Contributions from Caspar Salmon | Little White Lies

Contributor Caspar Salmon

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Review

The Surrogate

by Caspar Salmon

Jere­my Hersh’s assured debut offers an endear­ing­ly messy look at the ethics and emo­tion­al impact of surrogacy.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Not Movies

How TV comedies are leading the way on #MeToo

by Caspar Salmon

Shows like BoJack Horse­man, GLOW and Unbreak­able Kim­my Schmidt are tak­ing a bold, com­plex approach to tack­ling sys­temic misogyny.
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Obama Era Cinema

A New Hope – Black empowerment and symbolic casting in contemporary blockbusters

by Caspar Salmon

Our Oba­ma Era Cin­e­ma series con­tin­ues with Cas­par Salmon reflect­ing on the vit­ri­olic online back­lash to recent progress in Hol­ly­wood casting.
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Ken Loach is right – British film and TV has become too cosy and conservative

by Caspar Salmon

The direc­tor was cor­rect in chastis­ing the ​“fake nos­tal­gia” of peri­od dramas.
Not Movies

How Louis Theroux became documentary’s golden boy

by Caspar Salmon

The Where’s Wal­ly-meets-Buster Keaton shtick masks a film­mak­er a rare emo­tion­al intelligence.
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How Embrace of the Serpent tells the story of Western imperialism

by Caspar Salmon

Ciro Guerra’s film is a stark reminder of the destruc­tive nature of Euro­pean colonialism.