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Interviews

Shuchi Talati: ‘I grew up in a context where there was so much shame around female sexuality’

by Leila Latif

The writer/​director of lilting coming-of-age yarn, Girls Will be Girls, stresses the importance of capturing human intimacy with an air of authenticity.
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Review

Girls Will Be Girls review – sympathetic to teendom

by Natasha Jagger

Shuchi Talati’s sensitive Sundance sensation focuses on a teenage girl in North India who experiences first love amid clashing with her mother.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Why is English-language cinema so obsessed with remakes?

by Anita Markoff

As a new version of Christian Tafdrup’s chilling 2022 horror Speak No Evil hits cinemas, we explore the cult of the Anglicised remake.
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Interviews

Carol Kane: ’I feel very old and very young at the same time‘

by Nick Newman

The acting legend and star of Between the Temples shoots the breeze on acting your age, keeping artistically active, and being super creative with John and Gena.
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Review

My Favourite Cake review – a charming slice-of-life film

by Fatima Sheriff

An elderly woman discovers romance again in Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha’s touching dramedy.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Nightbitch – first-look review

by Jourdain Searles

Amy Adams is on great form in Marielle Heller’s adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s novel about a new mother who is alarmed discover she is turning into a dog.
Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

Speak No Evil | In Camera + Naqqash Khalid | Electrical Gaza (2015)

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss the English-language remake of Speak No Evil. We also review the mind-bending world of In Camera and spoke to it’s director Naqqash Khalid. Finally, for film club we revisit Naqqash’s choice Electrical Gaza.
Long Read

Sick suburban solidarity in two unappreciated John Waters gems

by Juan Barquin

While considered by many to be minor works, Serial Mom and A Dirty Shame represent some of our contemporary concerns and anxieties while offering a surprisingly wholesome view of queer community.
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Festivals

Saturday Night – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Jason Reitman pans back to 1975 and Lorne Michaels’ ambitious plans for a live broadcast sketch show in his fanfiction retelling of SNL’s inception.
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Review

Will & Harper – a charming but impersonal road trip movie

by Juan Barquin

Will Ferrell and his best friend Harper Steele embark on a cross-country road trip, reflecting on Steele’s experiences as a recently out trans woman, in Josh Greenbaum’s meandering but sweet documentary.

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Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect