Contributions from Hannah Strong | Little White Lies

Contributor Hannah Strong

Hannah Strong is the Digital Editor of Little White Lies.

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Festivals

BlackBerry – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Cana­di­an indie film­mak­er Matt John­son crafts an off­beat dra­ma about the cre­ation of a since-slain mobile phone giant.
Two young people embracing at sunset in a field.
Review

Close

by Hannah Strong

The dis­so­lu­tion of a tight friend­ship and a sub­se­quent tragedy have a pro­found impact on the life of 13-year-old Léo in Lukas Dhon­t’s poignant drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Man sits alone on sofa in dark room, working late at night on laptop and documents.
Festivals

Inside – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Willem Dafoe plays an art thief who becomes trapped in a high-tech lux­u­ry pent house in Vasilis Kat­soupis’ unusu­al thriller.
A pensive man with a serious expression, wearing a black jumper, in a dimly lit setting.
Review

The Son

by Hannah Strong

Play­wright-turned-film­mak­er Flo­ri­an Zeller’s fol­low-up to The Father fails to achieve the emo­tion­al res­o­nance of its predecessor.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Man in white shirt and woman in purple dress embracing in hotel room.
Review

Magic Mike’s Last Dance

by Hannah Strong

Mike Lane swaps Mia­mi for Lon­don in this frus­trat­ing­ly under­whelm­ing and unsexy threequel.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Young girl looking out of a window with a thoughtful expression.
Review

Knock at the Cabin

by Hannah Strong

A fam­i­ly try­ing to enjoy a rur­al vaca­tion find them­selves faced with an impos­si­ble choice in M Night Shya­malan’s new apoc­a­lypse thriller.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man with a serious expression looking directly at the camera against a dimly lit background.
Review

The Whale

by Hannah Strong

A griev­ing man bat­tling an eat­ing dis­or­der attempts to recon­nect with his daugh­ter in Dar­ren Aronof­sky’s drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Festivals

You Hurt My Feelings – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Nicole Holofcener reteams with Julia Louis-Drey­fus for a gen­tle com­e­dy about a writer who dis­cov­ers her hus­band does­n’t like her work.
A man carrying a young child down a street lined with colourful buildings and a grassy area.
Festivals

Scrapper – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A recent­ly bereaved 12-year-old girl is forced to recon­nect with her absent father in Char­lotte Regan’s charm­ing fea­ture debut.
Two people - a man in a green jacket and a woman in an orange jumper - sitting at a table in a studio setting with a ladder and various props in the background.
Festivals

Landscape With Invisible Hand – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Cory Fin­ley returns with an eccen­tric sci-fi dram­e­dy about a pair of teenagers who scheme to livestream their rela­tion­ship for a curi­ous extra-ter­res­tri­al audience.

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