Contributions from Juan Barquin | Little White Lies

Contributor Juan Barquin

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Top Ranking

28 Ways Later

by Juan Barquin, Mark Asch, Esther Rosenfield, Hannah Strong, Daniel Schindel, Jake Cole

We exam­ine how the UK’s trag­ic demise at the hands of the rage virus might have impact­ed the wider world.
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Interviews

Monica Sorelle: ‘I’m working through my grief about Miami changing so rapidly and violently’

by Juan Barquin

As her debut receives a UK pre­mière as part of the BFI’s Black Debu­tants sea­son, Mia­mi film­mak­er Mon­i­ca Sorelle reflects on the mak­ing of Mountains.
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Interviews

Vera Drew: ‘At least they’re not saying “banned filmmaker” anymore’

by Juan Barquin

As The Peo­ple’s Jok­er final­ly goes glob­al, the mav­er­ick film­mak­er behind the wildest super­hero film of the year sounds off about microbud­get film­mak­ing, the trans canon, and Jok­er 2.
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In Heaven Everything Is Fine

Love in the land of Twin Peaks

by Juan Barquin

Mark Frost and David Lynch’s beloved tele­vi­sion series is a tes­ta­ment to the great­est pow­er human beings have.
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Review

Emilia Pérez review – a musical that barely wants to be a musical

by Juan Barquin

This ghast­ly musi­cal melo­dra­ma from Jacques Audi­ard tells of a Mex­i­can car­tel boss’ gen­der affirm­ing surgery.

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Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Long Read

Sick suburban solidarity in two unappreciated John Waters gems

by Juan Barquin

While con­sid­ered by many to be minor works, Ser­i­al Mom and A Dirty Shame rep­re­sent some of our con­tem­po­rary con­cerns and anx­i­eties while offer­ing a sur­pris­ing­ly whole­some view of queer community.
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Review

Will & Harper – a charming but impersonal road trip movie

by Juan Barquin

Will Fer­rell and his best friend Harp­er Steele embark on a cross-coun­try road trip, reflect­ing on Steele’s expe­ri­ences as a recent­ly out trans woman, in Josh Green­baum’s mean­der­ing but sweet documentary.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Borderlands review – rage-quit worthy video game slop

by Juan Barquin

Eli Roth’s slap­dash adap­ta­tion of the brash video game series is a joy­less slog despite the pres­ence of Cate Blanchett.

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Anticipation
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1
In Retrospect
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Review

Peter Von Kant

by Juan Barquin

François Ozon fan­boys over Fass­binder (again!) with this reimag­in­ing of 1972’s The Bit­ter Tears of Petra Von Kant.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Interviews

The Gospel According to Saint John

by Juan Barquin

The Pope of Trash on 50 years of Pink Flamin­gos and wak­ing up each morn­ing and try­ing to be nuts in new and excit­ing ways.
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Queer Cinema

How François Ozon navigates queer romance

by Juan Barquin

In Sum­mer of 85, the French direc­tor builds on a career-long inter­est in how we deal with love and loss.