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Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
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Flow | The Alto Knights | Dig! (2005)

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss the whimsical animated delights of Flow, review double De Niro in The Alto Knight and finally, for film club, revisit music documentary Dig! for its 20th anniversary.
Two people sitting on the floor surrounded by scattered papers and documents.
Review

Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other review – a portrait of love and resilience

by Marina Ashioti

The beautiful, complex bond between acclaimed photographer Joel Meyerowitz and writer/artist Maggie Barrett is the subject of this artful doc.

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4
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3
In Retrospect
A group of police officers in beige uniforms talking to each other on a street with trees and people in the background.
Review

Santosh review – carefully draws you into its dismal intrigue

by David Jenkins

Shahana Goswami stars as a widow who inherits her late husband’s police officer position in Sandhya Suri’s sharp fiction debut.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Men in hats and coats, some with glasses, in a crowd.
Review

The Alto Knights review – if it ain’t broke…

by Leila Latif

Robert De Niro does double duty as Frank Costello and Vito Genovese in Barry Levinson's surprisingly enjoyable gangster thriller.

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3
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3
In Retrospect
Grid of 20 black and white artistic illustrations featuring abstract shapes, patterns, and lines.

Show and Tell: Inside The Exhibition Highlighting The Art of Storyboarding

by Vincent Leung

A new exhibition in Milan sheds light on the multiplicity of collaborative processes in the filmmaking world through the preliminary drawings developed for Psycho, Train to Busan, Wings of Desire and beyond.
Cluttered bookshelves filled with DVDs, CDs, and other media in a dimly lit room with posters and memorabilia on the walls.

I’m Not Even Supposed To Be Here Today: The Video Shop at the End of the World

by Daisy Steinhardt

Tucked away on a narrow street in Bristol, an Aladdin's cave of DVDs persists despite the odds. For one employee, it's the Hotel California of video shops.
Wooden statues of two bears on a wooden deck, with trees and foliage in the background.
Review

Flow review – cat’s entertainment

by Hannah Strong

A small grey cat embarks on a big adventure in Gints Zilbalodis' charming Oscar winner.

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4
In Retrospect
Four people sitting outdoors, two men in casual clothing and hats, one woman wearing a hat, and another man wearing sunglasses.
Review

All Happy Families review – a sweet reckoning with family strife

by David Jenkins

This well-mounted ensemble comedy sees a schlubby Josh Radnor forced to deal with a visit from his eccentric parents and brother.

3
Anticipation
3
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3
In Retrospect
Silhouette of adult and child against blurred lights
Review

The Rule Of Jenny Pen review – a stand-out ageing horror

by Billie Walker

A former judge finds himself confined to a nursing home where a sinister puppet rules the roost in James Ashcroft's effective horror.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people, an elderly man in a dark suit and a young woman in a grey jumper, standing in a dimly lit room with various decorations.
Review

Opus review – off-key pop industry satire misses all its cues

by David Jenkins

John Malkovich is an electro pop god with an axe to grind in this glossy music industry horror-satire by debut director Mark Anthony Green

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2
In Retrospect

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