Little White Lies

Ep 2 of our refreshed Truth & Movies podcast is live! @leilalatif.bsky.social and @hannahstrong.co.uk talk Making Marie Antoinette and the art of the "Making of…" movies, with special focus on Theo Rollason's Queer Edward II. Please give us a watch and subscribe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6RZ...

We have a few final extra tickets open up for a FREE preview of Lee Chang-dong's Possible Love TONIGHT at the Cinema at Selfridges. Act fast! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-previ...

Andrzej Żuławski’s grotesque vision of a marriage collapsing is an unnerving reflection of our increasingly disconnected world. If handled with care, could a remake remind us of what we stand to lose? In praise of Possession at 45

Truth & Movies – a Little White Lies podcast is now available as video! Our first episode of this new series looks at the pearls of the 2026 BFI LFF. Episodes will be dropping fortnightly, and this new format is a beta phase with full launch expected early 2027. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeRq...

Thrilled to see that this absolutely iconic cinema – an integral part of London's lifeblood – has been saved from capitalist ghouls. We think that it may have been our recent viewing of Event Horizon on 35mm in the downstairs screen that may have tipped it 😉

Brad Bird's Ray Gunn is a dream feature animation, redolent of the works coming out during Pixar's golden era. Our first-look review from its London Film Festival premiere. lwlies.com/bfi-london-f...

Launching… LWLies 115 – The Wild Horse Nine issue. Interviews with Martin McDonagh, John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell and Mariana di Girolamo plus much, much more. Cover art by Zoé Maghamès Peters.

Launching… LWLies 115 – The Wild Horse Nine issue. Interviews with Martin McDonagh, John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell and Mariana di Girolamo plus much, much more. Cover art by Zoé Maghamès Peters.

Andrew Scott has his eyes on the prize as Ian Charleson, the British actor who played Hamlet at the National while fighting an AIDS diagnosis. Elsinore first-look review: lwlies.com/bfi-london-f...

Aaron Sorkin’s belated sequel dramatises Frances Haugen’s whistleblowing at Facebook, but this account of the company’s many misdeeds lacks the bite of its predecessor. The Social Reckoning review:

Monica Dolan excels as an amateur historian investigating mass child abuse at a former mother and baby home in Tuam. The Lost Children of Tuam review: lwlies.com/reviews/the-...

Jennifer Peedom’s mountaineering biopic offers a much-needed change of perspective on the famous 1953 ascent of Mount Everest. Tenzing review: lwlies.com/reviews/tenz...

Location scout extraordinaire, Lori Balton, tells us about the shifting nature of her globe-trotting craft. Landscape Collector: lwlies.com/hard-craft/l...

Ethan Hawke excels in this likeable trail western-cum-gold heist that demonstrates there’s fun to be had from sticking to a tight formula. The Weight review: lwlies.com/reviews/the-...

Tom Cruise hams it up as an oil-drilling oligarch in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s overstuffed satire. Digger review: lwlies.com/reviews/digger

Molly Manners’s witty coming-of-age tale follows two schoolgirls who turn falling in love with their Geography teacher into a summer project. Extra Geography review: lwlies.com/reviews/extr...

Suzannah Mirghani spins a tender coming-of-age story from Sudanese cotton, reclaiming a country too often seen only through tragedy. Cotton Queen review: lwlies.com/reviews/cott...

Charles Melton on getting jacked up and fighting fit for his enigmatic role in Her Private Hell. In conversation with Charles Melton: lwlies.com/in-conversat...

Horror heroine Sophie Thatcher talks music, madness and surrendering to the strange world of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell. In conversation with Sophie Thatcher: lwlies.com/in-conversat...

Cult auteur Nicolas Winding Refn on his return to cinema – and from the dead – with a neon-hued fable about a father-daughter relationship from hell. In conversation with Nicolas Winding Refn: lwlies.com/in-conversat...

Irrepressible and unique, Nicolas Winding Refn returns for some big-screen shenanigans in this pristine, slowcore cyberpunk fable that offers a masterclass in atmosphere and worldbuilding. Her Private Hell review: lwlies.com/reviews/her-...

Jane Austen’s classic romance finds fresh life in Georgia Oakley’s moodier, more naturalistic adaptation. Sense and Sensibility review: lwlies.com/reviews/sens...

Na Hong-jin returns with the most expensive Korean film ever made, a rip-snorting creature feature with eccentricity and action to burn. Hope review: lwlies.com/reviews/hope

In his first film in 14 years, Ross McElwee comes to terms with the death of his son Adrian, and what good documentary is in the face of heartbreak. Remake review: lwlies.com/reviews/remake

Saoirse Ronan excels as a burnt-out primary school teacher in this unhinged satire that’s as funny as it is unsettling. Bad Apples review: lwlies.com/reviews/bad-...

Garth Jennings mines a treasure trove of archive footage in this joyous concert film, bringing Pulp’s magic to the big screen. Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore? review: lwlies.com/reviews/pulp

Lance Hammer’s long-awaited follow-up to Ballast is a harrowing yet vital tale of dementia, family and the limits of consent. Queen at Sea review: lwlies.com/reviews/quee...

Bad Bunny video director Stillz makes a startling feature debut with this found-footage odyssey through Medellín’s hillside comunas. Barrio Triste review: lwlies.com/reviews/barr...

A light, amusing run-out for Shaun and co, this time battling a Bigfoot-like monster who’s laying siege to their sleepy English village. Shaun the Sheep review: lwlies.com/reviews/shau...

A new high bar has been set for video game adaptations in Zach Cregger’s unabashedly nasty take on the beloved, long-running zombie franchise. Resident Evil review: lwlies.com/reviews/resi...

Zack Snyder's The Last Photograph: Morally vile, intellectually void, badly made and interminably dull. First-look review from #TIFF26

Sterling Point is less scary than Widow’s Bay, and far less fraught than Furious, but each of these shows is not pretending to be something they aren’t, and viewers are responding accordingly. Maybe we want TV to feel like TV after all, writes @frazbelina.bsky.social

It is great to see TV shows like Widow's Bay, Sterling Point, and Furious that actually feel like they are embracing the medium they are made for. So, it is a real treat that I got to dig into how these shows are doing this for @lwlies.com lwlies.com/small-screen...

Wrapped Venice competition with one of its great surprises, Marco Bechis’ tight dictatorship thriller BACK TO BUENOS AIRES. Here’s me for @lwlies.com: lwlies.com/venice-film-...

Have the fondest memories of time spent with Jeremy. What were meant to be short chats at his Hanway St, and later Notting Hill, offices ended up lasting hours, as he walked and talked me through his vast archives. Boy, could that man tell a story. A warm, generous titan, and a devastating loss.

Sad to hear about the death of maverick British super producer Jeremy Thomas, responsible for The Shout, The Last Emperor, Naked Lunch, Crash, Sexy Beast, The Dreamers, Thirteen Assassins, Only Lovers Left Alive and many more auteur-driven classics. RIP

Nicolas Winding Refn, live and in person, will be joining us THIS EVENING for a preview of his neon-lit headfuck, Her Private Hell, at Curzon Soho in London. Last few tickets remaining, grab 'em while you can! www.curzon.com/films/her-pr...