Contributions from Lillian Crawford | Little White Lies

Contributor Lillian Crawford

Two young women standing on a path in a wooded area, one wearing a pink and white printed dress and the other wearing a black tank top.
Review

An Easy Girl

by Lillian Crawford

This sun-bleached, Cannes-set roman­tic dra­ma from direc­tor Rebec­ca Zlo­tows­ki is not to be missed.

3
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Stylised female portrait with large eyes, geometric turquoise accents, and a cigarette.
Festivals

Open City Documentary Festival announces its most inclusive line-up ever

by Lillian Crawford

Over half of the vir­tu­al 2020 edi­tion is com­prised of direc­tors who iden­ti­fy as female or non-binary.
Greying man with beard, looking pensive in dimly lit room with orange light.
Review

Pinocchio

by Lillian Crawford

Mat­teo Garrone’s live-action retelling of the clas­sic Ital­ian fairy tale is a dream come true.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Ornate gilded frame surrounds a portrait of a person wearing a black hat and coat.
Review

My Rembrandt

by Lillian Crawford

Dutch film­mak­er Oeke Hoogendijk exam­ines the endur­ing appeal of the art world’s Old Masters.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A young woman with long dark hair wearing a light-coloured top, standing in a dimly lit room.
Review

Papicha

by Lillian Crawford

A group of young women come of age against the back­drop of civ­il war in Mou­nia Meddour’s vibrant, nuanced debut.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Close-up of two people sleeping on a couch, with one person's head resting on the other's shoulder.
Review

Again Once Again

by Lillian Crawford

Argen­tine actor and author Romi­na Paula turns direc­tor for this sub­lime medi­a­tion on mid­dle age womanhood.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A black and white image showing two people, one of whom is a woman with blonde hair, standing on a police line barrier in a park-like setting.
Queer Cinema

Netflix’s Disclosure is just the start for trans*-positive representation

by Lillian Crawford

Sam Feder’s lat­est doc­u­men­tary, on Hollywood’s harm­ful trans­gen­der stereo­types, is a great con­ver­sa­tion starter – but we need to go further.
A couple in a wooden room, the woman holds a mobile phone and the man stands close to her.
Festivals

Is de-ageing technology the way forward for the time-spanning epic?

by Lillian Crawford

Two films at the San Sebas­t­ian Film Fes­ti­val show­case a more old school way of depict­ing the bit­ter­sweet pas­sage of time.
Close-up of a man with a serious expression on his face, speaking on a telephone.
Festivals

Zeroville – first look review

by Lillian Crawford

An intend­ed orgy of cinephile plea­sure trans­lates as a mis­guid­ed and mis­be­got­ten dud in James Franco’s long-delayed Hol­ly­wood satire.
Beekeeper in a protective suit holding a honeycomb surrounded by swirling bees.
Review

Honeyland

by Lillian Crawford

An art­ful study of cul­ture, pover­ty and ecol­o­gy which focus­es on an unlike­ly Mace­don­ian bee keeper.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect