Contributions from Beth Webb | Little White Lies

Contributor Beth Webb

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Interviews

Kitty Green on why The Assistant goes way beyond Weinstein

by Beth Webb

The Amer­i­can filmmaker’s debut nar­ra­tive fea­ture is the per­fect dra­ma for the post #MeToo era.
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Festivals

Can you mourn for a person of whom you have no memory?

by Beth Webb

Kore­an direc­tor Noh Young Sun reflects on her deeply per­son­al debut fea­ture, Yukiko.
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In Praise Of

Drop Dead Gorgeous at 20: The cult teen movie 1999 wasn’t ready for

by Beth Webb

How the ​“most smartest” com­e­dy over­came a box office bash­ing to find a devot­ed fanbase.
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‘We’ve all lost someone at some point’ – Lulu Wang on The Farewell

by Beth Webb

The Amer­i­can writer/​director reveals how a lie allowed her to make this remark­able fam­i­ly drama.
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Festivals

Jeanne – first look review

by Beth Webb

Bruno Dumont’s sequel to his musi­cal por­trait of a young Joan of Arc is endurance cin­e­ma at its most epic.
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In Praise Of

Go at 20 – How this teen movie captured LA rave culture at its best

by Beth Webb

Doug Liman’s film exists as a per­fect time cap­sule of youth at the end of a decade.
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Review

Wild Rose

by Beth Webb

Jessie Buck­ley daz­zles in this heel-tap­ping bal­lad of an aspir­ing Glaswe­gian coun­try star

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Incoming

BAFTA and the Academy are wrong to relegate technical awards

by Beth Webb

By deny­ing the win­ners air­time, these major events are dis­cred­it­ing those at the very heart of the craft.
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Bo Peep’s “feminist” makeover is a hollow gesture from Pixar

by Beth Webb

The return of the sheep-herd­ing hero­ine in Toy Sto­ry 4 sig­nals a new chap­ter for the stu­dio – but has any­thing changed behind the scenes?
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Review

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

by Beth Webb

Dean DeBlois’ beloved ani­mat­ed fran­chise arrives at a daz­zling, emo­tion­al farewell.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Colette

by Beth Webb

Keira Knight­ley plays the epony­mous French author in a biopic which doesn’t match the imag­i­na­tion of its subject.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two young Asian women embracing, one comforting the other in a cluttered room setting.
Review

Shoplifters

by Beth Webb

Hirokazu Koreeda’s Cannes storm­ing dra­ma paints a rich­ly human­is­tic por­trait of an uncon­ven­tion­al fam­i­ly unit.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect