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Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
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Alien Romulus + Fede Alvarez | Only The River Flow | Zodiac (2007)

On Truth & Movies this week Fede Alvarez takes the reigns of the lat­est entry in the Alien Fran­chise and we spoke to the direc­tor about the Alien Romu­lus. There’s also a killer on the loose in Chi­nese film noir Only The Riv­er Flows and on Film club we return to one of the mod­ern film noirs from the man behind one of the more con­tro­ver­sial entries of the Alien films with David Fincher’s Zodiac.
A man in a dark suit walking in a fog-filled night scene, with two other figures visible in the background.
Review

John Wick: Chapter 4

by Kambole Campbell

Keanu Reeves returns as the inter­na­tion­al assas­sin known as ​‘Baba Yaga’, fac­ing new ene­mies as he bat­tles his way to redemption.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people, a woman and a man, stand in a dim, warm-toned room with books on shelves behind them.
Review

Crimes of the Future

by Sarah Cleary

Extreme surgery replaces sex in body hor­ror mae­stro David Cronenberg’s ambi­tious blends of sci­ence fic­tion and film noir.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A man in a dark coat leans against a stone wall, looking intently off-camera.
On Location

On Location: Harry Lime’s Vienna in The Third Man

by Adam Scovell

Retrac­ing the steps of one of film noir’s most icon­ic char­ac­ters through the Aus­tri­an capital.
Man in hat standing next to woman with curled hair wearing a scarf, in a black and white film noir style image.
Review

Laura (1944)

by Matt Thrift

A new Blu-ray edi­tion pro­vides an oppor­tu­ni­ty to revis­it Otto Preminger’s sly­ly sub­ver­sive noir masterpiece.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Black-and-white image of a woman playing a trumpet, accompanied by two men, one holding a double bass.
In Praise Of

Revisiting Elevator to the Gallows and its iconic Miles Davis soundtrack

by Ned Carter Miles

Louis Malle’s debut fea­ture is a thrilling pre­cur­sor to the French New Wave.
Monochrome image of four men in suits embracing four women in low-cut dresses on a stage.
In Praise Of

How Orson Welles subverted the film noir genre

by Stephen Puddicombe

The Lady from Shang­hai is a prime exam­ple of the leg­endary filmmaker’s com­pli­cat­ed genius.
Man in hat and trenchcoat in dimly lit room
In Praise Of

Remembering Robert Mitchum – The enduring soul of film noir

by Pamela Hutchinson

We tip our tril­by to the leg­endary per­former who epit­o­mised Hollywood’s most icon­ic era.
Two people in a black and white film scene, a man sitting in a chair and a woman standing beside him, both dressed in 1940s-style clothing.
In Praise Of

The film noir that exposed the everyday horrors of domestic violence

by Stephen Puddicombe

George Cukor’s 1944 Gaslight was the first major Hol­ly­wood pic­ture to depict an abu­sive relationship.
Black and white image showing a man in prison bars, with two other men seated in front of him.
In Praise Of

The film noir villain who became a role model for real-life gangsters

by David Hayles

In 1947’s Kiss of Death, Richard Wid­mark plays a mur­der­ous Jok­er-styled sociopath.