Documentary

Rising Phoenix

By Lillian Crawford

This powerful documentary charts the history of the Paralympics and its positive impact on disability representation.

review LWLies Recommends

My Rembrandt

By Lillian Crawford

Dutch filmmaker Oeke Hoogendijk examines the enduring appeal of the art world’s Old Masters.

review

Again Once Again

By Lillian Crawford

Argentine actor and author Romina Paula turns director for this sublime mediation on middle age womanhood.

review LWLies Recommends

Father Soldier Son

By Charles Bramesco

There's a sense of cyclical despair at the heart of Leslye Davis and Catrin Einhorn's portrait of the modern day American veteran.

review

Family Romance, LLC

By Tom Bond

Werner Herzog delves into the strange world of a Japanese agency which specialises in artifice.

review

The Booksellers

By Anna Bogutskaya

The curious world of rare book sellers is the subject of this documentary from director DW Young.

review

Carmine Street Guitars

By Adam Woodward

Director Ron Mann takes us on an intimate tour of a legendary Greenwich Village music shop.

review

Athlete A

By Hannah Strong

Maggie Nichols and a raft of former gymnasts detail the sexual abuse they suffered within USA Gymnastics at the hands of disgraced doctor Larry Nassar.

review

The Uncertain Kingdom

By Thomas Hobbs

This anthology of 20 short films presents an interesting but imbalanced cross-section of modern British life.

review

Krabi, 2562

By David Jenkins

Ben Rivers and Anocha Suwichakornpong observe the local customs of a Southern Thai community.

review

Spaceship Earth

By Charles Bramesco

The true story of a group of people who spent two years quarantined in a giant replica of Earth’s ecosystem.

review LWLies Recommends

Infinite Football

By Adam Woodward

One man’s soccer obsession becomes a humble plea for a better world in Corneliu Porumboiu’s riveting documentary.

review

Beastie Boys Story

By Charles Bramesco

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

review

Crip Camp

By Roxanne Sancto

A summer camp for disabled teens becomes a movement for equality in this soul-nourishing Netflix documentary.

review LWLies Recommends

Cunningham

By David Jenkins

A scenic and idea-focused biography of one of dance’s true visionaries, Merce Cunningham.

review

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

By David Jenkins

A measured, lightly poetic look at the life and work of one of the great modern storytellers.

review LWLies Recommends

Midnight Family

By Matt Turner

Luke Lorentzen’s timely chronicle of a family-run ambulance service makes for engrossing viewing.

review LWLies Recommends

Little White Lies Logo

About Little White Lies

Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at the vanguard of the independent publishing movement.” Our reviews feature a unique tripartite ranking system that captures the different aspects of the movie-going experience. We believe in Truth & Movies.

Editorial

Design