Rian Johnson

Poker Face is a pleasurable throwback to the golden age of television

By Annie Berke

Rian Johnson's "howcatchem" villain-of-the-week series sees Natasha Lyonne take on the mantel of an unconventional gumshoe with delightful results.

Rian Johnson: ‘Sondheim’s my guy’

By Adam Woodward

The writer/director of Glass Onion talks musicals, murder mysteries, and the sartorial secrets of master detective Benoit Blanc.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

By David Jenkins

Benoit Blanc enters the canon of iconic movie characters with Rian Johnson’s second foray into whodunit (nu-dunit?) territory.

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LWLies 96: The Glass Onion issue – Out now!

By Little White Lies

We hop on a deluxe yacht to visit Rian Johnson’s fiendishly entertaining, star-spangled nu-dunnit.

The full 2022 BFI London Film Festival line-up has been announced

By Marina Ashioti

From Glass Onion to Decision to Leave, this year’s cinematic bonanza is packed to the gills with discovery and delight.

Benoit Blanc will return in a sequel to Knives Out

By Charles Bramesco

The sleuth extraordinaire looks set to head up his very own franchise.

The 30 best films of 2019

By Little White Lies

Counting down our favourite feature-length releases from the past 12 months.

Knives Out

By David Jenkins

Rian Johnson does his best Agatha Christie impression in this riotous, star-packed homage to the classic whodunnit.

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Gemini Man, duplicates and crises of masculinity

By Kambole Campbell

Ang Lee’s sci-fi thriller explores male intimacy and dependency through a time-honoured trope.

63rd BFI London Film Festival line-up brings female directors to the fore

By David Jenkins

Céline Sciamma, Marielle Heller and Athina Rachel Tsangari are all heading to the capital this October.

Rian Johnson goes Agatha Christie in the Knives Out trailer

By Charles Bramesco

Chris Evans, Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon and more star in the whodunit.

60 films to look forward to in 2019 – part 2

By Rory Marsh

New works from Claire Denis, Jordan Peele and Kelly Reichardt round out our bumper 2019 preview.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

By Hannah Strong

Rian Johnson serves up the most spectacular, emotional and weirdest Star Wars film to date.

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi gets another awesome trailer

By Little White Lies

Rian Johnson’s eighth instalment of the world’s biggest movie franchise is almost upon us. And it looks like another good one…

The Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer is here

By Little White Lies

Luke Skywalker threatens the end of the Jedi in this teaser for Episode VIII.

Looper

By Matt Bochenski

Meet Looper, by a country mile the most resourceful, vivacious and savage science fiction movie of 2012.

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The Brothers Bloom

By Adam Woodward

As Rian Johnson’s difficult second album, The Brothers Bloom is more an anti-climax than a letdown.

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