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Three dogs with halos, a Bernese mountain dog, a white dog, and a Labrador puppy, sitting against a blue sky background.

Close to dogliness: the Christian undertones of canines in Hollywood

by Daisy Steinhardt

Man’s best friend has provided ample entertainment across cinema’s history, but in the all-American family film pantheon, canines take on a more beatific significance.

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Lie with Me review – a spiralling queer portrait of ardent memory

by Emily Maskell

A successful author returns to his hometown, only to unlock memories of a clandestine love affair in Olivier Peyon’s adaptation of Phillippe Besson’s critically-acclaimed autofiction.

Three young people, two men and one woman, sitting in a vintage car against a scenic cloudy sky backdrop.

American Graffiti and the lasting impact of nostalgia on cinema

by Daniel Allen

Half a century on, George Lucas’s seminal teen movie casts a long shadow across both the coming-of-age genre and filmmaker autofiction.

Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast

Haunted Mansion + Justin Simien | Red White And Royal Blue | The Old Dark House (1932)

On Truth & Movies this week, we take a look at the family-friendly scares that inhabit Justin Simen’s Haunted Mansion, and host Leila Latif interviewed the director. We also review the transatlantic rom-com Red White And Royal Blue. Finally, for film club, its a return to another spooky home in 1932’s The Old Dark House.

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Red, White & Royal Blue review – Uma Thurman steals the show

by Patrick Sproull

A bestselling queer romance novel about a clandestine relationship between a British prince and the US president’s son gets a big screen makeover care of Matthew López, with twee but charming results.

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Why I love Lindsay Lohan in Freaky Friday

by Sarah Cleary

20 years on, her performance as an uptight businesswoman trapped in the body of her teenage daughter is still among the best Disney has to offer.

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Baan – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

In Leonor Teles’s enigmatic second feature, spatial experimentation becomes geographic gap-bridging material.

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What to watch at home in August

by Anton Bitel

Buster Keaton, time travel and an unlikely romance are among the gems to take home on Blu-ray and DVD this month.

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L’Immensità review – infuriating hash of sentimentality

by David Jenkins

Penélope Cruz is in glamorous ’70s matriarch mode in this patchy Italian family saga which tries to deal with themes it doesn’t fully understand.

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Haunted Mansion review – feels more like a product than a story

by Leila Latif

Justin Simien attempts to breathe life into Disney’s latest ride-based franchise starter, but despite a fine cast the results are a little scattered.