Contributions from Tom Joudrey | Little White Lies

Contributor Tom Joudrey

A dark, moody image of two young people in a close, intimate embrace.

The enduring relevance and heartache of Mysterious Skin

by Tom Joudrey

Twen­ty years ago, Gregg Arak­i’s haunt­ing indie film showed how trau­ma can spi­ral into con­spir­a­cy the­o­ries and self-sab­o­tage. Author Scott Heim and actor Bill Sage reflect on their expe­ri­ences mak­ing this cult favourite.
Two figures wearing hats and coats, gazing intently at each other in a black and white image.
In Praise Of

We must remember this – lessons learned from Casablanca

by Tom Joudrey

80 years on, Michael Cur­tiz’s roman­tic dra­ma retains a defi­ant spir­it more rel­e­vant to our cur­rent polit­i­cal cli­mate than it might first appear.

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