Contributions from Josh Slater-Williams | Little White Lies

Contributor Josh Slater-Williams

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Review

Munich: The Edge of War

by Josh Slater-Williams

Net­flix rings in the new year with an aus­tere World War Two espi­onage thriller from direc­tor Chris­t­ian Schwochow.

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Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Festivals

The Great Yokai War: Guardians – first-look review

by Josh Slater-Williams

It’s leg­ends only as Takashi Miike returns to the scene of his fam­i­ly-friend­ly fan­ta­sy extrav­a­gan­za from 2005.
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Festivals

Five of the best films from the 74th Locarno Film Festival

by Josh Slater-Williams

The glob­al pan­dem­ic seeped into this year’s pro­gramme in some unusu­al and sur­pris­ing ways.
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Interviews

Tallulah Greive: ‘Working-class women aren’t homogeneous’

by Josh Slater-Williams

The star of the riotous Our Ladies talks clas­sism, tak­ing teens seri­ous­ly and why Der­ry Girls com­par­isons are off base.
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Review

Our Ladies

by Josh Slater-Williams

Set in ​’90s Scot­land, Michael Caton-Jones’ win­ning com­e­dy-dra­ma sees a group of Catholic girls cut loose.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Festivals

The Devil’s Deal – first look review

by Josh Slater-Williams

Lee Won-tae fol­lows up his 2019 hit The Gang­ster, the Cop, the Dev­il, with anoth­er accom­plished under­world crime saga.
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Review

Fear Street: 1666

by Josh Slater-Williams

Netflix’s time-skip­ping hor­ror tril­o­gy reach­es a sat­is­fy­ing con­clu­sion via a 17th-cen­tu­ry Sarah Fier ori­gin story.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Fear Street: 1978

by Josh Slater-Williams

The sec­ond part of Netflix’s RL Stine-inspired hor­ror tril­o­gy is a seri­ous upgrade on its mud­dled predecessor.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Fear Street: 1994

by Josh Slater-Williams

A lack­lus­tre open­ing to this new tril­o­gy of teen slash­er yarns based on the books by RL Stine.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

WITCH: We Intend to Cause Havoc

by Josh Slater-Williams

A charm­ing and insight­ful docu-jour­ney to redis­cov­er one of the great pio­neers of the ​‘Zam­rock’ movement.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect