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Review

Death of a Unicorn review – goodbye horses, good riddance

by Billie Walker

Alex Scharfman rallies together a cast stacked with comedic actors, but the result of this dull ‘Eat the Rich’ flick misses the mark.

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Review

Four Mothers review – canny crowd-pleaser

by Mike McCahill

Darren Thornton's remake of Mid-August Lunch sees a novelist on the brink of breaking out tasked with caring for his ailing mother and her friends.

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Review

Last Swim review – fresh blood in British film!

by Rógan Graham

A-Level results day gives way to a compelling look at late teenhood in Sasha Nathani’s London-set debut feature.

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Hard Craft

Baby Love: Behind the scenes with the company creating realistic maternity props

by Scheenagh Harrington

Producing realistic baby bumps, placentas and prop babies, Cinebaby are working to improve the representation of maternity in film and television.
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LWLies Magazine

LWLies 107: The Sinners issue – Out now!

by Little White Lies

Tool up for an illustrated deep dive into Sinners and the radical blockbuster cinema of Ryan Coogler.
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Review

The Woman in the Yard review – forgettable ghostly horror

by Hannah Strong

A grieving family find themselves with an unwanted house guest in the latest underwhelming thriller from journeyman director Jaume Collet-Serra.

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Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

La Cocina | War Paint’s Margy Kinmonth + Assil Diab | Misericordia | Le Boucher (1970)

This week on Truth & Movies, we discuss the kitchen drama La Cocina and the melancholy thriller Misericordia. We also spoke to director Margy Kinmoth and artist Assil Diab about the documentary War Paint: Women At War and, finally, revisit Le Boucher for film club.
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Festivals

Animal instincts at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival

by Hannah Strong

One of the most well-regarded documentary film festivals provides a fascinating insight into the grip that animal stories have over the documentary space.
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Review

Misericordia review – Chabrol would have approved

by Thomas Dawson

Alain Guiraudie defies neat categorisation with his shapeshifting eighth feature about morality, crime and queer desire.

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Opinion

What makes a rock doc worthwhile?

by Ralph Greco, Jr

It seems as though a new documentary about a legendary band pops up every week – but what separates the wheat from the chaff?

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