Contributions from Tom Bond | Little White Lies

Contributor Tom Bond

Two people in traditional Asian dress, a woman in a pink kimono with a red floral accessory and a man in dark clothing, in a lush green outdoor setting.
Review

Family Romance, LLC

by Tom Bond

Wern­er Her­zog delves into the strange world of a Japan­ese agency which spe­cialis­es in artifice.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people - a man with a beard and a younger man - facing each other indoors near a window.
Festivals

Rialto – first look review

by Tom Bond

Pete Mack­ie Burns’ first rate fol­low-up to Daphne explores the repressed homo­sex­u­al­i­ty of a shy dock worker.
Elderly woman and young girl sitting together in contemplative poses.
Festivals

Tommaso – first look review

by Tom Bond

Fer­rara digs deep into his per­son­al life to deliv­er a mov­ing char­ac­ter study star­ring Willem Dafoe.
Two people in traditional Asian dress, a woman in a pink kimono with a red floral accessory and a man in dark clothing, in a lush green outdoor setting.
Festivals

Family Romance, LLC – first look review

by Tom Bond

Wern­er Her­zog takes a side­ways look at mod­ern romance through the lens of Japan’s per­for­mance industry.
Two adults - a woman in a colourful patterned jumper and a man in a suit - sitting at a table and talking.
Festivals

Doubles Vies – first look review

by Tom Bond

Juli­ette Binoche and Guil­laume Canet pon­der mid­dle-age and the chang­ing fac­ing of book pub­lish­ing in Olivi­er Assayas’ intel­lec­tu­al drama.
Two men in white and red uniforms, discussing documents in a room with a large Christian cross illuminated in the background.

How Spike Lee bends the truth to tackle contemporary racism

by Tom Bond

In BlacK­kKlans­man, the direc­tor drama­tis­es real-life events in order to make his point.
A close-up image of a man's face with an exaggerated, surprised expression on a television screen.
If You Like...

Six great films that show the dark side of the TV industry

by Tom Bond

From Net­work to Night­crawler, cin­e­ma has a long his­to­ry of expos­ing television’s rot­ten core.
Two people, a man and a woman, in a romantic embrace, illuminated by red and pink lighting.

Tough love in La La Land and Whiplash

by Tom Bond

Both of Damien Chazelle’s films are struc­tured around the twin pur­suits of art and romance.
Portrait of a woman surrounded by yellow flowers
In Praise Of

How Romeo + Juliet mastered the Shakespeare adaptation

by Tom Bond

Twen­ty years ago Baz Luhrmann put a vital con­tem­po­rary spin on this time­less roman­tic epic.
Muscular man with rocky, scaly skin and a fierce expression flexing his arms.

The fantastic story of the worst superhero movie ever made

by Tom Bond

Roger Corman’s unre­leased 1994 film The Fan­tas­tic Four was doomed from the start.
A group of four young boys standing in a forest, one pointing towards something out of view.
In Praise Of

Just Kids – why Stand by Me remains a coming-of-age classic

by Tom Bond

Rob Reiner’s touch­ing dra­ma sees four friends say good­bye to the safe­ty and sta­bil­i­ty of childhood.
Woman with long, wavy blonde hair wearing a blue top, looking slightly to the side with a thoughtful expression.

Should we be wary when our favourite actors become superheroes?

by Tom Bond

The prospect of Brie Lar­son as Cap­tain Mar­vel is cause for cel­e­bra­tion and concern.