Contributions from Al Horner | Little White Lies

Contributor Al Horner

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Interviews

Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine on their movie inspirations

by Al Horner

The pair’s new con­cept album ​‘A Beginner’s Mind’ takes its cues from an eclec­tic list of films, from Mad Max to The Silence of the Lambs.
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Avengers: Endgame brings superhero cinema’s 9/11 obsession full circle

by Al Horner

The con­clu­sion to the MCU’s Infin­i­ty Saga brings a sense of clo­sure two decades in the making.
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In Praise Of

The Matrix at 20 – How this high-tech classic hacked Hollywood

by Al Horner

The Wachowskis’ 1999 action sci-fi changed block­buster cin­e­ma, alter­ing its code forever.
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Not Movies

Why I’ll miss Catastrophe, the anti-sitcom that shone a light on sex, sobriety and parenthood

by Al Horner

Sharon Hor­gan and Rob Delaney bow out after four riotous­ly fun­ny seasons.
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Incoming

What Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone needs to do to unnerve viewers in 2019

by Al Horner

The Get Out direc­tor is reviv­ing the clas­sic show for a post-truth world.
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Long Read

The terrifying tale of Treehouse of Horror

by Al Horner

Key mem­bers of The Simp­sons’ cre­ative fam­i­ly share the inside sto­ry of the show’s cher­ished Hal­loween specials.
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Film Music

The Defiant Ones is a different kind of music documentary

by Al Horner

Direc­tor Allen Hugh­es opens up about the chal­lenge of cap­tur­ing Dr Dre and Jim­my Iovine’s Amer­i­can Dream.