Contributions from Charles Bramesco | Little White Lies

Contributor Charles Bramesco

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Festivals

American Utopia – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Spike Lee’s film of David Byrne’s acclaimed Broadway performance is a transcendent cinematic experience.
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Denis Villeneuve’s Dune gets a spicy first trailer

by Charles Bramesco

Timothée! Zendaya! Oscar Isaac! Giant sand worms! Something for everyone!
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The Academy Awards have set new diversity standards, but to what end?

by Charles Bramesco

It’s difficult to think of a film that wouldn’t clear this low bar.
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Ben Wheatley courts intrigue with the first Rebecca trailer

by Charles Bramesco

Tangled passions ensnare Lily James and Armie Hammer in this update of Daphne du Maurier’s famed novel.
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David Fincher returns to cinemas with first images from Mank

by Charles Bramesco

His first feature in six years chronicles the tensions between Orson Welles and Herman J Mankiewicz on Citizen Kane.
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Francis Ford Coppola has prepared a new edit of The Godfather Part III

by Charles Bramesco

Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone will restore the director and Mario Puzo’s original vision.
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No Time to Die gets an action-stuff, neon-soaked new trailer

by Charles Bramesco

Daniel Craig’s 007 will return to brick-and-mortar cinemas in November, by gum.
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Brady Corbet has cast his ambitious next film The Brutalist

by Charles Bramesco

Mark Rylance, Vanessa Kirby and Marion Cotillard have joined the actor-director’s postwar epic.
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Review

Bill & Ted Face the Music

by Charles Bramesco

The Wyld Stallyns return after nearly three decades out of the saddle. The result could hardly be more excellent.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
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Paul Mescal set to star in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter

by Charles Bramesco

The Normal People actor has been cast in the upcoming psychological thriller, Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut.