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Read The Naked Gun review – not just more rebooted IP for the pile
Liam Neeson in The Naked Gun. Liam Neeson is a white male in his 60s with grey hair and blue eyes. He is frowning and bearing his teeth in a grimace. He is wearing a burgundy cardigan and a round-collared white shirt.
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The Naked Gun

Review by Charles Bramesco

Not just more rebooted IP for the pile

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LWLies Magazine

LWLies 108: The Phoenician Scheme issue: Out now!

by Little White Lies

Pack your bags for a madcap, cross-country adventure with our issue dedicated to Wes Anderson’s latest, The Phoenician Scheme.
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Partnership

Introducing… La Dolce Vita: A Celebration of Italian Screen Style

by Little White Lies

This summer we’re inviting you to indulge in a slice of the sweet life with Disaronno.
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Partnership

Marcello Mastroianni: A Life Lived Beautifully

by LWLies

Our latest video essay, made in partnership with Disaronno, explores how the Italian screen legend became an enduring symbol of ​“la dolce vita”.

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Liam Neeson in The Naked Gun. Liam Neeson is a white male in his 60s with grey hair and blue eyes. He is frowning and bearing his teeth in a grimace. He is wearing a burgundy cardigan and a round-collared white shirt.
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The Naked Gun review – not just more rebooted IP for the pile

by Charles Bramesco

Liam Neeson stars as Detective Frank Drebin Jr in Akiva Schaffer’s zany new Police Academy adventure.

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Three cartoon children with large eyes sheltering under green leaves by water, surrounded by autumn foliage and tree roots.
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Savages review – direct action education, for kids!

by Kambole Campbell

Claude Barras’s new animated feature ties together fights for indigenous rights and climate action with coming-of-age angst.

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Bring Her Back review – Sally Hawkins is sensationally unhinged

by Katherine McLaughlin

Two siblings discover their new foster mother isn’t all she seems in Michael and Danny Philippou’s gory horror. 

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The Bad Guys 2 review – an absolute hoot

by David Jenkins

This superior screwball heist sequel headed up by Sam Rockwell demonstrates a wicked funny bone.

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps review – hard not to wish for more commitment

by Kambole Campbell

Hesitance to commit to pulpy retrofuturism undermines one of the better MCU entries.

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Four people standing on boat deck: woman in orange top on phone, blonde woman in navy jumper, brunette in denim dungarees, man in grey jacket.
Review

I Know What You Did Last Summer review – cramped by the limitations of its own IP

by Patrick Sproull

A new group of sexy teens face off against a hook-handed foe in this strange legacy sequel.

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Features

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Journeys

Inside the inaugural edition of the Collective Film Festival London

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A dispatch from a passionate grassroots project over in Finsbury Park.
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Festivals

The 2025 Venice line-up is insanely stacked

by Nathan Lewis

Festival chief Alberto Barbara has pulled out all the stops to deliver a star-spangled and mouth-watering set of titles.
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In Praise Of

The queer optimism of My Beautiful Laundrette

by Nirris Nagendrarajah

As Stephen Frears’ 1985 dramedy turns 40, a writer discovers a hopeful mirror in the lovers at the centre of the film.
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Festivals

A report from the bleeding edge of non-fiction film

by Rafael Fonseca

We document the exhilarating comings and goings on the ground at London’s second Creative Nonfiction Film Weekend.
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Interviews

Athina Rachel Tsangari: 'It’s about how easily the narcissism of artists can turn into a tool in the hands of power'

by David Jenkins

The industrious and passionate Greek filmmaker on her subtly apocalyptic new work, Harvest.
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Long Read

Long Hot Summer: The mythos of the pool on screen

by Eleanor Brady

From surreal odysseys to sexual awakenings, the swimming pool has long been depicted as a site of transformation, nostalgia and fluid identity.
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