Music Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

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Review

Max Richter’s Sleep

by Thomas Hobbs

Max Richter’s eight-hour con­cept album is brought to life via Natal­ie Johns’s immer­sive con­cert film.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Beastie Boys Story

by Charles Bramesco

How Brooklyn’s finest changed the rap game, as told by the group’s two sur­viv­ing members.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Cats

by Hannah Strong

Tay­lor Swift, TS Eliot and Dig­i­tal Fur Tech­nol­o­gy com­bine to dis­as­trous effect in this feline musi­cal folly.

2
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1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
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Review

Tommy (1975)

by BP Flanagan

Back in cin­e­mas cour­tesy of the BFI, this adap­ta­tion of The Who’s rock opera is as wild­ly enter­tain­ing as ever.

3
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

A Dog Called Money

by David Jenkins

Sea­mus Murphy’s glo­be­trot­ting musi­cal trav­el­ogue with PJ Har­vey is a self-defeat­ing cre­ative exercise.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Mystify: Michael Hutchence

by Trevor Johnston

This ten­der por­trait of the exu­ber­ant INXS front­man avoids tabloid hys­te­ria in its search for a frag­ile soul.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

by BP Flanagan

Stan­ley Donen and Gene Kelly’s time­less musi­cal remains an effer­ves­cent, life-affirm­ing wonder.

3
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Hitsville: The Making of Motown

by Adam Woodward

Berry Gordy leads a ros­ter of icon­ic artists in pay­ing trib­ute to one of the most suc­cess­ful record com­pa­nies of the 20th century.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Judy

by David Jenkins

Renée Zell­weger returns from the wilder­ness with a per­for­mance of awe-strik­ing con­fi­dence and emotion.

3
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5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Her Smell

by Hannah Strong

Elis­a­beth Moss is a punk-rock musi­cian spin­ning out of con­trol in Alex Ross Per­ry’s latest.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect