Contributions from Luís Azevedo | Little White Lies

Contributor Luís Azevedo

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Watch: In the Kitchen with Pedro Almodóvar

by Luís Azevedo

In part­ner­ship with MUBI, we exam­ine the func­tion of this domes­tic set­ting across the Span­ish filmmaker’s catalogue.
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Watch: What makes a movie line memorable?

by Luís Azevedo

Our lat­est video essay breaks down the rhetor­i­cal device behind some of cinema’s most icon­ic dialogue.
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Watch: Tragedy and comedy in Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite

by Luís Azevedo

Dis­sect­ing the slap­stick and dra­mat­ic ele­ments of the South Kore­an filmmaker’s Oscar-win­ning satire.
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Watch: Closing the Door on the Gangster Genre

by Luís Azevedo

Is the Amer­i­can mob­ster movie des­tined to go the same way as the western?
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Watch: Beware The Fluffy Pen

by Luís Azevedo

Is this beloved sta­tionery item used by film­mak­ers as a sym­bol of evil?
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Watch: An alternative history of British cinema in 10 films

by Luís Azevedo

Less­er-known works that broke the mould, from Ken­neth Macpherson’s Bor­der­line to Sal­ly Potter’s Orlando.
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Hearing Wes Anderson – A Lesson in Sound Design

by Luís Azevedo

How the direc­tor uses sound to immerse the audi­ence in his unique cin­e­mat­ic world.
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Watch: The Sensual World of Claire Denis

by Luís Azevedo

Fil­ter­ing the cin­e­mat­ic land­scape of this mas­ter film­mak­er through the five senses.
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LWLies Presents

Watch: Barry Jenkins in Colour

by Luís Azevedo

This new video essay explores the director’s evoca­tive use of colour, from Med­i­cine for Melan­choly to If Beale Street Could Talk.
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The Best Films of 2018: A Video Review

by Luís Azevedo

Luís Azeve­do rounds up the stand­out movie moments of 2018 in a spe­cial end of year video essay.
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Watch: Alfonso Cuarón In Colour

by Luís Azevedo

In a new video essay, Luís Azeve­do takes us on a jour­ney through the Mex­i­can filmmaker’s colour­ful worlds.
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Dinners Gone Wrong – A Supercut of Weird Movie Meals

by Luís Azevedo

Luís Azeve­do serves up some of the strangest and more stom­ach-turn­ing food moments in cin­e­ma history.