Contributions from Finlay Spencer | Little White Lies

Contributor Finlay Spencer

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The empty showboat of cinematic one-shots

by Finlay Spencer

Net­flix’s chart-top­ping Ado­les­cence is the lat­est in a long line of sin­gle-take sto­ries. But would it be any worse off with a trip to the cut­ting room?
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Conner O’Malley is the internet’s most Online filmmaker

by Finlay Spencer

The com­ic-cum-film­mak­er is Mike Leigh for the dig­i­tal age.
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Review

Clara Sola

by Finlay Spencer

Nathalie Álvarez Mesén’s debut fea­ture explores reli­gious oppres­sion and sex­u­al desire through a Cos­ta Rican wom­an’s mys­ti­cal awakening.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

How The Draughtsman’s Contract set the blueprint for the modern period piece

by Finlay Spencer

With its acer­bic script and anachro­nis­tic flour­ish­es, Peter Greenaway’s 1982 film is as fresh and fun­ny as ever.
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Review

All Quiet on the Western Front

by Finlay Spencer

Edward Berger’s trench-foot-and-all retelling of this clas­sic war sto­ry lacks orig­i­nal­i­ty in its brutality.

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Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Incoming

Everything we know so far about Terrence Malick’s Way of the Wind

by Finlay Spencer

True to form, the elu­sive Amer­i­can auteur is tak­ing his pre­cious time over his forth­com­ing Bible epic.