Contributions from Josh Slater-Williams | Little White Lies

Contributor Josh Slater-Williams

A woman with long, wind-swept brown hair stands against a mountainous backdrop, her expression pensive.
Review

Gwen

by Josh Slater-Williams

William McGregor’s atmos­pher­ic Indus­tri­al Rev­o­lu­tion-era folk hor­ror runs out of plot.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Close-up of person wearing glasses speaking on a telephone.
Festivals

The Vast of Night – first look review

by Josh Slater-Williams

There’s shades of ear­ly Steven Spiel­berg and The Twi­light Zone in Andrew Patterson’s debut feature.
Two people, a woman in a revealing dress and a man in a tuxedo, standing close together indoors.
Review

Halston

by Josh Slater-Williams

The colour­ful life of the late Amer­i­can fash­ion design­er is the focus of Frédéric Tcheng’s lat­est documentary.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A person with dark hair and eyes looking directly at the camera.
Review

The Perfection

by Josh Slater-Williams

There’s shades of Bri­an De Pal­ma and Park Chan-wook in this Alli­son Williams-star­ring Net­flix thriller.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Beats

by Josh Slater-Williams

Mis­matched bud­dy antics pow­er this enjoy­able and euphor­ic trip back to the ​’90s ware­house rave scene.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Festivals

A Keanu Reeves film festival promises a most excellent adventure

by Josh Slater-Williams

Match­box Cineclub’s Keanu­Con week­ender will chart the cult star’s career from babe to Baba Yaga.
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Review

Loro

by Josh Slater-Williams

Toni Servil­lo is Sil­vio Berlus­coni in this par­tial­ly fic­tion­alised biopic from Pao­lo Sorrentino.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Unicorn Store

by Josh Slater-Williams

Brie Lar­son directs and stars in this enjoy­ably idio­syn­crat­ic com­e­dy about real­is­ing your child­hood dreams.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two older men, one operating a camera while the other looks into the viewfinder. They appear to be in a professional setting, perhaps filming or photographing something.
Festivals

The best new films at the 2019 Glasgow Film Festival

by Josh Slater-Williams

High­lights from this year’s pro­gramme, includ­ing a trib­ute to leg­endary DoP Rob­by Müller.
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Review

Maiden

by Josh Slater-Williams

This time­ly doc­u­men­tary recounts the inspir­ing sto­ry of a female sail­ing crew’s round-the-world voyage.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect