Contributions from James Morton | Little White Lies

Contributor James Morton

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In Praise Of

Why Secrets & Lies remains a masterclass in framing

by James Morton

Direc­tor Mike Leigh empha­sis­es the lack of con­nec­tion between the char­ac­ters, and British soci­ety as a whole.
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Revisiting Pokémon: The First Movie 20 years on

by James Morton

Cyn­i­cal mar­ket­ing tool or first-rate ani­mé? How does this large­ly for­got­ten ​’90s curio hold up today?
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Not Movies

What Daniel Sloss’ Netflix special teaches us about love, actually

by James Morton

The Scot­tish stand-up’s ​“love let­ter to sin­gle peo­ple” bril­liant­ly chal­lenges unre­al­is­tic ideas of romance.
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1980s cinema and the disturbing side of suburbia

by James Morton

With the likes of Blue Vel­vet and Soci­ety, the decade saw the Amer­i­can Dream turn into some­thing grotesque.
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If You Like...

10 Stephen King adaptations that are well worth your time

by James Morton

From Mis­ery to The Shin­ing, here are our favourite takes on the pro­lif­ic hor­ror writer’s work.