Contributions from Charles Bramesco | Little White Lies

Contributor Charles Bramesco

Colourful cartoon-style illustration depicting a cycling race with a crowd of spectators cheering on the cyclist.
In Praise Of

My Comfort Blanket Movie: The Triplets of Belleville

by Charles Bramesco

Charles Bramesco basks in the soothing whimsy of Sylvain Chomet’s animated marvel from 2003.
A group of people wearing backpacks and hiking gear walking through a grassy field at sunset.
Incoming

Spike Lee blazes a path through Vietnam in Da 5 Bloods trailer

by Charles Bramesco

His heist thriller follows a crew of black veterans in search of treasure left behind years earlier.
Two smiling adults, a man and a woman, conversing in a warm, intimate setting.
Incoming

Luca Guadagnino will direct a Coen brothers-written remake of Scarface

by Charles Bramesco

Say hello to the esteemed filmmaker’s little friend!
A man with a serious expression speaking into a microphone.
Review

Capone

by Charles Bramesco

Tom Hardy goes for broke in this pedestrian twilight-years biopic of notorious mobster Al Capone.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people wearing glasses sitting together on a couch, a man with a beard and a woman in a floral dress.
Incoming

Elisabeth Moss goes a bit mad indoors in the Shirley trailer

by Charles Bramesco

At this point, who among us can’t relate to Josephine Decker’s latest film?
A group of people in red uniforms standing in a large indoor space with a glass roof and lush greenery.
Review

Spaceship Earth

by Charles Bramesco

The true story of a group of people who spent two years quarantined in a giant replica of Earth’s ecosystem.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Man holding a large video camera on a desert landscape.
Incoming

Master cinematographer Roger Deakins has turned master podcaster

by Charles Bramesco

Team Deakins digs into the finer points of cinematography and the film industry.
Two people, an African-American man with a beard and a Caucasian woman with curly hair, sitting close together in a dimly lit room.
Not Movies

The Eddy review – A haunting melody that quickly fades

by Charles Bramesco

Damien Chazelle’s eight-part Paris jazz drama scarcely misses a note, but we’ve heard this tune before.
Three young men wearing casual clothing, including hoodies, a baseball cap, and sunglasses. The men are standing together in what appears to be an outdoor setting with a greenhouse-like structure in the background.
Review

Beastie Boys Story

by Charles Bramesco

How Brooklyn’s finest changed the rap game, as told by the group’s two surviving members.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A group of people in red outfits standing in front of a large glass greenhouse structure with lush greenery inside.
Incoming

Join an ill-fated scientific revolution with the first trailer for Spaceship Earth

by Charles Bramesco

The stranger-than-fiction documentary tracks the fate of Biosphere 2, a self-contained geodesic dome.