Contributions from Johnny Restall | Little White Lies

Contributor Johnny Restall

Monochrome image of a woman with wavy, blonde hair wearing a ruffled dress and smiling at the camera.
In Praise Of

Why I love Angela Lansbury’s performance in The Manchurian Candidate

by Johnny Restall

Lans­bury sparkles as the machi­avel­lian Eleanor Iselin in John Frankenheimer’s clas­sic polit­i­cal neo-noir.
Three soldiers in green military uniforms engaged in combat in a wooded area.
In Praise Of

40 years on, Southern Comfort remains a punishing study of male violence

by Johnny Restall

Released in 1981, Wal­ter Hill’s back­wa­ter thriller is at once a cel­e­bra­tion and a cri­tique of mas­culin­i­ty in crisis.
Shirtless man with long hair sits on a green vintage car against a blue sky with clouds.
In Praise Of

Two-Lane Blacktop at 50 – Adrift on an asphalt ocean

by Johnny Restall

Monte Hellman’s cult road movie remains the per­fect encap­su­la­tion of ​’60s ennui and life on America’s margins.