Contributions from Roxanne Sancto | Little White Lies

Contributor Roxanne Sancto

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Maniac review: Mesmerising character work in a retrofuturistic setting

by Roxanne Sancto

Emma Stone and Jon­ah Hill sign up for a mind-bend­ing drug tri­al in Cary Fukunaga’s immer­sive miniseries.
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GLOW ‘Viking Funeral’ review – These girls are out to do more than have fun

by Roxanne Sancto

Sea­son two sets us up for a deep­er under­stand­ing of the show’s char­ac­ters and their group dynamic.
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Sense8’s ‘Amor Vincit Omnia’ shows the power of positivity in adversity

by Roxanne Sancto

The fea­ture-length finale gave fans, the char­ac­ters and the Wachowskis the clo­sure they all deserved.
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How Phoebe Waller-Bridge is popularising the female gaze

by Roxanne Sancto

The Fleabag and Killing Eve series cre­ator is putting com­plex, dan­ger­ous, relat­able women on screen.
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The Handmaid’s Tale Season Two gets off to a harrowing start

by Roxanne Sancto

The sit­u­a­tion hasn’t improved for Elis­a­beth Moss’ Offred in this grip­ping sea­son opener.
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Atlanta Season 2: ‘Alligator Man’ review – A timely portrait of black America

by Roxanne Sancto

Don­ald Glover’s hit show returns with anoth­er steady mix of satire, dark com­e­dy and cul­tur­al narratives.
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Black Mirror’s Season 4 review: Get set for more Orwellian nightmares

by Roxanne Sancto

Char­lie Brooker’s lat­est col­lec­tion of sci-fi hor­rors does not disappoint.
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Black Mirror ‘Arkangel’ review – Big parent is watching you

by Roxanne Sancto

This episode from Sea­son 4 offers a qui­et­ly chill­ing near-future vision of an over-pro­tec­tive society.
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Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It is a timely ode to black womanhood

by Roxanne Sancto

Nola Dar­ling is reborn in this vital update of Spike Lee’s 1986 film.
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Stranger Things 2 ‘Chapter One: MadMax’ review

by Roxanne Sancto

This pre­mière episode sets up more mys­te­ri­ous goings on – but don’t expect any easy answers from the sec­ond season.