Contributions from Charles Bramesco | Little White Lies

Contributor Charles Bramesco

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My Darling Quarantine brings the film festival experience online

by Charles Bramesco

Organisers from Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno and others are joining forces to raise money in light of Coronavirus.
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Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story reveals dazzling new images

by Charles Bramesco

The upcoming remake of the classic musical envisions the glamorous, pandemic-free ​’50s.
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Review

The Hunt

by Charles Bramesco

It’s Liberal Elites versus Red Staters in Craig Zobel’s long-delayed horror-satire. The wait was hardly worth it.

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In Retrospect
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John Boyega partners with Netflix to bolster Africa’s film industry

by Charles Bramesco

The British-Nigerian actor wants to bring more localised stories to a global audience.
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Parasite is now the UK’s highest-grossing foreign-language film ever

by Charles Bramesco

After sweeping the Oscars, Bong Joon-ho now has the honour of knocking Mel Gibson off his perch.
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Coronavirus throws the 2020 Cannes Film Festival into jeopardy

by Charles Bramesco

The festival is confident the show will go on, but concerns are mounting as the virus continues to spread.
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Good Night, and Good Luck will tread the boards with a stage adaptation

by Charles Bramesco

Bridge of Spies scribe Matt Charman will adapt the screenplay about Red Scare paranoia.
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Review

Fantasy Island

by Charles Bramesco

A tropical getaway becomes a waking nightmare for its hapless guests in this dire reboot of the ​’70s TV show.

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The directors of Free Solo are set to tackle the 2018 Thai cave rescue

by Charles Bramesco

Elon Musk has yet to be attached, but Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin look to have landed the project.
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A coalition of LGBTQ+ filmmakers are boycotting an Israeli film festival

by Charles Bramesco

Over 100 artists are taking a stand against the annual TLVFest in Tel Aviv.