Contributions from Adam Woodward | Little White Lies

Contributor Adam Woodward

Two young men, one with short blond hair, standing in a forested area, wearing dark clothing.
Review

The Here After

by Adam Woodward

A stun­ning small­town dra­ma about griev­ing and for­give­ness from first-time Swedish writer/​director Mag­nus von Horn.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Reclining figure in peaceful purple seascape, with distant ships and rocky cliffs.
Interviews

Robert Eggers: ‘The voices of the dead talk a lot louder to my imagination’

by Adam Woodward

The Witch puts in an ear­ly bid to be crowned 2016’s scari­est film. Meets its director.
Two women in period costumes, one holding a colourful fan, smiling and chatting in a richly decorated room.
Festivals

A Quiet Passion – first look review

by Adam Woodward

A stun­ning per­for­mance from Cyn­thia Nixon anchors Ter­ence Davies’ unro­man­tic por­trait of reclu­sive Amer­i­can poet Emi­ly Dickinson.
Two people walking on a path through a wooded area, one wearing a grey jumper and the other an orange top.
Festivals

Things to Come – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Isabelle Hup­pert stars as a woman calm­ly los­ing con­trol in Mia Hansen-Løve’s life-affirm­ing fifth feature.
Two suited men standing by a 'No Trespassing' sign.
Festivals

War on Everyone – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Alexan­der Skars­gård and Michael Peña put the ​“blue” and ​“line” in thin blue line in this salty bud­dy cop comedy.
A man with a serious expression sits on a wooden bench in a dimly lit room, surrounded by various objects.
Festivals

Midnight Special – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Direc­tor Jeff Nichols and star Michael Shan­non team up to deliv­er a mod­ern sci­ence fic­tion clas­sic. Believe.
Two people, a man and a woman, facing each other in a kitchen setting. The man wears a black hooded top, the woman a chequered shirt.
Review

Deadpool

by Adam Woodward

Marvel’s lewd crude crime-fight­ing dude, as played by Ryan Reynolds, is as unfun­ny as he is uninteresting.

3
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Illustration of an elderly man with white curly hair wearing a black suit and holding sheet music.
Interviews

Bryan Cranston: ‘We have a warped sense of politics in America’

by Adam Woodward

The Trum­bo star cuts loose about why the case of the Hol­ly­wood Ten should be viewed as a cau­tion­ary tale.
Two elderly men standing next to a tree, one wearing a hat and glasses, the other with a beard and jumper.
Review

Youth

by Adam Woodward

A leg­end of British cin­e­ma teams with Italy’s mas­ter of screen sen­su­al­i­ty to tell a sparkling tale of nos­tal­gia and sorrow.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Trailers

Watch the atmospheric first trailer for Green Room

by Adam Woodward

Patrick Stew­art plays a skin­head punk bar pro­pri­etor in writer/​director Jere­my Saulnier’s latest.

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