Contributions from Josh Slater-Williams | Little White Lies

Contributor Josh Slater-Williams

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Festivals

A Julia Fox erotic drama explores domination and digital life

by Josh Slater-Williams

She stars along­side fel­low Safdie broth­ers alum­ni Bud­dy Duress in this dark­ly fun­ny mod­ern cau­tion­ary tale.
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Review

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

by Josh Slater-Williams

Sal­vador Simó presents a cre­ative car­toon por­trait of pio­neer­ing film­mak­er Luis Buñuel.

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3
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Review

The Vast of Night

by Josh Slater-Williams

Andrew Patterson’s incred­i­ble debut feels like a spir­i­tu­al suc­ces­sor to Close Encoun­ters of the Third Kind.

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4
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Review

Blow the Man Down

by Josh Slater-Williams

Griev­ing sis­ters attempt to cov­er up a gris­ly crime in this Coens-esque noir set in a small fish­ing town.

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3
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4
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Review

Dogs Don’t Wear Pants

by Josh Slater-Williams

There’s myr­i­ad plea­sures to be had in this sex-pos­i­tive roman­tic com­e­dy set in the world of BDSM.

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4
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Review

Run

by Josh Slater-Williams

Scott Graham’s impres­sive third fea­ture stars Mark Stan­ley as a fac­to­ry work­er with a need for speed.

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3
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Review

So Long, My Son

by Josh Slater-Williams

Wang Xiaoshuai’s domes­tic dra­ma charts a gen­er­a­tion of polit­i­cal and social upheaval in his native China.

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Review

Earthquake Bird

by Josh Slater-Williams

Ali­cia Vikan­der and Riley Keough floun­der in tepid psy­cho­sex­u­al thriller, based on the Susan­na Jones novel.

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Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Chained for Life

by Josh Slater-Williams

Adam Pear­son of Under the Skin fame takes cen­tre stage in Aaron Schimberg’s smart meta comedy.

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Review

Monos

by Josh Slater-Williams

A group of teenage guer­ril­las enter the heart of dark­ness in Ale­jan­dro Lan­des’ moun­tain­top tour de force.

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