Contributions from Catherine Pearson | Little White Lies

Contributor Catherine Pearson

A man in a red jacket with a space emblem stands in a dimly lit room, his face thoughtful and pensive.
Review

Postcards from London

by Catherine Pearson

This high­ly stylised dra­ma fol­lows a male escort’s jour­ney through the neon-lit streets of Soho.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
A red and white fishing boat in the middle of the ocean, with a number of people on board and flags flying above.
Festivals

A new film uses re-enactment to tell the story of a bizarre social experiment

by Catherine Pearson

Mar­cus Lindeen’s doc­u­men­tary The Raft reunites the par­tic­i­pants of a rad­i­cal social study.
Two adults, a woman and a man, conversing at a desk in a classroom setting.
Review

Night School

by Catherine Pearson

Kevin Hart’s nat­ur­al charis­ma brings some feel-good laughs to this uneven but polit­i­cal­ly aware comedy.

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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
Two women embracing in a dimly lit, festive room with twinkling lights.
Not Movies

How Sharp Objects helped me open up about my condition

by Catherine Pearson

The show’s depic­tion of the rare hair pulling dis­or­der tri­chotil­lo­ma­nia hit very close to home.
Two people embracing in a dimly lit room, their profiles visible against a dark background.
Not Movies

Netflix’s The Innocents puts a horror twist on teenage romance

by Catherine Pearson

It may look like your aver­age YA fod­der, but there’s some­thing sin­is­ter lurk­ing beneath the sur­face of this super­nat­ur­al drama.
Three adults standing outdoors amongst other people, one wearing a yellow floral dress, one wearing a plaid shirt, and one wearing a dark jacket.
Review

Blockers

by Catherine Pearson

Big laughs and big heart are the ingre­di­ents that lift this rib­ald teen sex com­e­dy above the pack.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people - a man in a leather jacket and a woman in a patterned blouse - sitting at a table in an indoor setting.
In Praise Of

Why I love Marisa Tomei’s performance in My Cousin Vinny

by Catherine Pearson

With her strong self-belief and strik­ing dress sense, Mona Lisa Vito is a char­ac­ter we can all get behind.
A man's pensive face viewed through a car window, bathed in a dark, moody lighting.

With Wormwood, Errol Morris shows he’s still the master of true-crime

by Catherine Pearson

The direc­tor of The Thin Blue Line is back with a grip­ping Cold War-era mur­der mystery.
A man with curly grey hair resting his head on his hands, surrounded by white eggs.
In Praise Of

Why I love Paul Newman’s performance in Cool Hand Luke

by Catherine Pearson

The late Hol­ly­wood icon­ic lets his phys­i­cal attrib­ut­es do the talk­ing in this clas­sic prison drama.
Two smiling individuals, a woman and a young child, embracing in an affectionate manner.
UK Jewish Film Festival

A new documentary tells the forgotten story of Iraq’s Jews

by Catherine Pearson

Remem­ber Bagh­dad sheds light on a painful chap­ter in the nation’s history.
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Trailers

Watch an exclusive clip from An Inconvenient Sequel

by Catherine Pearson

Al Gore’s lat­est cru­sade reveals the shock­ing real­i­ties of cli­mate change.
Intense close-up of a man lying on a red blanket, surrounded by colourful artwork on the walls.
In Praise Of

Revisiting forgotten queer classic Prick Up Your Ears

by Catherine Pearson

This tragi­com­ic Joe Orton biopic offers a fas­ci­nat­ing glimpse into London’s hid­den homo­sex­u­al community.