece about Hollywood Boulevard from a local journalist for our upcoming print issue – please hmu (email in bio) if you feel this could be you.

Prime with ads. Just how Kubrick intended.

Just interviewed one of the all-time geniuses of cinema (Joe Dante obvs). Bucket list item for me.

Next Thursday, 7 May at 18:30, join us at the Rio Cinema for the first of three mystery screenings that we'll be presenting (on 35mm!) as part of the #RIOFOREVER celebrations: riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/What... 🎟️ £5 standard tickets 🎟️ £10 tickets include a copy of the magazine

My Sunday

Cancel culture exis-[gunshot] variety.com/2026/film/bo...

I liked Mother Mary :) lwlies.com/reviews/moth...

Daniel Blumberg cld deffo play Patches in the Elden Ring movie.

This looks like it could be our Who Framed Roger Rabbit youtu.be/H-43VeYGiPM

My review of Michael Jackson anti-biopic, Michael. lwlies.com/reviews/mich...

Just watching The Good Life

Celebrity: I think we should all just chill out and accept AI. Journalist: But why? Celebrity:

My review. in which I dispute the presence of Mummies AND (quite possibly) Lee Cronin.

I am excited for Lee Cronin’s Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.

Recorded this special Jim Jarmusch ep of T&M, shooting the breeze with Mark Asch on Father Mother Sister Brother, first encounters with JJ and asking whether this is a late period movie. Also give a shout-out to Gwendoline Riley’s The Palm House at the end. shows.acast.com/truthandmovi...

Is 2026 an all-time low turnout for British films in Cannes? Do we not have anything ready to go?

excited to announce that i'm going to be writing a monthly letter on film, pop culture etc goings on for the brand new lwlies weekly!!! cannot believe it tbh!!! thank u @hannahstrong.co.uk for inviting me!! sign up please!!!

Amazing first missive of our shiny new newsletter. Sign up for future funsies!

A new dawn rises: The first edition of LWLies Weekly, with a letter from our digital editor, @hannahstrong.co.uk, highlighting exactly what to expect from our brand new, free weekly newsletter 💌 Subscribe to get it straight to your inbox: eepurl.com/lfBCT

my musical profile of jim jarmusch is now available to read online at @lwlies.com! from no wave nyc to post-apocalyptic shopping malls via RZA, SQÜRL, mulatu astatke, vampire noise-rock and much more lwlies.com/in-praise-of...

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

i thought undertone was bad and can't believe more people didn't! lwlies.com/reviews/unde...

I was scared to read this because I just thought the likelihood of it being as good as (or even better than) My Phantoms was so remote. And yet…

I must know, if you "write" a "novel" using AI, is that also accepting that you should also forego payment? As an editor, I'd be like, okay, 65k words… shall we say that's worth… 2 quid?

Fabulous news.

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-...

Out on MUBI this week and pretty much unmissable. Consider showing this to the kids rather than schlepping them along to Mario Galaxy. lwlies.com/reviews/my-u...

Tore The Super Mario Galaxy Movie a new one. lwlies.com/reviews/the-...

The Drama: mostly good!! lwlies.com/reviews/the-...

Greatest magazine column of all time must be Select’s Our Absinth Friends.

Bob Dylan's Patreon feels like he's being Stan Lee'd by some unscrupulous family members who want their pool retiled.

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...

ROSE OF NEVADA preview tour

Was sent an old print interview I did with Frederick Wiseman, and this opener (which coulda gone either way), yielded some nice lil zings…

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.

… @clarisseloughrey.bsky.social, @daveyjenkins.bsky.social, @jakecole.bsky.social, @carolaverygrant.bsky.social, @judysquirrels.bsky.social and @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social. Illustrations by Reena Wu, Simone Goder, Racheal Bruce, Stephanie Monohan, Michelle Urra and Bertal Vallo.

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