Contributions from Alex Denney | Little White Lies

Contributor Alex Denney

Young person petting a grey dog in a forest setting.

Can satire convert viewers into vegetarians?

by Alex Denney

With Okja, screenwriter Jon Ronson and director Bong Joon-ho show the cost of eating animals. Will it change how you eat?
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Not Movies

Remembering On the Air – David Lynch and Mark Frost’s doomed ’90s sitcom

by Alex Denney

The original cast and crew discuss the making of this short-lived follow-up to Twin Peaks.
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The J-horror that predicted the rise of internet isolation

by Alex Denney

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s eerily prescient 2001 film journeys to the heart of technological darkness.
Individual in orange hazmat suit holding a sign that reads "HUMAN"

Can cinema teach us the true value of human communication?

by Alex Denney

Films like Arrival and Paterson have plenty to say about the importance of learning how to listen.