Need a view­ing rec­om­men­da­tion? We’re here to help

As we adjust to the new nor­mal, many of us sud­den­ly find our­selves with a lot of time on our hands – min­utes and hours that would oth­er­wise be spent com­mut­ing, social­is­ing, or gen­er­al­ly pot­ter­ing around with­out a care in the world. The world right now is a scary, ten­sion-filled place, and many of us are left try­ing to do what­ev­er we can to improve it as best we can.

For every­one at LWLies, that means help­ing peo­ple find the films (and oth­er visu­al media) which might bring them some com­fort amid the chaos of the day. That’s been part of our remit for a long time, but now more than ever we need art as an escape – or indeed a com­fort – to remind us we’re not alone, even in iso­la­tion. With that in mind, we’d like to kick things off by launch­ing the Lit­tle White Lies Movie Match­mak­ing Service.

Here’s the idea: send us an email at film@​tcolondon.​com with details of what sort of film you’re in the mood for, and a mem­ber of our edi­to­r­i­al team will reply with a sug­ges­tion of some­thing that fits the bill.

Got chil­dren to enter­tain? We’ll find some fam­i­ly-friend­ly view­ing options. Feel­ing a bit blue and need a pick-me-up? Get in touch. Just binge-watched every Kuro­sawa film and want to know where to go next? We can help with that. It needn’t be rel­e­vant to our cur­rent glob­al predica­ment, though we’re hap­py to advise on plague-watch­ing too.

The aim of this ser­vice is to pro­vide per­son­alised rec­om­men­da­tions based on your cir­cum­stances or inter­ests – so you’re not just star­ing at stream­ing menus in vain, hop­ing inspi­ra­tion will strike out of the void.

The per­ilous sit­u­a­tion affect­ing many of us (and the peo­ple we care about) is hard to fath­om, but we hope to be able to offer a crumb of com­fort to our read­ers, and spread a lit­tle cheer via the mag­ic of cinema.

So drop us a line – we’d real­ly love to hear from you – and we’ll get back to you as quick­ly as we can. Hap­py viewing!