Contributions from Isobel Raphael | Little White Lies

Contributor Isobel Raphael

A black rhino lying in a nest of straw and twigs, its horn and ears visible against the dark background.
Review

Trophy

by Isobel Raphael

The grotesque com­mer­cial­i­ty of big-game hunt­ing is laid bare in this tough but vital ani­mal wel­fare doc.

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Anticipation
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In Retrospect
An elderly woman holding a chicken and smiling brightly in front of a wooden building.
Review

Pecking Order

by Isobel Raphael

This charm­ing doc­u­men­tary exam­ines the wacky world of obses­sive com­pet­i­tive chick­en breed­ing in New Zealand.

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4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Bustling cityscape with high-rise buildings, man looking out over the city.
Review

In the Last Days of the City

by Isobel Raphael

This mov­ing, light­ly exper­i­men­tal por­trait of Cairo melds doc­u­men­tary imme­di­a­cy with a fic­tion­al depth of drama.

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Anticipation
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4
In Retrospect
Close-up of a man wearing a suit and tie, with serious expression.
Queer Cinema

How has trans-female representation in film changed in the last 45 years?

by Isobel Raphael

Find­ings from a rare pub­lic screen­ing of John Dexter’s I Want What I Want.
Elderly man in formal attire seated in House of Commons.
Review

Dennis Skinner: Nature of the Beast

by Isobel Raphael

One of the UK’s fore­most polit­i­cal fire­brands is the sub­ject of this stan­dard issue pro­file doc.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, wearing warm winter clothing and standing in a snowy forest.
Film Music

Listen to Nick Cave & Warren Ellis’ Wind River soundtrack

by Isobel Raphael

There’s a famil­iar melan­choly tone to the pair’s score for Tay­lor Sheridan’s mys­tery thriller.
Trailers

Watch the bruising first trailer for Brawl in Cell Block 99

by Isobel Raphael

A bald Vince Vaughn gets his action on in the lat­est from Bone Tom­a­hawk direc­tor S Craig Zahler.