LWLies 70: The Dunkirk issue

We like the fact that issue 70 of Lit­tle White Lies mag­a­zine is ded­i­cat­ed to a film that was shot on 70mm film. The direc­tor Christo­pher Nolan is a stick­ler for prac­ti­cal, tan­gi­ble film­mak­ing, and his lat­est, Dunkirk, advances that bold per­son­al vision.

It’s the sto­ry of the 1940 Dunkirk evac­u­a­tions, where 400,000 Allied trapped sol­diers had to yomp to safe­ty in order to avoid the aggres­sive advance of Nazi occu­piers. Nolan has said that this is not a war movie, but more of a sus­pense thriller set in the midst of con­flict. Once more, the tick of the clock acts as his north star as chaos slow­ly but sure­ly is turned into order.

Field Mar­shal Nolan
An in-depth con­ver­sa­tion with one of the world’s most excit­ing and suc­cess­ful film direc­tors: Christo­pher Nolan.

Dis­patch from Dunkirk
A report from the front line of Christo­pher Nolan’s wartime epic.

Prac­ti­cal Mag­ic – A Man­i­festo
The Bad­lands Col­lec­tive offer up six sim­ple ways to fight for the future of film.

Father Dear­est
Ex-Rent Hell takes a deep dive into that most elu­sive and of cin­e­mat­ic sub-gen­res: the ​“Dad Movie”.

Threads #2
A new fash­ion col­umn look­ing at movies through the prism of cloth­ing. This issue’s focus: the B3 Avi­a­tor Jacket.

We Were Sol­diers
Pre­vi­ous­ly unpub­lished pho­tog­ra­phy from the set of Stan­ley Kubrick’s Full Met­al Jacket.

Sofia Cop­po­la dis­cuss­es her steamy slice of south­ern goth­ic, The Beguiled; inter­view by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Bong Joon-ho opens up on his mon­strous food indus­try satire, Okja; inter­view by David Jenkins

Aki Kau­ris­mä­ki tells us about The Oth­er Side of Hope with a 10am tip­ple in his hand; inter­view by David Jenkins

Daniel Clowes talks up the new adap­ta­tion of his graph­ic nov­el, Wil­son; inter­view by Charles Bramesco

Michaël Dudok de Wit explains how he made The Red Tur­tle with the help of Stu­dio Ghi­b­li; inter­view by David Jenkins

Edgar Wright makes the dream get­away with Baby Dri­ver, reviewed by Charles Bramesco

Ben Young remem­bers that ser­i­al killers have sig­nif­i­cant oth­ers in Hounds of Love, reviewed by Manuela Lazic

Nick Broom­field laments the sud­den death of Whit­ney Hus­ton in Whit­ney: Can I Be Me, reviewed by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Slack Bay (Bruno Dumont) reviewed by Phil Con­can­non
The Tree of Wood­en Clogs (Erman­no Olmi) reviewed by Glenn Heath Jr
Stock­holm My Love (Mark Cousins) reviewed by Eve Watling
The Death of Louis XIV (Albert Ser­ra) reviewed by David Jenk­ins
Berlin Syn­drome reviewed by Caitlin Quin­lan
In This Cor­ner of the World reviewed by Michael Leader
The Oth­er Side of Hope reviewed by David Jenk­ins
Daugh­ters of the Dust reviewed by David Jenk­ins
I Am Not Madame Bovary reviewed by Claire Langlais
By the Time It Gets Dark reviewed by Eve Watling
The Human Surge reviewed by David Jenk­ins
City of Ghosts reviewed by Trevor John­ston
After the Storm reviewed by Gabriela Helfet
The Big Sick reviewed by Mike McC­ahill
David Lynch: The Art Life reviewed by Anton Bitel
Edith Walks reviewed by David Jenk­ins
The Red Tur­tle reviewed by Anton Bitel
Churchill reviewed by Phil Con­can­non
Gift­ed reviewed by Ele­na Laz­ic
Wil­son reviewed by David Jenkins

I Am a CeX addict – Ele­na Laz­ic explains the ratio­nale behind her love of col­lect­ing sec­ond hand DVDs.

Plus reviews of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Daugh­ter of the Nile, Jûzô Itami’s Tam­popo, Bill Forsythe’s House­keep­ing, Waris Hussein’s Melody, Mar­lon Brando’s One-Eyed Jacks, Sid­ney J Furie’s The Enti­ty, Ter­ry Gilliam’s The Fish­er King, Alan Clarke’s Rita, Sue and Bob Too.

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