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Interviews

Matt Johnson: “People say ‘Now you’ve got to make the Twitter movie'”

by Simon Bland

The writer, director and co-star of BlackBerry – an irreverent take on the rise and fall of a tech giant – reflects on his third feature while making his way across Toronto.
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Review

The Exorcist: Believer – a trashy, overstuffed requel

by Anton Bitel

David Gordon Green returns in his role of classic horror reboot guy to exhume and retool William Friedkin’s The Exorcist for new audiences. The results are not pretty at all.

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Review

BlackBerry review – Glenn Howerton is on top form

by Hannah Strong

Canadian indie filmmaker Matt Johnson crafts an offbeat drama about the creation of a since-slain mobile phone giant.

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In Praise Of

Crisis of faith: The Exorcist at 50

by Greg Cwik

Fifty years since William Friedkin unleashed a demon at the multiplex, the impressive performances of Max von Sydow and Jason Miller are as haunting as ever.
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In Praise Of

David Byrne and the autistic euphoria of Stop Making Sense

by Raine Petrie

As an anniversary restoration of Jonathan Demme and Talking Heads’ landmark concert film hits cinemas, it remains a landmark in autistic representation on screen.
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Review

Fair Play review – disappointingly generic corporate drama

by Hannah Strong

Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Dynevor play a young couple clawing their way up the corporate ladder in Chloe Domont’s dour thriller.

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Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

Saw X | The Creator + Gareth Edwards| San Sebastián Report | Saw (2004)

On Truth & Movies this week, we embrace the unhinged life lessons taught in Saw X and debate the A.I. future depicted in Gareth Edward’s spectacular action sci-fi The Creator. Plus, host Leila Latif spoke to the director about his latest. Little White Lies Editor David Jenkins gives us a festival report on the most exciting titles at San Sebastian, and for film club, our thirst for Jigsaw could not be sated, and we returned to the original Saw.
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Interviews

Inside the grassroots biking movement at the heart of If The Streets Were On Fire

by Henry Boon

Alice Russell’s new documentary captures the work of Bikestormz, a passionate community of cyclists aiming to promote community among some of the capital’s most disenfranchised kids.
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Review

Reptile review – less “whodunit”, more “who cares?”

by Charles Bramesco

Music video mainstay Grant Singer makes the leap to features with this real estate-based detective thriller, but the results are disappointingly underwhelming.

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Review

Saw X review – America’s most blood-thirsty civil engineer is back

by Hannah Strong

Tobin Bell returns as the twisted killer Jigsaw in this back-to-basics sequel, which sees him exact revenge on a group of medical scammers preying on the terminally ill.

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