Contributions from Iana Murray | Little White Lies

Contributor Iana Murray

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Festivals

Renoir – first-look review

by Iana Murray

An 11-year-old girl attempts to find a way to cope with her father’s death in Chie Hayakawa’s sec­ond feature.
Older man operating a camera in front of two film posters on the wall.
Interviews

Roger Deakins: ‘With film, I used to be the first person to see a performance’

by Iana Murray

The vet­er­an cin­e­matog­ra­ph­er on his explo­sive for­ma­tive cin­e­ma expe­ri­ences and shoot­ing Sam Mendes’s mov­ing dra­ma, Empire of Light.
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Interviews

Shadows and Fog: a conversation with Park Chan-wook

by Iana Murray

The incom­pa­ra­ble South Kore­an film­mak­er reflects on his dreamy neo-noir, Deci­sion to Leave.
Two people, a man and a woman, wearing sunglasses and standing together in a crowded urban setting, captured in a black and white photograph.
Review

Leto

by Iana Murray

A Leningrad rock star takes cen­tre stage in Kir­ill Serebrennikov’s Sovi­et-era tale of youth in revolt.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
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Festivals

Exploring the Best of British cinema at the 2019 Edinburgh Film Festival

by Iana Murray

This year’s EIFF show­cased a diverse crop of home­grown films, from a mono­chrome Cor­nish curio to a love let­ter to Dundee.
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Festivals

On a Magical Night – first look review

by Iana Murray

Christophe Hon­oré gives the roman­tic com­e­dy genre a shot in the arm in this por­trait of spousal strife.