Contributions from Charles Bramesco | Little White Lies

Contributor Charles Bramesco

Three people in formal wear standing in front of ornate frames in an art gallery.
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Harry Styles is the long arm of the law in the first My Policeman trailer

by Charles Bramesco

He portrays one of three characters followed through decades, their lives charting 20th-century upheavals.
Silhouette of a person in foggy, misty forest with trees in the background.
Incoming

The Predator franchise goes back to an uncolonized America in the first Prey trailer

by Charles Bramesco

In the not-yet-ravaged Comanche Nation, an expert hunter faces a seemingly unstoppable extraterrestrial foe.
A man in a workroom using a sewing machine, surrounded by colourful spools of thread and other sewing equipment.
Festivals

Broker – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

A woman who leaves her infant son in a Busan ​“baby box” finds an unexpected family in Hirokazu Koreeda’s tender drama.
Two individuals, a man and a woman, in an embrace against a dark background. The man is wearing an orange t-shirt and the woman appears to be partially unclothed.
Festivals

Fogo Fatuo – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

A man on his deathbed recounts his youth as a firefighter in João Pedro Rodrigues’ striking queer feature.
Middle-aged man with greying beard and glasses, wearing a white apron, standing against a yellow background.
Interviews

H Jon Benjamin: ‘When I’m Bob, I’m a hamburger cook and not a singer’

by Charles Bramesco

The man behind Bob’s Burgers talks about the show’s transition to the big screen for a murder mystery musical.
Four images: Man shouting, man with a serious expression, a car interior, woman sipping a drink
Top Ranking

The films of David Cronenberg – ranked

by Marina Ashioti, Charles Bramesco, David Jenkins, Hannah Strong

With a new feature film out in the world, we celebrate the corporeal classics of the Canadian body horror maestro.
Four young children, two boys and two girls, sitting on a wooden bench outdoors. They wear casual clothing and have relaxed expressions.
Festivals

War Pony – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Gina Gammel and Riley Keough’s debut feature focuses on two Oglala Lakota teenagers as they come of age in South Dakota.
Several men wearing traditional Islamic headwear stand in front of ornate buildings.
Festivals

Boy from Heaven – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

A power struggle begins after the death of the grand imam at a prestigious Cairo university in Tarik Saleh’s conventional drama.
A man in a denim jacket stands in a dimly lit room, surrounded by camera equipment and crew members.
Incoming

David Cronenberg’s comeback continues as he sets up a deathly drama

by Charles Bramesco

Vincent Cassel will star in The Shrouds as an inventor who devises a method of speaking to the dead.
Two people sitting in a room, one man wearing a white jumper and the other a woman wearing a patterned cardigan. Behind them are framed artworks and a light fixture on the wall.
Review

Father Stu

by Charles Bramesco

A skeptical amateur wrestler finds religion in writer/​director Rosalind Ross’ uninspired biopic.

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In Retrospect