Contributions from Rafa Sales Ross | Little White Lies

Contributor Rafa Sales Ross

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Festivals

Firebrand – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Karim Aïnouz’s Eng­lish lan­guage debut is a frus­trat­ing­ly but­toned-up take on the life of Hen­ry VII­I’s final wife, Cather­ine Parr.
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Festivals

Four Daughters – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

The lat­est doc­u­men­tary from Tunisian direc­tor Kaouther Ben Hania cen­ters a quar­tet of young women whose lived are changed for­ev­er when two of them join ISIS.
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Review

The Eight Mountains

by Rafa Sales Ross

The life­long friend­ship between two men is the sub­ject of Felix van Groenin­gen and Char­lotte Vandermeersch’s poignant Alps-set drama.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Rachel Weisz and Alice Birch: ‘Siblings can be close, but this is a whole other level of codependency’

by Rafa Sales Ross

Actress and pro­duc­er Rachel Weisz and writer Alice Birch lift the lid on their reimag­in­ing of David Cro­nen­berg’s chill­ing twin thriller.
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Festivals

The Plough – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Philippe Gar­rel enlists his three chil­dren for this fam­i­ly affair, in which a fam­i­ly of artis­tic pup­peteers grap­ple with their patri­arch’s passing.
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Festivals

Past Lives – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Celine Song’s fea­ture debut is a ten­der explo­ration of mul­ti­eth­nic romance, com­pli­ment­ed by nuanced per­for­mances from Gre­ta Lee and John Magaro.
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Review

Plane

by Rafa Sales Ross

Ger­ard But­ler plays a pilot whose plane goes down in a con­flict zone in Jean-François Richet’s sur­pris­ing­ly sat­is­fy­ing thriller.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

by Rafa Sales Ross

Ale­jan­dro G Iñár­ritu grap­ples with cre­ative ful­fil­ment and the Mex­i­can dias­po­ra in his sprawl­ing, semi-auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal sur­re­al­ist drama.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Charlotte Wells: ‘Adults are locked in the roles that they perform for kids’

by Rafa Sales Ross

The Scot­tish film­mak­er behind break­out indie After­sun explains the com­plex process of por­tray­ing mem­o­ry in cinema.
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Review

No Bears

by Rafa Sales Ross

The Iran­ian mas­ter returns with a set of par­al­lel love sto­ries reflect­ing on super­sti­tion and the mechan­ics of power.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect