Contributions from Anton Bitel | Little White Lies

Contributor Anton Bitel

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Discover the punkish energy of manga-inspired coming of ager

by Anton Bitel

Toshiaki Toyoda’s Blue Spring perfectly captures the fleeting excitement of youth.
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Styx

by Anton Bitel

Susanne Wolff plays a woman lost at sea in this smart nautical allegory from Wolfgang Fischer.

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Thriller

by Anton Bitel

This retro-styled slasher from first-time director Dallas Jackson has a distinctly modern flavour.

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Hellboy

by Anton Bitel

Neil Marshall’s reboot finds our red-skinned hero caught on the horn’s of his own destined dilemma.

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Discover the feminist subtext of this Finnish folk horror

by Anton Bitel

A newlywed woman is transformed into a vampiric beast in Erik Blomberg’s supernatural tale.
Festivals

Virtual Arthouse: Tsai Ming-liang’s The Deserted at the Taiwan Film Festival

by Anton Bitel

An 8K presentation of the director’s VR project provides a uniquely immersive experience.
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Discover Australia’s dread-filled answer to The Shining

by Anton Bitel

Tony Williams’ 1982 horror Next of Kin bears all the hallmarks of classic Victorian gothic.
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Discover the post-Scream pleasures of this ’90s meta-slasher

by Anton Bitel

Daniel Liatowitsch and David Todd Ocvirk’s Kolobos preempted the rise of reality TV.
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Border

by Anton Bitel

A customs officer falls in love with a strange traveller in Ali Abbasi’s twisted modern romance.

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Discover the demonic pleasures of this ’80s possession horror

by Anton Bitel

Occult thrills abound in director Camilo Vila’s New Orleans-set exorcism fable The Unholy.

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