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
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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.
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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.
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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.