Contributions from Adam Chapman | Little White Lies

Contributor Adam Chapman

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Review

Hard Tide

by Adam Chapman

The British gang­ster thriller gets a much need­ed image makeover cour­tesy of Robert Osman and Nathanael Wiseman.

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Festivals

Alejandro Jodorowsky has a new film at Cannes

by Adam Chapman

The vet­er­an filmmaker’s Kick­starter-fund­ed End­less Poet­ry will pre­mière in the Direc­tors’ Fortnight.
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Review

Friend Request

by Adam Chapman

Simon Verhoeven’s super­nat­ur­al thriller explores the ram­i­fi­ca­tions of con­stant­ly stay­ing connected.

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Six acting musicians who proved the doubters wrong

by Adam Chapman

News that Elton John is set to star in Kings­man 2 got us think­ing of oth­er mem­o­rable turns from record­ing artists.
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Review

Despite the Falling Snow

by Adam Chapman

Rebec­ca Fer­gu­son as a US spy is the only stand out in this con­fused Cold War drama.

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A brief history of cinema’s most controversial scenes of animal abuse

by Adam Chapman

The Jun­gle Book has been praised by PETA for its high ani­mal wel­fare stan­dards. Here are sev­en less com­mend­able films.