Contributions from Paul Ridd | Little White Lies

Contributor Paul Ridd

A young woman, with long wavy hair, sitting on the floor of a bathroom, talking on an old-fashioned telephone with a concerned expression.
Home Ents

Cheap thrills: five essential straight-to-video stocking fillers

by Paul Ridd

Top 2019 home enter­tain­ment releas­es for the strong stom­ached and moral­ly depraved.
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In Praise Of

In defence of the Rise of the Footsoldier franchise

by Paul Ridd

The low-rent British gang­ster series has a lot more to offer than brain­less, bru­tal violence.
A woman comforting another person on a sofa, holding a mug.

Why addiction melodramas are set to strike a chord this awards season

by Paul Ridd

Tim­o­th­ée Cha­la­met and Lucas Hedges are earn­ing plau­dits for their ten­der por­tray­als of trou­bled young men.