Contributions from Dan Einav | Little White Lies

Contributor Dan Einav

Two cowboys standing in a desert landscape, one wearing a black hat and the other a tan hat, both with guns on their belts.
In Praise Of

How Once Upon a Time in the West reflects the social anxiety of 1968

by Dan Einav

Ser­gio Leone’s land­mark west­ern, which turns 50 this year, is a fas­ci­nat­ing prod­uct of its time.
Video

Jonah Hill has directed a sitcom-inspired music video for Danny Brown

by Dan Einav

‘Ain’t It Fun­ny’ fea­tures a bizarre cameo from fel­low film­mak­er Gus Van Sant.
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Review

The Eyes of My Mother

by Dan Einav

There’s a twist­ed Freudi­an log­ic behind this mater­nal hor­ror from Nico­las Pesce.

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In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

Is this the Coen brothers’ most underrated movie?

by Dan Einav

The Man Who Wasn’t There is a film with­out lev­i­ty, hope or redemp­tion – and it’s one of the direc­tors’ very best.
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Trailers

This teaser for Twin Peaks Season 3 is the best thing you’ll see today

by Dan Einav

It is hap­pen­ing again.
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Incoming

Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge set for Han Solo spin-off movie

by Dan Einav

The British writer and actor is in talks for Phil Lord and Christo­pher Miller’s Star Wars ori­gin story.
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Incoming

Elisabeth Moss is starring in Ruben Östlund’s first English-language feature

by Dan Einav

The Square is expect­ed to pre­mière at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
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Incoming

Kristin Scott Thomas set to make directorial debut with The Sea Change

by Dan Einav

She’s adapt­ing Eliz­a­beth Jane Howard’s roman­tic dra­ma novel.
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Incoming

Leonardo DiCaprio set to play the ‘Italian Sherlock Holmes’

by Dan Einav

The actor will also serve as pro­duc­er on an adap­ta­tion of the Mafia thriller ​‘The Black Hand’.
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Incoming

Denis Villeneuve is directing a remake of David Lynch’s Dune

by Dan Einav

The Arrival and Blade Run­ner 2049 direc­tor is work­ing on a remake of Frank Herbert’s hard SF epic.
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Incoming

Could the next La La Land already be on the way?

by Dan Einav

Off the back of Damien Chazelle’s smash hit, Max Minghel­la is direct­ing a Cin­derel­la inspired musical.
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Film Music

Take a 360° video tour of There Will Be Blood live in concert

by Dan Einav

Watch Jon­ny Greenwood’s atmos­pher­ic score come to life.