Contributions from Lillian Crawford | Little White Lies

Contributor Lillian Crawford

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Interviews

Céline Sciamma: ‘I would love for someone to make this film into an anime’

by Lillian Crawford

The French mae­stro on how she’s matured as a film­mak­er, and the secrets hid­den in her beguil­ing lat­est, Petite Maman.
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Review

Quant

by Lillian Crawford

Sadie Frost directs this illu­mi­nat­ing pro­file doc on the 1960s fash­ion icon and prog­en­i­tor of the miniskirt.

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In Retrospect
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Review

The Suicide Squad

by Lillian Crawford

James Gunn dou­bles down on his crass brand of humour in this charm­less, unfun­ny and facile fran­chise redo.

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In Retrospect
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Review

Earwig and the Witch

by Lillian Crawford

Stu­dio Ghibli’s first com­put­er-ani­mat­ed fea­ture boasts bags of charm and one its most endear­ing heroines.

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In Retrospect
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It’s time to rethink the established film canon

by Lillian Crawford

By con­tin­u­ing to pro­mote diver­si­ty in cin­e­ma, we can devel­op an alter­na­tive canon that includes everyone.
A young woman with long dark hair wearing a blue dress stands in a forest, holding a small lamb.
Review

The Other Lamb

by Lillian Crawford

Exces­sive vio­lence against women and ani­mals sours Mał­gorza­ta Szumowska’s faux-fem­i­nist hor­ror fable.

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In Retrospect
Three women seated in a room, one wearing a red dress, one a floral dress, and one a black dress. The room has a curved ceiling and a blue and white sky visible through a window.
Review

A Perfectly Normal Family

by Lillian Crawford

Mal­ou Reymann’s fea­ture debut presents a poten­tial­ly dan­ger­ous per­spec­tive on the issue of gen­der identity.

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In Retrospect
Elderly couple wearing winter clothing, walking in a forest.
Review

23 Walks

by Lillian Crawford

A cou­ple in twi­light years become acquaint­ed over a series of dog walks in Paul Morrison’s cheery drama.

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In Retrospect
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Review

Little Girl

by Lillian Crawford

Sébastien Lifschitz’s sen­si­tive por­trait of eight-year-old Sasha will change atti­tudes towards gen­der dysphoria.

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In Retrospect
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Women In Film

Delphine Seyrig and the best year ever

by Lillian Crawford

With India Song cur­rent­ly play­ing on MUBI, we take a look back at the actor’s superla­tive fem­i­nist tril­o­gy from 1975.