Contributions from Charles Bramesco | Little White Lies

Contributor Charles Bramesco

Hooded figure wearing Scream mask in a dark, eerie hallway.
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Ghostface has a new game for a new generation in the Scream trailer

by Charles Bramesco

In the first installment of the franchise sans Wes Craven, the masked killer returns to prey on another round of teens.
Cobbled street with historic buildings, people in medieval costumes walking
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Peter Dinklage and a few musical numbers liven up a classic in the Cyrano trailer

by Charles Bramesco

The latest film from Joe Wright brings his signature theatricality to Rostand’s timeless romance.
Person on bicycle wearing a dark blue shirt cycling on a road with trees and buildings in the background.
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Simon Rex is a dirtbag triumphant in the trailer for Sean Baker’s Red Rocket

by Charles Bramesco

He plays a washed-up porn star hungry for a second chance in this drama set around the Texan fringes.
A man with a moustache embracing a young child in a busy street, photographed in black and white.
Festivals

C’mon C’mon – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Joaquin Phoenix and newcomer Woody Norman play uncle and nephew in Mike Mills’ tender drama about a family in flux.
Blond woman with windswept hair in a blue and yellow top, against a grassy field background.
Review

Anne at 13,000 Feet

by Charles Bramesco

A nursery worker finds inner peace through skydiving in writer/​director Kazik Radwanski’s invigorating character study.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A young woman with curly, golden hair wearing a light-coloured jacket and standing indoors.
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Joanna Hogg’s memoir goes meta in the first trailer for The Souvenir Part II

by Charles Bramesco

Honor Swinton-Byrne reprises her role as the writer/director’s on-screen avatar in the forthcoming sequel.
A woman in a cream-coloured top and a man in a striped shirt stand in front of a blue car.
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Paul Thomas Anderson takes us back in time with the Licorice Pizza trailer

by Charles Bramesco

In ​’70s SoCal, a tentative romance blossoms between cool girl Alana Haim and newcomer Cooper Hoffman.
A 4x4 vehicle parked in a woodland setting, with several people clearing fallen branches from the road.
Festivals

Întregalde – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Three aid workers are led on a detour through darkest Transylvania in Radu Muntean’s allegorical intergenerational drama.
Two silhouetted figures embracing, in close intimate contact, black and white image.
Festivals

The Tragedy of Macbeth – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Something Coen this way comes… Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand star in this innovative take on the Bard.
Ornate building with green cross sign, kiosk on cobblestone street, person walking past.
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A new exhibition opens a window into Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch

by Charles Bramesco

After seeing the sets, props and costumes from the film, visitors can stop at a Parisian-style café.