Contributions from Adam Woodward | Little White Lies

Contributor Adam Woodward

Two men, one wearing a plaid shirt and the other wearing a yellow shirt, both with facial hair, stand in a room with posters on the wall.
Festivals

BlacKkKlansman – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Spike Lee’s lat­est inter­ro­ga­tion of racism in Amer­i­ca is his most enter­tain­ing and thought-pro­vok­ing film in years.
Crowded group of people dressed in revealing costumes and dancing in a dimly lit room.
Festivals

Climax – first look review

by Adam Woodward

It’s par­ty time in Gas­par Noé’s lat­est about a dance ensemble’s dizzy­ing descent into hell.
Group of armed people in green military uniforms and red headscarves in an urban setting.
Festivals

Girls of the Sun – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Eva Husson’s time­ly ode to female resis­tance and sur­vival sees an all-female Kur­dish bat­tal­ion take on ISIS.
Woman in orange dress and jacket, performing on stage with colourful lighting.
Festivals

Ash is Purest White – first look review

by Adam Woodward

China’s fore­most auteur Jia Zhangke returns with a stir­ring and con­stant­ly sur­pris­ing social critique.
Two people, a man and a woman, standing in front of a large aeroplane. The man is wearing a navy blue shirt and the woman is wearing a burgundy shirt. They are both holding firearms.
Review

Entebbe

by Adam Woodward

Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl play free­dom-lov­ing ter­ror­ists in this under­whelm­ing polit­i­cal thriller.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Everybody Knows – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Asghar Farha­di returns to Cannes with a slow­burn domes­tic dra­ma about secrets, lies and unset­tled scores.
A man and a woman in a 1940s-style scene, standing at a table with various items including tissues and jars. The image has a black and white, vintage aesthetic.

Check out Stanley Kubrick’s candid photos of 1940s New York City

by Adam Woodward

A new book presents some 300 images from the filmmaker’s archives.
Man with long, dark hair wearing a patterned jacket, looking intently at the camera.
Festivals

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote may not screen at Cannes after all…

by Adam Woodward

Legal action could pre­vent Ter­ry Gilliam’s pas­sion project from pre­mier­ing at the fes­ti­val next month.
Two men in historical costumes on horseback, one wearing a leather jacket and scarf, the other in armour and a helmet, against a backdrop of trees and buildings.
Festivals

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote will close the 71st Cannes Film Festival

by Adam Woodward

Ter­ry Gilliam’s epic pas­sion project is set to receive its world pre­mière on 19 May.
Dark, moody black and white image depicting a group of costumed figures gathered around a glowing centrepiece.

Reece Shearsmith on narrating Häxan and folk horror’s timely revival

by Adam Woodward

The actor, writer and come­di­an revis­its the Swedish cult odd­i­ty ahead of a rare fes­ti­val screening.

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