Contributions from Violet Lucca | Little White Lies

Contributor Violet Lucca

Colourful stage lights and glittering sequinned costume of a female performer on a gold and red stage.
Review

The People’s Joker – you have to see it to believe it

by Violet Lucca

A glo­ri­ous, mul­ti­far­i­ous and mod­ern rethink of the com­ing of age sto­ry as fil­tered through super­hero movies, stand-up and the trans experience.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A person in a red coat standing in a snowy, wooded field.
Review

The Assassin

by Violet Lucca

Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s ele­gant mar­tial arts tale is one the most beau­ti­ful films you’ll see all year.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A woman with long blonde hair, wearing a black top, resting her head on her hands at a kitchen counter, with a cup and crumpled tissues nearby.
Review

Maps to the Stars

by Violet Lucca

David Cro­nen­berg indulges in a grotesque inter-fam­i­ly orgy on the gold­en side­walks of Hollywood.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Portrait of a serious-looking woman with dark hair and a pensive expression.
Review

Camille Claudel 1915

by Violet Lucca

The anguished face of Juli­ette Binoche is the emo­tion­al core of this har­row­ing study of an artist.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A woman with dark hair and red lips peers through a car window, her face partially obscured by darkness.
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Under the Skin

by Violet Lucca

Jonathan Glazer’s erot­ic and philo­soph­i­cal­ly-inclined fem­i­nist sci-fi fable is an extra­or­di­nary one-off.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Man in car, stern expression
Review

Bastards

by Violet Lucca

French mas­ter Claire Denis gets seedy and sin­is­ter with an extra­or­di­nary mod­ern riff on the clas­sic noir thriller.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A close-up portrait of a man with a serious, pensive expression. He has a rugged, weathered appearance with a beard and piercing eyes set against a dark, shadowy background.
Review

Bullhead

by Violet Lucca

Rust And Bone bruis­er Matthias Schoe­naerts is our trag­ic guide to the crazy world of the Flem­ish bovine hor­mone black market.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect