Contributions from Katherine McLaughlin | Little White Lies

Contributor Katherine McLaughlin

Trailers

Watch the first trailer for Ana Lily Amirpour’s The Bad Batch

by Katherine McLaughlin

The direc­tor of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is back with a bang.
A person with long dark hair wearing a hooded jacket, standing by a window during sunset.
Women In Film

Alice Lowe’s advice to women working in the film industry

by Katherine McLaughlin

The Pre­venge direc­tor on how she owned her wom­an­hood by flip­ping a per­ceived weak­ness into a strength.
Graphic illustration of a person lying on the ground at night, with a cinema sign visible in the background.
Obama Era Cinema

Black Lives Matter – Social media activism and the politics of protest

by Katherine McLaughlin

How a hand­ful of film­mak­ers and a sim­ple hash­tag turned sto­ries of African-Amer­i­can oppres­sion into a nation­al concern.
Diverse group of students in a crowded school hallway, one girl with long dark hair looking directly at the camera.
If You Like...

How Train to Busan channels the social panic of Snowpiercer

by Katherine McLaughlin

The end of the world has a famil­iar theme in these train-based South Kore­an allegories.
Trailers

Mel Gibson goes berserk in the first Blood Father trailer

by Katherine McLaughlin

The Aussie star plays an ex-con with revenge in his eyes in this Jean-Fran­cois Richet’s lean action thriller.
Woman in red dress standing in an ornate room with furniture and artwork.
Festivals

Jackie – first look review

by Katherine McLaughlin

Natal­ie Port­man gives a stun­ning cen­tral per­for­mance in this emo­tion­al por­trait of the icon­ic First Lady.
A man with dark hair and tattoos standing close to a woman with long blonde hair, both with serious expressions.
Festivals

The Bad Batch – first look review

by Katherine McLaughlin

Can­ni­bals and Keanu Reeves abound in Ana Lily Amirpour’s crazed vision of post-soci­ety America.
Four individuals dining in a dimly lit, vintage-styled room. Candlelight illuminates the table, which is set with ornate silver tableware and dishes. The individuals are dressed in formal attire from an earlier era.
Festivals

A Woman’s Life – first look review

by Katherine McLaughlin

There’s shades of Lars von Tri­er in this exquis­ite­ly craft­ed peri­od piece from direc­tor Stéphane Brizé.
Soldier in camouflage uniform crawling on muddy ground, wearing protective helmet and gear.
Festivals

Hacksaw Ridge – first look review

by Katherine McLaughlin

Mad Mel returns to the director‘s chair, preach­ing paci­fism in a church whose walls are splashed with gore.
Black and white portrait of two individuals in profile, a man and a woman, both wearing formal attire.
Festivals

Frantz – first look review

by Katherine McLaughlin

François Ozon returns with a full-bod­ied tale of stunt­ed romance and the pained lega­cy of warfare.