Contributions from Callie Petch | Little White Lies

Contributor Callie Petch

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In Praise Of

How Men in Black subverted blockbuster tropes to become box office gold

by Callie Petch

Twen­ty-five years ago Bar­ry Son­nen­feld’s work­place action-com­e­dy broke the rules and launched an icon­ic franchise.
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In Praise Of

How the dynamic editing of Don’t Think sets the bar for concert films

by Callie Petch

Adam Smith cre­ates a dis­ori­en­tat­ing, immer­sive expe­ri­ence through inno­v­a­tive cam­era work and edit­ing in The Chem­i­cal Broth­ers: Don’t Think.
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In Praise Of

How 24 Hour Party People put an anarchic spin on the music biopic

by Callie Petch

Michael Winterbottom’s por­trait of the Mad­ch­ester scene is endur­ing proof that films about musi­cians don’t have to beat­i­fy their subjects.
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Festivals

Language Lessons – first-look review

by Callie Petch

Writer/​director Natal­ie Morales crafts one of the pan­dem­ic era’s most mov­ing and effec­tive odes to long-dis­tanced intimacy.