Contributions from Katie Goh | Little White Lies

Contributor Katie Goh

Dilapidated buildings, scattered debris, and a person sitting on a wooden crate, reading from a book amidst the destruction.
Festivals

At Sheffield Doc/Fest, filmmakers reflect on the war in Ukraine

by Katie Goh

The chal­lenges and ethics of show­ing life in an active con­flict zone were a key theme of the fes­ti­val’s 2022 edition.
Man in a black suit and tie, standing against a red and blue background.
Interviews

George MacKay: ‘I find the development of morality fascinating’

by Katie Goh

One of the UK’s most promis­ing young actors reveals how con­tem­po­rary pol­i­tics influ­enced his role in Munich: The Edge of War.
Two young people in close profile, with the woman's face near the man's face.
Festivals

10 independent gems from the BFI London Film Festival 2021

by Katie Goh

A selec­tion of our favourite under-the-radar high­lights from this year’s LFF to add to your view­ing calendar.
Industrial landscape with cooling towers, chimneys, and people working on the ground.

A new documentary explores Scotland’s climate crisis history

by Katie Goh

With Liv­ing Proof: A Cli­mate Sto­ry, direc­tor Dr Emi­ly Munro hopes to inspire change by look­ing to the past.
Animated man in brown robe with a stag; blue sky in background.
Review

The Deer King

by Katie Goh

Stu­dio Ghi­b­li alums Masashi Ando and Masayu­ki Miya­ji chan­nels Princess Mononoke in their visu­al­ly strik­ing ​“med­ical fantasy”.

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In Retrospect
A person walking on a beach with walking sticks, in a stormy coastal scene with dark clouds and choppy waves.
Review

Prince of Muck

by Katie Goh

Cindy Jansen’s intrigu­ing doc­u­men­tary chron­i­cles one man’s life on one of Scotland’s most remote islands.

3
Anticipation
3
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3
In Retrospect
Smiling young boy holding a bundle of wheat stalks in a desert landscape.
Festivals

This new documentary is Afghanistan’s answer to Boyhood

by Katie Goh

My Child­hood, My Coun­try sees film­mak­er Phil Grab­sky and jour­nal­ist Shoaib Shar­i­fi cap­ture a young man’s life.
Crowd of protesters carrying signs about police violence and massacres.
Festivals

Uprising is an urgent, emotional account of a national tragedy

by Katie Goh

Steve McQueen and James Rogan’s three-part docuseries exam­ines three piv­otal events from 1981.
A young woman with long dark hair lies on the ground, gazing intently at a woman with red hair who is lying next to her in a woodland setting.
Review

The World to Come

by Katie Goh

Kather­ine Water­ston and Vanes­sa Kir­by forge a con­nec­tion on the Amer­i­can fron­tier in Mona Fastvold’s peri­od romance.

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4
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3
In Retrospect
Two people holding a banner that reads "LGBT FANS DESERVE BETTER" in a rainbow border.
Festivals

A new film explores the history of queer women on television

by Katie Goh

Gabrielle Zilkha’s doc­u­men­tary Queer­ing the Script looks at how fans have fought for more diverse representation.
A woman working on a complicated robotic device, surrounded by various electronic components and wires.
Review

Proxima

by Katie Goh

Direc­tor Alice Winocour and star Eva Green deliv­er a mov­ing addi­tion to the par­ent-in-space genre.

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3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two young people, a man with short hair and a woman with long, curly red hair, smiling and looking at each other on a city street.
Review

How to Build a Girl

by Katie Goh

Beanie Feld­stein brings bags of charm to this deft adap­ta­tion of Caitlin Moran’s com­ing-of-age novel.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect