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Two women in a garden, one wearing a sun hat and the other contemplating something while the other gestures.
Festivals

A Traveller’s Needs – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Isabelle Hup­pert proves she’s one of the great com­ic per­form­ers in this delight­ful­ly mean­der­ing char­ac­ter piece from Hong Sang-soo.
A man in a yellow uniform stands on a football pitch, with other players visible in the background.
In Praise Of

Why Shaolin Soccer is the greatest football movie ever made

by Cian Tsang

By com­bin­ing his sig­na­ture absur­dist style and sin­cer­i­ty with the beau­ti­ful game, Stephen Chow cre­at­ed an exhil­a­rat­ing and uncon­ven­tion­al sports movie that cap­tures the highs and laws of football.
Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

May December + Todd Haynes| Saltburn | Leed International Film Festival | The Killer + Erik Messerschmidt and Ren Klyce

On Truth & Movies this week, its a bumper episode. We review Todd Haynes’ melo­dra­ma May Decem­ber and Han­nah Strong spoke to the great man him­self. We also review Emer­ald Fennell’s lat­est dark com­e­dy Salt­burn and host Leila Latif will be going through the high­lights of the Leeds Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val. Final­ly, we take a look at David Fincher’s pulpy thriller The Killer and inter­viewed Fincher’s long term col­lab­o­ra­tors Erik Messer­schmidt and Ren Klyce about work­ing on the project
Two figures intimately embracing, gazing into each other's eyes against a blurred blue background.
Review

Passages review – a tantalising romantic car-crash

by David Jenkins

Ira Sachs returns with an inti­mate, intense three-han­der about a Fass­binder-like film direc­tor played by the great Franz Rogowski.

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In Retrospect
Two people lying in the snow, one standing and one prone on the ground.
Festivals

Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall wins the 2023 Palme d’Or

by David Jenkins

The psy­cho­log­i­cal court­room thriller with the great San­dra Hüller wins the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Two individuals in profile, one man and one woman, with a green circle and abstract patterned background.
In Praise Of

The Great Gatsby is good, actually

by Harri Knight-Davis

Ten years after Baz Luhrman­n’s auda­cious take on F. Scott Fitzger­ald’s beloved nov­el pre­miered, it’s time to reassess this maligned venture.
Two men, one in a teal shirt and the other bare-chested, standing in a bedroom.
Festivals

Passages – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Ira Sachs returns with an inti­mate, intense three-han­der about a Fass­binder-like film direc­tor played by the great Franz Rogowski.
Black and white image of two people with reflections in glass, one person has eyes closed, flowers in foreground.
Interviews

Animal Instincts: a conversation with Tang Wei

by David Jenkins

She deliv­ers arguably one of the great­est per­for­mances in a Park Chan-wook film, but how did Tang Wei build the enig­mat­ic sus­pect­ed mur­der­er, Seo-rae?
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Review

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

by Mark Asch

Peter Farrelly’s fol­low-up to his Best Pic­ture win­ner Green Book is a hokey Viet­nam tall tale.

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In Retrospect
Man with moustache wearing a checked shirt and leaning against a wall.
Festivals

The Greatest Beer Run Ever – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Zac Efron goes on a mis­sion to bring tin­nies to the troops in this banter‑y Viet­nam War movie mis­fire from Peter Farrelly.