Contributions from Lex Briscuso | Little White Lies

Contributor Lex Briscuso

Two people, a man and a woman, standing on a city street next to a sign advertising a special offer.
Review

Problemista review – a fiercely confident and surreal New York fairytale

by Lex Briscuso

Julio Tor­res writes, directs and stars in his debut fea­ture, play­ing an ide­al­is­tic toy­mak­er who ends up in the employ of Til­da Swin­ton’s eccen­tric art crit­ic while try­ing to nav­i­gate the US immi­gra­tion system.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, standing on a city street next to a sign advertising a special offer.
Festivals

Problemista – first-look review

by Lex Briscuso

Los Espookys’ Julio Tor­res makes the leap to film with a sur­re­al, touch­ing com­e­dy about a Sal­vado­ran immi­grant, co-star­ring Til­da Swinton.
Group of diverse teenagers in casual clothing, standing together against a colourful background.
Festivals

Bottoms – first-look review

by Lex Briscuso

Ayo Edibiri and Rachel Sen­nott star as teenagers who start an all-female fight club at their high school in Emma Selig­man’s raunchy sopho­more feature.