Contributions from Katherine McLaughlin | Little White Lies

Contributor Katherine McLaughlin

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How Our Brand Is Crisis evokes the sparky political satire of Election

by Katherine McLaughlin

San­dra Bullock’s spin doc­tor reminds us of anoth­er mem­o­rably strong and high­ly strung antiheroine.
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Tangerine

by Katherine McLaughlin

This euphor­ic night-before-Christ­mas revenge caper is one of the year’s most pure­ly enjoy­able films.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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The Second Mother

by Katherine McLaughlin

The inequal­i­ties of Brazil­ian are writ large in this delight­ful upstairs/​downstairs drama.

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4
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

by Katherine McLaughlin

Crash, bang, wal­lop! Don’t miss this lid-lift­ing exposé on the trail­blaz­ing B‑movie studio.

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4
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4
In Retrospect
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The Duke of Burgundy

by Katherine McLaughlin

Direc­tor Peter Strickland’s sump­tu­ous, all-female S&M fable is his great­est film to date.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Palo Alto

by Katherine McLaughlin

Gia Coppola’s debut about the teen expe­ri­ence has a lyri­cism that tran­scends James Franco’s source novel.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Mood Indigo

by Katherine McLaughlin

Michel Gondry’s woozy take on an ​‘unfilmable’ Boris Vian nov­el offers a cloud­burst of aston­ish­ing visuals.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect