Contributions from Simran Hans | Little White Lies

Contributor Simran Hans

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Festivals

Pioneering women at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2017

by Simran Hans

A pro­gram­ming strand ded­i­cat­ed to female per­spec­tives was a high­light of this year’s festival.
Three women and a man in 1970s attire in an office setting.
In Praise Of

In praise of 9 to 5 and the ’80s career woman

by Simran Hans

How a social­ist fem­i­nist fan­ta­sy kick­start­ed a trend for female-front­ed main­stream comedies.
Trailers

David Fincher’s Mindhunter gets a noir-tinged first trailer

by Simran Hans

This new detec­tive series looks like anoth­er grip­ping detec­tive thriller from the director.
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Review

The Fits

by Simran Hans

Anna Rose Holmer’s sparkling direc­to­r­i­al debut offers a fresh take on female coming-of-age.

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Festivals

Is this the world’s most lavish film festival?

by Simran Hans

At the Mar­rakech Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val, cham­pagne flows freely and stars fill the sky.
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Obama Era Cinema

Mike Drop – How Channing Tatum and President Obama redrew the template for masculinity

by Simran Hans

Sim­ran Hans con­sid­ers the link between two of America’s most promi­nent and pro­gres­sive lead­ing men.
A woman performing on stage, clad in a pink dress, holding a microphone as the text "Great Female Comedy Performances" is displayed prominently.
Women In Film

100 great female comedy performances – part 1

by Simran Hans

A trib­ute to some of the most mem­o­rable com­ic turns from women actors, fea­tur­ing an immor­tal Meryl Streep.
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Review

Couple in a Hole

by Simran Hans

Kate Dick­ie and Paul Hig­gins star in this slow-burn­ing wood­land dra­ma from direc­tor Tom Geens.

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Review

Still Alice

by Simran Hans

Julianne Moore’s Oscar-win­ning per­for­mance as a lin­guist with Alzheimer’s essays the evap­o­ra­tion of an intel­lec­tu­al identity.

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Five men in red hockey jerseys with "CCCP" on them, standing on an ice rink.
Review

Red Army

by Simran Hans

The sto­ry of how the Sovi­et Union became an ice hock­ey pow­er­house is weighed down by polit­i­cal subtext.

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Two young Black men stand together by a body of water, one wearing a red baseball cap and the other wearing a t-shirt with an orange graphic design.
Review

3 1⁄2 Minutes, Ten Bullets

by Simran Hans

Mov­ing social com­men­tary is under­mined by direc­tor Marc Silver’s sto­ry­telling insufficiencies.

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Elegant couple in formal evening attire conversing at a dimly lit, festive outdoor event.
Review

The Theory of Everything

by Simran Hans

Love is the key in this styl­ish, slight­ly fusty ren­der­ing of the courtship between Stephen Hawk­ing and his first wife, Jane.

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