Contributions from Katherine McLaughlin | Little White Lies

Contributor Katherine McLaughlin

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Review

A Banquet

by Katherine McLaughlin

Ruth Paxton’s debut fea­ture con­veys the anx­i­eties and mis­con­cep­tions sur­round­ing dis­or­dered eat­ing through psy­cho­log­i­cal horror.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Man in police uniform looking through car windscreen.
Review

Monsters and Men

by Katherine McLaughlin

John David Wash­ing­ton is a cop strug­gling to come to terms with sys­tem­at­ic racism in Reinal­do Mar­cus Green’s debut feature.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Ghost Stories

by Katherine McLaughlin

Mar­tin Free­man heads up this unnerv­ing hor­ror com­pendi­um from writer/​directors Andy Nyman and Jere­my Dyson.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Victoria & Abdul

by Katherine McLaughlin

Judi Dench repris­es her role as Queen Vic­to­ria in this touch­ing study of lat­er-life depression.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Patti Cake$

by Katherine McLaughlin

Danielle Mac­don­ald announces her­self in storm­ing fash­ion in this spir­it­ed film about find­ing your voice.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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First Person

Lizzie Borden reflects on her vital feminist sci-fi Born in Flames

by Katherine McLaughlin

The Amer­i­can direc­tor dis­cuss­es the issues at the heart of her new­ly remas­tered 1983 film.
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Not Movies

American Gods ‘The Bone Orchard’ review – Bold and bloody television

by Katherine McLaughlin

Blood Sug­ar Sex Magik!
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If You Like...

How Raw channels the bloody coming of age of Ginger Snaps

by Katherine McLaughlin

Both films express a unique­ly female con­cern through vis­cer­al imagery.
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Review

City of Tiny Lights

by Katherine McLaughlin

Riz Ahmed’s act­ing tal­ents are wast­ed in this need­less­ly con­vo­lut­ed noir thriller.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Trailers

Bong Joon-ho’s Okja gets a mysterious first-look teaser

by Katherine McLaughlin

The director’s Til­da Swin­ton-star­ring lat­est looks at the bond between man and animal.