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Festivals

SXSW is making its way to London

by Little White Lies

The Austin peren­ni­al is mak­ing its way across the Atlantic and for a brand new cul­tur­al showcase.
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Acting Up

Cate Blanchett’s battle for the blockbuster

by Victoria Luxford

As Cate Blanchett stars in Bor­der­lands, we sur­vey her var­i­ous for­ays into the world of high bud­get, high pro­file filmmaking.
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LWLies Magazine

LWLies 104: The Blink Twice issue – Out now!

by Little White Lies

The great Nao­mi Ack­ie graces the vibrant cov­er of our new issue cel­e­brat­ing Zoë Kravitz’s direc­to­r­i­al debut.
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Not Movies

Because The Internet: the cursed, perverse realities of Adult Swim infomercials

by Sam Moore

On the late night pro­gram­ming block of an Amer­i­can tele­vi­sion chan­nel a series of bleak par­o­dy shorts riff on the rela­tion­ship between the inter­net and spectatorship.
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Navigating the surrealist maze of immigration in Problemista, Limbo and Green Border

by Elif Türkan Erisik

A new crop of films explor­ing the ten­sion that comes with try­ing to assim­i­late in a new coun­try ring true for one writer.
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In Praise Of

The timeless fluidity and androgyny of Purple Rain

by Ariana Martinez

As Prince’s ground­break­ing fea­ture debut turns 40, its dar­ing atti­tude towards gen­der and sex­u­al­i­ty still feels revolutionary.
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Acting Up

Cruise Control: The Hollywood star in stasis

by Jadie Stillwell

As Risky Busi­ness enters the Cri­te­ri­on Col­lec­tion, we plot the tra­jec­to­ry of a star seem­ing­ly inca­pable of burn­ing out.
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Acting Up

Everybody Wants Him: The persuasive star power of Glen Powell

by Gayle Sequeira

From an aver­age anato­my base­ball play­er to a sar­cas­tic per­son­al assis­tant, Hol­ly­wood’s new­ly anoint­ed man of the moment appears to have fig­ured out the for­mu­la for success.
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A grindhouse cinema is born in South London

by Oisín McGilloway

Born first as a pro­gramme at The Cin­e­ma Muse­um, The Nick­el is now mov­ing into a per­ma­nent space, offer­ing deep cuts and obscu­ri­ties to a cine-curi­ous audience.
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Club LWLies Exclusive

The New Bootlegs: Open Matte Films & Unofficial Scans

by Lexie Corbett

The unof­fi­cial, often open mat­te scans of these films pre­serve a tac­tile his­to­ry of cin­e­ma in its imper­fect totality.