Contributions from Daniel Schindel | Little White Lies

Contributor Daniel Schindel

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Top Ranking

28 Ways Later

by Juan Barquin, Mark Asch, Esther Rosenfield, Hannah Strong, Daniel Schindel, Jake Cole

We exam­ine how the UK’s trag­ic demise at the hands of the rage virus might have impact­ed the wider world.
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Pretend it’s a video game: How films emulate gaming mechanics

by Daniel Schindel

As a (very loose) adap­ta­tion of Until Dawn hits cin­e­mas, it’s worth inves­ti­gat­ing the suc­cess­ful – and unsuc­cess­ful – attempts to explore what it feels like to play a video game on the big screen.
Two men wearing casual clothing, one with a polka dot shirt, standing in front of palm leaves against a pink background.

Two Road Houses, unalike in dignity

by Daniel Schindel

How did Patrick Swayze get it so right and Jake Gyl­len­haal get it so wrong? We inves­ti­gate the lim­its of 80s nos­tal­gia and frag­ile masculinity.
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Review

Inu-Oh

by Daniel Schindel

A dancer and a musi­cian form a unique friend­ship in Masaa­ki Yuasa’s fan­tas­ti­cal ani­mat­ed musical.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A formal dining room with stained glass windows in the background. Two couples are seated at a table, with one man wearing a tuxedo and one woman in a pink dress. Candles and flowers adorn the table.
Festivals

The Cathedral – first-look review

by Daniel Schindel

Ricky D’Ambrose roots a child’s per­son­al nar­ra­tive in the con­text of wider Amer­i­can change in his impres­sion­is­tic feature.
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Festivals

One Second – first look review

by Daniel Schindel

A return to form for China’s Zhang Yimou with this tale of a vil­lage attempt­ing to restore a dam­aged movie reel.
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Interviews

Bart Layton: ‘By the time I made contact with the real guys, they were in prison’

by Daniel Schindel

The Amer­i­can Ani­mals direc­tor dis­cuss­es his uncon­ven­tion­al approach to putting true sto­ries on screen.
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In Praise Of

How Perfect Blue predicted the disturbing possibilities of the internet

by Daniel Schindel

Satoshi Kon’s cult ani­mé con­tains a vital mes­sage for mod­ern audiences.
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Interviews

Charlie Hunnam: ‘Modern life is not particularly interesting to me’

by Daniel Schindel

The in-demand actor dis­cuss­es his recent roles in The Lost City of Z and King Arthur: Leg­end of the Sword.
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Festivals

A new film shows how women are joining the fight against Isis

by Daniel Schindel

Gulîs­tan, Land of Ros­es fol­lows an all-female reg­i­ment of Kur­dish gueril­las as they pre­pare for war against Daesh.