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100 films to look forward to in 2025 – part two

By Little White Lies

Here's the second half of our annual preview, featuring upcoming films from Lynne Ramsay, Bong Joon-ho and many more.

100 films to look forward to in 2025 – part one

By Little White Lies

We've put together our annual preview of some exciting films to look out for in the next year.

Dylan in the Movies

By Taylor Burns

As Timothée Chalamet stars in A Complete Unknown, we assess Bob Dylan's idiosyncratic on-screen presence.

The 30 best films of 2024

By Little White Lies

We reveal 30 of our favourite films from this year, including some old favourites and new faces.

What makes Bill Skarsgård so monstrous?

By Victoria Luxford

As he plays Count Orlok in Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, we examine the qualities that make Bill Skarsgård a compelling villain.

10 films that deserve the Muppet Christmas Carol treatment

By Ben Smoke

In honour of the legendary fuzzy take on Dickens' Christmas story, we offer up 10 films that could do with a puppet makeover.

The 2024 Little White Lies Christmas Guide Guide

By Hannah Strong

Step away from the budget bath set – we've got all your film fan gift ideas covered.

LWLies 106: The Nickel Boys issue – Out now!

By Little White Lies

We celebrate the awesome power of RaMell Ross’s masterful, audacious adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-winner.

The chameleonic talents of Judi Dench

By Meaghan Steeves

With a screen career dating back to 1961, the groundwork for Dench's most famous roles was laid in some of her early appearances.

How do you make a millennial period piece?

By Pat Greenhough

With the beginning of the noughties now over two decade ago, we're entering a new era for nostalgia – but how do filmmakers crack the code?

How MediCinema brings the magic of movies to hospital patients

By Natasha Jagger

Based inside various hospitals across the UK, MediCinema recognises the power of movies for people undergoing medical treatment.

What is the truth about digital projection?

By Carlos José Jijón Jurado

Dismissed as inferior by dedicated print enthusiasts yet a mainstay of cinemas around the world – we talk to cinema workers about the pros and cons of digital as a format.

Inside the design world of Jean-Luc Godard

By Arijana Zeric

A new exhibition at the ICA explores the role of typography in Jean-Luc Godard's filmography.

The unlikely rise of Irish-language cinema

By Eoin O'Donnell

Despite less than 2% of Ireland speaking the language on a daily basis, more and more filmmakers are showing an interest in how Gaeilge can be incorporated into cinema.

Conner O’Malley is the internet’s most Online filmmaker

By Finlay Spencer

The comic-cum-filmmaker is Mike Leigh for the digital age.

Fantastic Mr. Fox at 15: a celebration of change and difference

By Cat Searcey

In his stop-motion adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic caper, Wes Anderson highlights the necessity of overcoming a fear of change.

The transportive beauty of modern magical realism

By Nadia Maria Oliva

In two of 2024's best films – Bird and On Becoming A Guinea Fowl – reality blurs with fantasy when the world becomes too cruel to stand.

When did theatre become so reliant on film?

By Holly Williams

With screen-to-stage adaptations popping up in the West End every week, what's caused the theatre world to rely so heavily on cinema for source material?

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