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The 2024 Little White Lies Christmas Guide Guide

by Hannah Strong

Step away from the bud­get bath set – we’ve got all your film fan gift ideas covered.
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LWLies Magazine

LWLies 106: The Nickel Boys issue – Out now!

by Little White Lies

We cel­e­brate the awe­some pow­er of RaMell Ross’s mas­ter­ful, auda­cious adap­ta­tion of a Pulitzer Prize-winner.
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Acting Up

The chameleonic talents of Judi Dench

by Meaghan Steeves

With a screen career dat­ing back to 1961, the ground­work for Dench’s most famous roles was laid in some of her ear­ly appearances.
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Festivals

Freezing temperatures and rising tensions at Tallinn Black Nights

by Hannah Strong

Esto­ni­a’s pre­mière film fes­ti­val proves a wel­com­ing hub for cinephiles where the action on-screen could­n’t be more explosive.
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How do you make a millennial period piece?

by Pat Greenhough

With the begin­ning of the noughties now over two decade ago, we’re enter­ing a new era for nos­tal­gia – but how do film­mak­ers crack the code?
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How MediCinema brings the magic of movies to hospital patients

by Natasha Jagger

Based inside var­i­ous hos­pi­tals across the UK, Med­i­Cin­e­ma recog­nis­es the pow­er of movies for peo­ple under­go­ing med­ical treatment.
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What is the truth about digital projection?

by Carlos José Jijón Jurado

Dis­missed as infe­ri­or by ded­i­cat­ed print enthu­si­asts yet a main­stay of cin­e­mas around the world – we talk to cin­e­ma work­ers about the pros and cons of dig­i­tal as a format.
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Inside the design world of Jean-Luc Godard

by Arijana Zeric

A new exhi­bi­tion at the ICA explores the role of typog­ra­phy in Jean-Luc Godard­’s filmography.
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The unlikely rise of Irish-language cinema

by Eoin O'Donnell

Despite less than 2% of Ire­land speak­ing the lan­guage on a dai­ly basis, more and more film­mak­ers are show­ing an inter­est in how Gaeilge can be incor­po­rat­ed into cinema.
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Conner O’Malley is the internet’s most Online filmmaker

by Finlay Spencer

The com­ic-cum-film­mak­er is Mike Leigh for the dig­i­tal age.