Contributions from Adam Woodward | Little White Lies

Contributor Adam Woodward

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Is James Bulger film right to humanise killers?

by Adam Woodward

Vincent Lambe’s Detainment offers a perspective rarely shown in relation to this infamous true crime.
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Festivals

Jonah Hill’s Mid90s to open the 2019 Glasgow Film Festival

by Adam Woodward

This year’s GFF kicks off with the actor’s directorial debut, while Brian Welsh’s Beats closes proceedings.
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Review

Welcome to Marwen

by Adam Woodward

Robert Zemeckis and Steve Carell bring heart and humour to the story of Mark Hogancamp, but offer little insight.

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Review

Lizzie

by Adam Woodward

The grisly case of the Borden Murders is exhumed in this well-acted but heavy-handed drama.

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Interviews

Alfonso Cuarón: Observe the Moments

by Adam Woodward

The Mexican writer/​director describes coming home to make Roma, his most profoundly personal film to date.
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Review

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

by Adam Woodward

Andy Serkis and an all-star cast fail to breathe new life into Rudyard Kipling’s cherished adventure.

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Review

Robin Hood

by Adam Woodward

A miscast Taron Egerton fronts this dour retelling of the age-old English folktale.

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Video

Watch Neil Maskell in poignant short Little Monster

by Adam Woodward

British writer/​director Charlotte Regan’s latest work screens on Channel 4 as part of Random Acts.
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Film Music

Exclusive: A new audiovisual nightmare from David Lynch

by Adam Woodward

Watch a surreal promotional short for the director and Angelo Badalamenti’s debut jazz LP ​‘Thought Gang’.
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Review

They Shall Not Grow Old

by Adam Woodward

Peter Jackson marks the centennial of the end of WWI with a fascinating, fatally flawed exercise in historic preservation.

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