Contributions from Charles Bramesco | Little White Lies

Contributor Charles Bramesco

Two people, a woman in a fur coat and a man in a suit, sit in a car alongside a black cat with piercing eyes.
Festivals

French Exit – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Michelle Pfieffer prowls the upper social echelons of Paris and Manhattan in this trifling take on Patrick DeWitt’s novel.
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Incoming

COVID relief scheme offers respite for UK film and TV production

by Charles Bramesco

Filmmakers and producers effected by the pandemic can apply for financial aide to cover the cost of their losses.
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David Fincher transports viewers to a bygone Hollywood in the Mank trailer

by Charles Bramesco

The director’s first feature film in six years tells the story of how Citizen Kane was written.
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Tilda Swinton sits for Pedro Almodóvar in The Human Voice trailer

by Charles Bramesco

The Spanish master’s 30-minute short is coming to UK cinemas next month.
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An international coalition of female spies team up in The 355

by Charles Bramesco

Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o, Penelope Cruz, Diane Kruger and Fan Bingbing – the whole gang is here.
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At 90, Clint Eastwood is starting production on a new movie

by Charles Bramesco

The unstoppable nonagenarian will also star in Cry Macho, in which he’ll play a washed-up rodeo rider.
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Borat is back in the trailer for his Subsequent Moviefilm

by Charles Bramesco

Sacha Baron Cohen’s foolhardy Kazakh reporter tackles Trump and COVID in this sequel.
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Review

The Trial of the Chicago 7

by Charles Bramesco

Bad habits die hard in Aaron Sorkin’s high-wire legal drama about the Chicago Seven protestors.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Watch the hair-raising first trailer for refugee horror His House

by Charles Bramesco

A couple from South Sudan settle in the UK, only to discover that their new home is haunted…
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A Korean family chases the American dream in the Minari trailer

by Charles Bramesco

Lee Isaac Chung’s Sundance-dominating drama stars Steven Yeun and newcomer Alan Kim.