Contributions from Johnny Restall | Little White Lies

Contributor Johnny Restall

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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.
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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.
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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.