Little White Lies - Movie Reviews and Articles

Everest: The Other Side – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s documentary about an extreme Everest expedition fails to interrogate the questions at the heart of its subject matter.

Wild Horse Nine – first-look review

by David Jenkins

A revitalising shot of pure entertainment from writer/​director Martin McDonagh which also operates as a grave critique of modern US foreign policy.

Bucking Fastard – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Kate and Rooney Mara are perfectly cast as a pair of peculiar sisters in Werner Herzog’s sweet and strange dramedy.

Burgundy – first-look review

by Hugo Emmerzael

Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw uncork France’s most guarded wine region, delivering an intoxicating portrait of a gastronomic institute wrestling with the passage of time.

My Notes on Mars – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Lili Horvát’s English language debut stars Mackenzie Davis and Rupert Friend as a starcrossed couple.

Ink – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Danny Boyle’s take on the rise of Rupert Murdoch and The Sun fails to spin a convincing yarn.

Late Fame review – underserved by a thin script

by Hannah Strong

Kent Jones’ latest stars Willem Dafoe as a forgotten poet drawn back into New York’s art scene by a young fan.

Super Nature review – a grainy, intimate delight

by Francesca Steele

Ed Sayers’ crowdsourced documentary stitches together Super‑8 wildlife footage from 40 filmmakers across 25 countries.

Leviticus review – a tender queer horror debut

by Anton Bitel

A shape-shifting killer stalks two closeted teenagers in Adrian Chiarella’s gripping debut, though the real terror lies in the bigotry of the small town around them. 

The Death of Robin Hood review – a brutal alternative to a familiar story

by Emma Kiely

Hugh Jackman’s grizzled outlaw trades merry men for melancholy in Michael Sarnoski’s moody spin on England’s most recycled legend.

The Dog Stars review – sickly sweet Americana hopecore

by Billie Walker

Ridley Scott’s latest post-apocalyptic fantasy is stacked with pretty faces and product placement, making it one of his least convincing efforts yet.

Colony review – messy parade of old genre gimmicks

by Emma Kiely

Train to Busan mastermind Yeon Sang-ho’s new zombie horror misses the mark even with a nifty hive mind gimmick.

Sarah Maldoror’s Poetry of Resistance

by Haaniyah Awale Angus

A BFI season curated by Annouchka de Andrade on her mother’s work prompts questions about restoration, cultural memory, and the endurance of political art in an era of flattened aesthetics.

Sleeping with the Enemy: The Handmaiden at 10

by Emily Jisoo Bowles

On the anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender and the end of colonial rule in Korea, we examine how Park Chan-wook folds political critique into the visual pleasures of his erotic thriller.

The 2026 BFI London Film Festival line-up has been announced

A packed line-up of big names, hidden treasures and arthouse faves is making its way to the capital as the UK’s biggest film festival returns for its 70^th edition.

The Dead Screen as a Mirror: Metacinema and the Trans Gaze

by Edie Barnabas

Through films about films and characters in the act of watching, a new wave of trans filmmakers is transforming a medium that has long distorted their image into one that can reflect their own.

Pedro Almodóvar: ‘Everyone that surrounds a writer feeds their creation’

by David Jenkins

The Spanish maestro is in confessional mode with his stirring and self-reflexive latest, Bitter Christmas.

The ASBOwave and the Cultural Politics of Broken Britain

by Luke Charnley

The far-right‘s increasingly hostile culture war against migrants echoes the fantasies of social collapse that weaponised British vigilante cinema in the 2000s.

Behind the Window Display: Cinema's Desperate Salesmen

by Ariana Martinez

Lacking the confidence to emulate the smooth-talking charlatans of the business world, these salesmen’s entrepreneurial personas end up as artificial as their shopfront displays.

Andrzej Wajda’s Cinema of Complicated Defiance at 100

by Juliette Bretan

On the centenary of a Polish cinema giant, we remember the powerful storytelling of Andrzej Wajda through his war and post-war films.

Celebrating the Splendour, Anarchy and Creative Genius of Sandy Powell

by Desirae Embree

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s reimagining of James Whale’s 1935 classic The Bride of Frankenstein marks 40 years in the singular career of costume designer Sandy Powell.

Playground Love: How Air scored The Virgin Suicides

by Paul Weedon

The French electronic duo were the musical backbone behind Sofia Coppola’s startling debut. A 25^th anniversary reissue saw them reconstructing much of their work from scratch.

Life is a B-Movie: Joe D’Amato’s Bizarre Prophecy of 2025

by Mila Fielker

A dystopian retro-future of telepathic mutants, gladiators and fascists – does Joe D’Amato’s vision of 2025 show any resemblance to our current reality?

The New Bootlegs: Open Matte Films & Unofficial Scans

by Lexie Corbett

The unofficial, often open matte scans of these films preserve a tactile history of cinema in its imperfect totality.