Contributions from Catherine Bray | Little White Lies

Contributor Catherine Bray

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Review

The Eternal Daughter review – double your Tilda, double your pleasure

by Catherine Bray

Til­da Swin­ton plays both moth­er and daugh­ter in Joan­na Hog­g’s eerie and effec­tive explo­ration of par­ent-child relationships.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A woman holding a young child, their faces partly obscured by the woman's long hair and the dark background.
Festivals

Rien a Perdre – first-look review

by Catherine Bray

Vir­ginie Efi­ra deliv­ers a typ­i­cal­ly com­mit­ted per­for­mance oppo­site young break­out star Félix Lefeb­vre in this debut fic­tion from Del­phine Deloget.
Two people lying in the snow, one standing and one prone on the ground.
Festivals

Anatomy of a Fall – first-look review

by Catherine Bray

A woman has to stand tri­al after her hus­band dies in sus­pi­cious cir­cum­stances in Jus­tine Tri­et’s com­pelling court­room drama.
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The Oscar Goes To...

Why Stars at Noon deserves the Best Sound Design Oscar

by Catherine Bray

Claire Denis’ roman­tic thriller is a mas­ter­class in audi­to­ry envi­ron­men­tal storytelling.
Profile of a man with a stern expression, framed by shadows and lighting in the background.
Festivals

The Eternal Daughter – first-look review

by Catherine Bray

Til­da Swin­ton plays both moth­er and daugh­ter in Joan­na Hog­g’s eerie and effec­tive explo­ration of par­ent-child relationships.
Two individuals, a light-skinned person and a dark-skinned person, seated together in a dimly lit room.
Review

Three Thousand Years of Longing

by Catherine Bray

Mad Max direc­tor George Miller returns to the big screen with an adap­ta­tion of mod­ern-day fable The Djinn in the Nightin­gale’s Eye.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two individuals, a light-skinned person and a dark-skinned person, seated together in a dimly lit room.
Festivals

Three Thousand Years of Longing – first-look review

by Catherine Bray

George Miller returns to our screens with an ambi­tious tale of desire and mag­ic fea­tur­ing Til­da Swin­ton and Idris Elba.