Contributions from Emma Fraser | Little White Lies

Contributor Emma Fraser

A woman wearing a blue nurse's uniform stands over a patient lying on a hospital bed.
Not Movies

Netflix’s Ratched is an over-stylised origin story misfire

by Emma Fraser

Some motives are bet­ter left undi­ag­nosed, as Ryan Murphy’s glossy pre­quel series, star­ring Sarah Paul­son as the tit­u­lar nurse, shows.
Two young women sitting by a tiled pool, one in a floral swimsuit and the other in a blue swimsuit. The background shows a garden with trees and flowers.
Not Movies

Hulu’s PEN15 continues to capture the joy and horror of being 13

by Emma Fraser

Anna Kon­kle and Maya Ersk­ine play ver­sions of their teenage selves in the hit grow­ing-pains ​“traum­e­dy”.
Man in brown coat, hat, and tie standing in a wooded area.
Not Movies

Perry Mason revival delivers with the case of the enticing origin story

by Emma Fraser

HBO’s pre­quel series sees Matthew Rhys take on the role of the famed Los Ange­les defence lawyer.
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Not Movies

Michaela Coel delivers a searing performance in I May Destroy You

by Emma Fraser

A young women’s life is derailed by sex­u­al assault in this painful­ly hon­est yet humor­ous 12-part drama.
Four men in suits and hats standing in front of a car.
Not Movies

Netflix’s Hollywood is an enticing look at a town of big dreams

by Emma Fraser

Ryan Mur­phy and Ian Brennan’s lim­it­ed series reveals the price of star­dom in Tinseltown’s Gold­en Age.
Two people, a man and a woman, sitting in a grassy field with a mountainous landscape in the background. The man has curly hair and is wearing a dark jacket, while the woman has long hair and is wearing an orange jumper.
Not Movies

Normal People faithfully captures the intensity of Sally Rooney’s novel

by Emma Fraser

This com­plex tale of first love and friend­ship is brought to life on screen by two ter­rif­ic young leads.
Compact mirror, cigarette, and 3 pairs of sunglasses with flame designs. Vibrant colours of red, yellow, and black dominate the illustration.
Women In Film

The Lost Careers of Difficult Women

by Emma Fraser

When women have their movie careers ruined by vin­dic­tive, con­trol­ling men, what hap­pens next?
A smiling woman with curly blonde hair wearing a light blue blouse and orange scarf, seated in a wooden chair against a wooden interior.
Not Movies

Mrs America is a powerful look at the never-ending fight for equal rights

by Emma Fraser

Cate Blanchett leads the charge in an ambi­tious por­tray­al of a divi­sive peri­od in US history.
A person wearing a navy blue coat walking up a set of stairs.
Not Movies

Hulu’s Hillary is an intimate portrait of a polarising figure

by Emma Fraser

This four-part pro­file of the for­mer Pres­i­den­tial Can­di­date reveals a woman who keeps the world at arm’s length.
Two people embracing on a dancefloor, bathed in blue and purple lighting.
Not Movies

Feel Good offers a fresh, relatable depiction of addictive love

by Emma Fraser

Mae Martin’s Chan­nel 4/​Netflix co-pro­duc­tion tack­les gen­der iden­ti­ty, female sex­u­al­i­ty and drug dependency.