Latest | Little White Lies

Latest

Three young people, two girls and one boy, sitting on a bench outdoors. The girls have long blonde and dark hair, and the boy has short brown hair. They are holding what appears to be some kind of electronic device.
Festivals

Riddle of Fire – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Three precocious kids set out on a quest for blueberry pie in Weston Razooli’s throwback adventure film.
Man holding black cat in kitchen with wooden cabinets.
Festivals

The Old Oak – first-look review

by Mark Asch

In what could be his final film, Ken Loach turns his eye to UK immigration, focusing on a pub landlord in a town reckoning with a new population of Syrian refugees.
A woman in a yellow sequinned dress and feather boa, standing in front of a black and white background with a large yellow circle behind her.
In Praise Of

The musical magic of Gold Diggers of 1933 at 90

by Julia Mueller

Mervyn LeRoy and Busby Berkeley’s classic pre-Code musical still delights almost a century later – and its success is down to a key change in how the story was bookended.
Two people, a man and a woman, standing close together in a dimly lit environment with some buildings or structures visible in the background.
Festivals

La Chimera – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Josh O’Connor breaks out his halting Italian as a grave-robbing rascal in Alice Rohrwacher’s divine exploration of time, history and memory.
Elderly man in red robe holding child, surrounded by men in robes, in ornate room with frames on walls.
Festivals

Kidnapped – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Italian veteran Marco Bellocchio’s adaptation of David Kertzer’s The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara is an occasionally enthralling, yet often staid and repetitive affair.
Two people walking through a garden, a woman in a light coloured outfit and floral jacket, and a man in dark clothing.
Review

Master Gardener

by Hannah Strong

Joel Edgerton plays a horticulturist with a troubled past in Paul Schrader’s beautiful but underwhelming drama.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two smiling women lying in a grassy field, one with curly hair and the other with long blonde hair.
Festivals

Last Summer – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

French provocateur Catherine Breillat returns with strange film about a transgressive sexual relationship between a middle-aged lawyer and her teenage stepson.
Two young faces in close, intimate embrace, surrounded by vibrant blue tones.

The problem with Blue is the Warmest Colour

by Esmé Holden

A decade since Abdellatif Kechiche’s film made history at the Cannes Film Festival, its legacy is a troubling one.
A woman holding a young child, their faces partly obscured by the woman's long hair and the dark background.
Festivals

Rien a Perdre – first-look review

by Catherine Bray

Virginie Efira delivers a typically committed performance opposite young breakout star Félix Lefebvre in this debut fiction from Delphine Deloget.
Blurred image of an unidentified person's face, with warm, reddish-orange tones.
Review

De Humani Corporis Fabrica

by David Jenkins

This humanist portrait of care, surgery and technology is Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor’s most overtly socially conscious work.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect