Contributions from Adam Scovell | Little White Lies

Contributor Adam Scovell

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On Location

On Location: The door from Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy

by Adam Scovell

Vis­it­ing the scene of the director’s penul­ti­mate thriller, set in a bygone Covent Garden.
Close-up portrait of a woman with blonde hair, wearing a feathered hood. Her face is adorned with glittery makeup around the eyes.
Home Ents

The provocative British drama that predicted the rise of reality TV

by Adam Scovell

Michael Elliott’s 1968 tele­play The Year of the Sex Olympics imag­ines a soci­ety addict­ed to screens.
A stern-faced man in samurai armour, with a fierce expression on his face, against a dark, foliaged backdrop.
In Praise Of

Why I love Toshiro Mifune’s performance in Throne of Blood

by Adam Scovell

His por­tray­al of wild-eyed samu­rai war­rior in Aki­ra Kurosawa’s adap­ta­tion of ​‘Mac­beth’ is sim­ply iconic.
A man in a black coat standing on a beach, looking out at the waves. Black and white image.
On Location

On Location: The Normandy beach from The 400 Blows

by Adam Scovell

Fol­low­ing in the exis­ten­tial foot­steps of François Truffaut’s young pro­tag­o­nist, half a cen­tu­ry on.
Woman with a stern expression behind metal bars in an urban setting.
On Location

On Location: The concert house from Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher

by Adam Scovell

The ele­gance of the Vien­na Con­ser­va­toire per­fect­ly con­trasts the raw bru­tal­i­ty of Isabelle Huppert’s actions.
A black-and-white image of a man and woman in formal attire. The man is wearing a suit and the woman is wearing a striped blouse with a bow tie and a wide-brimmed hat.
In Praise Of

How His Girl Friday redefined the screwball comedy

by Adam Scovell

Howard Hawks’ 1940 film remains one of Hollywood’s finest and most rad­i­cal comedies.
Black and white image of a woman with blonde hair wearing a coat, smiling and looking sideways.
In Praise Of

Why I love Eva Marie Saint’s performance in On the Waterfront

by Adam Scovell

For all of its seething male ener­gy, it’s the film’s young female lead who emerges as its star performer.
Three men in a dimly lit pub, one man adjusting another's tie.
On Location

On Location: The London pub from Withnail & I

by Adam Scovell

The fic­tion­al Moth­er Black Cap makes a brief but mem­o­rable appear­ance in Bruce Robinson’s cult comedy.
Four people in 1960s fashion - two women in pink dresses, two men in casual clothing - stand close together in what appears to be a dance studio or living room setting.
Home Ents

How Jacques Demy reimagined the Hollywood musical

by Adam Scovell

With The Young Girls of Rochefort, the French direc­tor cre­at­ed some­thing won­drous­ly original.
Young woman in flowing white garment, surrounded by flowering plants, with other people in background.
On Location

On Location: The church ruins from The Blood on Satan’s Claw

by Adam Scovell

Adam Scov­ell vis­its the scene of one of the most dis­turb­ing moments in the his­to­ry of British hor­ror cinema.