Contributions from Elena Lazic | Little White Lies

Contributor Elena Lazic

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Interviews

Louis Garrel: ‘When you make an action scene, there’s this tendency to think, “Let’s do it like Heat or Scarface”’

by Elena Lazic

The French star dis­cuss­es The Inno­cent, his fourth fea­ture film as a direc­tor and a quin­tes­sen­tial­ly French hybrid of roman­tic com­e­dy and heist thriller.
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Interviews

Adrian Lyne: ‘I’ve always thought that acres of flesh is incredibly unsexy’

by Elena Lazic

The mas­ter of the erot­ic thriller talks Deep Water, his long absence, and work­ing with Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas.
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Review

Deep Water

by Elena Lazic

Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck play spous­es engrossed in a twist­ed game of cat and mouse in direc­tor Adri­an Lyne’s long-await­ed return.

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In Retrospect
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Interviews

Franz Rogowski: ‘It was a gift to not have to explain it all through words’

by Elena Lazic

The beguil­ing star of Sebas­t­ian Meise’s Great Free­dom reflects on his career so far and the future of cinema.
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Review

The Beatles: Get Back

by Elena Lazic

Peter Jack­son unearths and re-edits footage of the Bea­t­les’ last hur­rah, with euphor­ic and exas­per­at­ing results.

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In Retrospect
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Review

Tick, Tick… Boom!

by Elena Lazic

Jonathan Larson’s cel­e­brat­ed stage musi­cal gets the Lin-Manuel Miran­da treat­ment – for bet­ter and for worse.

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In Retrospect
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Review

Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

by Elena Lazic

With her sec­ond fea­ture, Hun­gar­i­an writer/​director Lili Horvát deliv­ers a sus­pense­ful ellip­ti­cal thriller.

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In Retrospect
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Sponsored

Discover a new streaming service with unseen films by women directors

by Elena Lazic

Klas­si­ki is launch­ing on the back of a pop­u­lar lock­down movie club.
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Review

Summer of ’85

by Elena Lazic

François Ozon turns back the clock for a sun-kissed gay love sto­ry that’s shot through with tragedy.

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In Retrospect
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Sponsored

A journey to the past with François Ozon

by Elena Lazic

To cel­e­brate the release of Sum­mer of 85, we explore Ozon’s var­i­ous height­ened depic­tions of days gone by.
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Women In Film

Camille Keaton on the legacy of I Spit on Your Grave

by Elena Lazic

The actor reflects on her role in the con­tro­ver­sial rape revenge clas­sic from 1978.
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Interviews

Claire Oakley: ‘The whole film is about describing the feelings of this young woman’

by Elena Lazic

How a fas­ci­na­tion with female desire inspired the first-time direc­tor of the excel­lent Make Up.