Contributions from Nick Pinkerton | Little White Lies

Contributor Nick Pinkerton

A smiling man wearing a cowboy hat and scarf, set against a rocky, mountainous landscape.
In Praise Of

The low-slung, slyly subversive westerns of Budd Boetticher

by Nick Pinkerton

A new Blu-ray box set offers occa­sion to cel­e­brate this horserid­ing, bull­fight­ing arti­san of the western.
Colourful abstract portrait with geometric patterns and lines, bright orange and blue tones.
Long Read

Shudders of Pleasure: The story of Hellraiser

by Nick Pinkerton

We pay homage to direc­tor Clive Barker’s majes­tic sub­ur­ban gore aria from 1987.
Illustration depicting a man wearing sunglasses, with figures and scenes from action films in the background. Dominated by orange, brown and black tones with geometric shapes and patterns.
Long Read

Gun-Fu Hustle: Celebrating the action cinema of John Woo

by Nick Pinkerton

In praise of the Hong kong adren­a­line junkie and archi­tect of the time-hon­oured bul­let ballet.
Collage of geometric shapes in bold colours; woman's face obscured by red strip.
Tales of Cinema

Tales of Cinema No. 4 – The Porno Restoration

by Nick Pinkerton

With the pro­lif­er­a­tion of X‑rated inter­net mate­r­i­al, will adult films ever redis­cov­er their artis­tic side?
A smiling man in a suit and tie, holding a trophy or award, against a geometric backdrop of diagonal lines.
Long Read

Peanuts and the cult of newspaper comic strips

by Nick Pinkerton

With Snoopy and Char­lie Brown back in cin­e­mas, Nick Pinker­ton explores the lega­cy of Charles M Schultz and oth­er inno­v­a­tive cartoonists.
Black and white portrait of a man with short, tousled hair wearing a white t-shirt and smoking a cigarette outdoors.
In Praise Of

The enduring enigma of James Dean

by Nick Pinkerton

Nick Pinker­ton gauges the cul­tur­al impact of the clean-cut all-Amer­i­can icon.