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Good Boy review – a pooch perfect ghostly tale

by Billie Walker

Ben Leonberg casts his own dog Indy in a surprisingly novel and effective horror film.

I Swear review – a well-meaning, overly sentimental biog

by David Jenkins

This lightly comic portrait of Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson is driven by an impressive central performance. 

Plainclothes review – ninety minutes of flaccid angst

by Alexander Mooney

An undercover cop on assignment to arrest men cruising in public falls for one of his targets in Carmen Emmi’s underwhelming erotic drama.

Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird review – an honest, self-critical music profile

by David Jenkins

Nicolas Jack Davies captures the decades-old bromance and creative partnership between Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (aka At the Drive-In, aka The Mars Volta).

Tron: Ares review – plays like a vapid, neon-spangled album promo

by Kambole Campbell

Jared Leto cool-poses his way through this high style / low substance sci-fi threequel.

The Smashing Machine review – a moving portrait of masculinity in flux

by Hannah Strong

Benny Safdie delivers a knock-out with Dwayne Johnson starring as UFC pioneer Mark Kerr.

Him review – not quite a touchdown

by Leila Latif

An ambitious college football player finds himself drawn into a cult in Justin Tipping’s sports horror.

Special Episode: Tilda Swinton – Ongoing at the Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam

On this very special episode of Truth & Movies, the LWLies team head over to Amsterdam to experience the opening of a new exhibition at the Eye Filmmuseum. Tilda Swinton – Ongoing is a celebration of all things Tilda, from her memories, her collaborators and her distinctive vision of creativity. We spoke to Tilda about how this multi-tendrilled exhibition came together, as well as some of her key collaborators such as filmmakers Joanna Hogg and Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Head of Exhibitions at Eye, Vincent van Velsen.

One Battle After Another + Paul Thomas Anderson | Magnolia (1999) | Licorice Pizza (2021)

On Truth & Movies this week its a Paul Thomas Anderson special and we spoke to the great man himself about his latest film One Battle After Another. We then revisited two of his modern classics, Magnolia and Licorice Pizza.

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey | Nadia Latif + The Man In My Basement | HappyEnd | If…. (1968)

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Kogonada’s whimsical road trip movie starring Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie. We then follow it up with the timely dark coming-of-age tale HappyEnd and revisit a similarly bleak look at the cusp of adulthood in 1968’s If…. Plus we spoke to Nadia Latif about The Man In My Basement.