Contributions from Taylor Burns | Little White Lies

Contributor Taylor Burns

Taylor Burns is a writer from Birmingham. His first novel will be published by Zer0 Books in 2026

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Dylan in the Movies

by Taylor Burns

As Tim­o­th­ée Cha­la­met stars in A Com­plete Unknown, we assess Bob Dylan’s idio­syn­crat­ic on-screen presence.
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Acting Up

The gravitas of Ving Rhames

by Taylor Burns

As Pulp Fic­tion turns 30, we take a clos­er look at one of cin­e­ma’s finest sup­port­ing players.
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In Praise Of

The Thin Red Line and nature’s indifference to war

by Taylor Burns

Ter­rence Malick’s 1999 epic is a stun­ning med­i­ta­tion on the nat­ur­al world and our rela­tion­ship to it.
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In Praise Of

How JFK changed the way we think about authority

by Taylor Burns

Though heav­i­ly drama­tised, Oliv­er Stone’s grip­ping pro­ce­dur­al asks some vital ques­tions about lib­er­ty and power.
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In Praise Of

Blow Out and the politics of despair

by Taylor Burns

Bri­an De Palma’s taut Water­gate-era thriller high­lights the dif­fer­ence between what a coun­try believes itself to be, and what it actu­al­ly is.
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In Praise Of

T2 at 25 – in praise of the greatest action movie ever made

by Taylor Burns

James Cameron’s orig­i­nal and best Ter­mi­na­tor sequel has always exist­ed on its own spec­tac­u­lar terms.
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In Praise Of

In praise of Philip Baker Hall’s performance as Richard Nixon

by Taylor Burns

Robert Altman’s Secret Hon­or con­tains the sin­gle great­est por­tray­al of the dis­graced for­mer US President.