Contributions from Ed Frankl | Little White Lies

Contributor Ed Frankl

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The seven best films from the 51st Cannes Directors’ Fortnight

by Ed Frankl

Meli­na León’s Song With­out a Name and Robert Eggers’ The Light­house were among our high­lights of this year’s Quinzaine.
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Risk – first look review

by Ed Frankl

Lau­ra Poitras fol­lows up CIT­I­ZEN­FOUR with an equal­ly extra­or­di­nary por­trait of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.
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Divines – first look review

by Ed Frankl

There’s shades of Céline Sciamma’s Girl­hood in Hou­da Benyamina’s stir­ring debut.
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Raw – first look review

by Ed Frankl

Julia Ducournau’s French cam­pus can­ni­bal hor­ror serves up plen­ty of food for thought.
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The Eyes of My Mother – first look review

by Ed Frankl

First-time direc­tor Nico­las Pesce takes audi­ences on a night­mar­ish jour­ney with this impres­sive Amer­i­can Gothic.
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Christine – first look review

by Ed Frankl

A stun­ning cen­tral turn from Rebec­ca Hall grounds Anto­nio Cam­pos’ drama­ti­sa­tion of TV reporter Chris­tine Chubbuck’s on-air suicide.
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Certain Women – first look review

by Ed Frankl

Kel­ly Reichardt con­firms her­self as one of America’s great­est liv­ing film­mak­ers with this stun­ning three-part char­ac­ter study.
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Captain Fantastic – first look review

by Ed Frankl

Vig­go Mortensen stars as a dot­ing for­est-dwelling father in this impres­sive debut from writer/​director Matt Ross.
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Ali and Nino – first look review

by Ed Frankl

Asif Kapa­dia ditch­es the tried-and-trust­ed doc for­mu­la in favour of this bland his­tor­i­cal drama.
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Swiss Army Man – first look review

by Ed Frankl

Daniel Rad­cliffe quite lit­er­al­ly rips it up in this fart-based bro­man­tic com­e­dy with Paul Dano.