Contributions from Victoria Luxford | Little White Lies

Contributor Victoria Luxford

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In Praise Of

Why I love Samuel L Jackson’s performance in Pulp Fiction

by Victoria Luxford

In a pro­lif­ic career span­ning four decades, it’s still Jules Win­n­field who stands tallest.
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What impact do environmental documentaries really have?

by Victoria Luxford

What is the role of doc­u­men­taries that try to change the way we think, and do they actu­al­ly work?
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Not Movies

Last Chance U and America’s all-or-nothing sporting dream

by Victoria Luxford

Netflix’s col­lege foot­ball doc­u­men­tary series offers a fas­ci­nat­ing look at the busi­ness of sport and academia.
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What RoboCop got right (and wrong) about the future

by Victoria Luxford

Three decades on from its release, just how accu­rate was Paul Verhoeven’s clas­sic dystopi­an sci-fi?
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Queer Cinema

Battle of The Sexes and cinema’s hidden LGBTQ+ heroes

by Victoria Luxford

Emma Stone’s new film serves to high­light the lack of queer icons on screen.
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A requiem for medium-sized movies

by Victoria Luxford

Why have mid-bud­get films all-but dis­ap­peared from today’s cin­e­mat­ic landscape?
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Can the Marvel franchise survive without Iron Man?

by Victoria Luxford

The found­ing Avenger could be about to hang up his suit. Who’s ready to become the MCU’s new MVP?
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Get Out features a different kind of horror protagonist

by Victoria Luxford

The plight of Daniel Kaluuya’s lead char­ac­ter has its roots in a very real every­day struggle.
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In Praise Of

Why I love Jesse Eisenberg’s performance in The Social Network

by Victoria Luxford

The actor’s sly take on Face­book founder Mark Zucker­berg casts a spot­light on the dark side of success.
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The Sound and the Fury – 25 years of Tarantino

by Victoria Luxford

It’s a quar­ter of a cen­tu­ry since Reser­voir Dogs changed cin­e­ma for­ev­er. But how has its mak­er evolved over the years?