Contributions from Tom Williams | Little White Lies

Contributor Tom Williams

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In Praise Of

The danger of looking in Brian De Palma’s Sisters

by Tom Williams

The direc­tor cri­tiques society’s voyeuris­tic ten­den­cies in this Hitch­cock homage from 1972.
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In Praise Of

Morvern Callar and the search for something beautiful

by Tom Williams

Lynne Ramsay’s mas­ter­ful sec­ond fea­ture from 2002 offers a vis­cer­al depic­tion of grief and longing.
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In Praise Of

Why Christopher Nolan’s Following is a masterful modern neo-noir

by Tom Williams

This moody mono­chrome thriller from 1998 is an immac­u­late­ly craft­ed tale of crime and obsession.
Trailers

Watch the nerve-shredding new trailer for Alien: Covenant

by Tom Williams

The path to par­adise begins in hell in Rid­ley Scott’s long-await­ed sci-fi prequel.
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Review

The Student

by Tom Williams

Kir­ill Serebrennikov’s scin­til­lat­ing dra­ma offers of stark look at con­tem­po­rary Russ­ian schooling.

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Anticipation
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In Retrospect
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Incoming

Everything we know about Alien: Covenant

by Tom Williams

Rid­ley Scott’s fol­low-up to Prometheus looks set to answer some vital ques­tions about the saga.
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In Praise Of

In praise of American Psycho – The capitalist satire come full circle

by Tom Williams

Bret Eas­t­on Ellis and Mary Harron’s caus­tic vision of ​’80s con­sumerism is sad­ly back en vogue.
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Festivals

Five things to see at the London Short Film Festival 2017

by Tom Williams

The LSFF returns with an impres­sive and occa­sion­al­ly sur­pris­ing line-up…
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Incoming

A little seen Studio Ghibli gem is returning to cinemas

by Tom Williams

A new 4K restora­tion of Tomo­mi Mochizuki‘s 1993 film Ocean Waves is arriv­ing in 2017.
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Film Music

Ennio Morricone’s The Thing score is being reissued on vinyl

by Tom Williams

The clas­sic orig­i­nal score to John Carpenter’s 1982 film is being released via Wax­work Records.
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Queer Cinema

Academy considers gender fluid star in both male and female acting categories

by Tom Williams

Kel­ly Man­tle makes Oscars his­to­ry in vic­to­ry for the trans community.
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Review

Holy Cow

by Tom Williams

This inti­mate film chron­i­cles a sim­ple rags to rich­es tale of a man and his cow.

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Anticipation
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In Retrospect