Contributions from Darren Richman | Little White Lies

Contributor Darren Richman

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In Praise Of

Double Indemnity and the banality of evil

by Darren Richman

The shad­ow of the Holo­caust and the film­mak­er’s per­son­al expe­ri­ence with it looms large across Bil­ly Wilder’s most influ­en­tial and endur­ing work.
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Interviews

Jesse Eisenberg: ‘Is our modern pain valid?’

by Darren Richman

The actor and writer/​director of A Real Pain dis­cuss­es his Pol­ish her­itage and the tricky prospect of film­ing scenes for a com­e­dy dra­ma in a con­cen­tra­tion camp.
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How Hollywood buried the original version of Meet the Parents

by Darren Richman

In 1992 Greg Gli­en­na released a film about a man meet­ing his girl­friend’s par­ents for the first time. Eight years lat­er, a Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro com­e­dy with the same premise made a for­tune. What happened?
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In Praise Of

El vino did flow – How The Office achieved sitcom perfection

by Darren Richman

Twen­ty years on, Ricky Ger­vais and Stephen Merchant’s land­mark show reminds us that a good idea is a good idea forever.
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Not Movies

Seinfeld at 30 – The show about nothing that changed everything

by Darren Richman

How Jer­ry Sein­feld and Lar­ry David, two stand-up come­di­ans with con­trast­ing world­views, made the most influ­en­tial sit­com of the ​’90s.
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Jurassic Park! The not-so textbook evolution of Alan Partridge

by Darren Richman

As Steve Coogan’s com­e­dy alias returns to the BBC, the character’s co-cre­ator and scriptwrit­ers reflect on the jour­ney so far.
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How we documented my grandfather’s Holocaust survival story

by Darren Richman

Cap­tur­ing Zigi Shipper’s tes­ti­mo­ny of the Nazis’ atroc­i­ties is the most impor­tant thing I’ve ever done.
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In Praise Of

Why The Apartment is my favourite Christmas movie

by Darren Richman

Bil­ly Wilder’s clas­sic 1960 com­e­dy is the per­fect film to get you in the fes­tive spirit.
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In Praise Of

The bonkers, boundary pushing comic legacy of Mel Brooks

by Darren Richman

With Young Franken­stein now a major stage show, we reflect on the career of a liv­ing leg­end of comedy.
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Not Movies

How Curb Your Enthusiasm reinvented the TV sitcom

by Darren Richman

Lar­ry David’s semi-impro­vised com­e­dy paved the way for an entire new gen­er­a­tion of shows.