Contributions from Gus Edgar-Chan | Little White Lies

Contributor Gus Edgar-Chan

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In Praise Of

Why Les Rendez-vous d’Anna is one of the great films about loneliness

by Gus Edgar-Chan

A young woman searches for connection in Chantal Akerman’s melancholy travelogue from 1978.
A person wearing a backpack standing in a vast, mountainous landscape with a dog by their side.
Review

Mug

by Gus Edgar-Chan

A heavy metal lover undergoes a face transplant in Małgorzata Szumowska’s biting, uneven social satire.

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In Retrospect
A man in a medieval-style helmet and chainmail, holding a shield with a red symbol.
Review

Outlaw King

by Gus Edgar-Chan

Chris Pine is ill-cast as Robert the Bruce in this disastrous historical epic from writer/​director David Mackenzie.

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In Retrospect
Man in military uniform with headset, looking serious.
Review

The Guilty

by Gus Edgar-Chan

An emergency responder deals with a traumatic phone call in this intriguing Danish thriller.

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In Retrospect
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Festivals

Five things to see at the UK Jewish Film Festival 2018

by Gus Edgar-Chan

Highlights from this year’s UKJFF programme, including a wartime epic and a stranger-than-fiction Sundance winner.
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Review

Sink

by Gus Edgar-Chan

There’s plenty of heart in Mark Gillis’ micro-budget survey of the UK’s job market crisis.

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3
In Retrospect
Two cartoon characters: a skeletal figure in white and a large-eyed, black figure in red shirt, both standing in a shop with various merchandise visible.
Review

MFKZ

by Gus Edgar-Chan

This French-Japanese animé from directors Guillaume Renard and Shoujirou Nishimi is a twisted joyride.

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Silhouette of a person holding a burning object near a car engulfed in flames against a smoky, orange-tinted background.
Review

Us and Them

by Gus Edgar-Chan

Joe Martin’s over-directed post-Brexit fable feels like a collection of different auteurs vying for attention.

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In Retrospect