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Young boy in a blue shirt sitting in a blue, glowing boat on a dark, shadowy lake, with a small white creature floating nearby.
Review

Elio review – a touching treaty on the search for belonging

by Yasmine Kandil

A social­ly awk­ward young boy dis­cov­ers alien life in Pixar’s sweet new inter­galac­tic adventure.

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In Retrospect
Colourful, surreal interior with assorted dishes, plates, and a mysterious figure in red costume.
Not Movies

How Mouthwashing continues Alien’s condemnation of worker exploitation

by Alex Masse

Tak­ing cues from Rid­ley Scot­t’s jug­ger­naut, Mouth­wash­ing is a fas­ci­nat­ing game about work­er exploita­tion and the vio­lence of the patriarchy.
Close-up of a bearded man with a weathered face, wearing a dark, wet jacket, standing in a dark, rainy environment.
Review

Venom: The Last Dance review – air-headed escapism

by David Jenkins

Tom Hardy seems tired and con­fused in this com­ic book sci-fi sequel that hasn’t got an orig­i­nal bone in its alien sym­biote body.

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In Retrospect
Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

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 dark, ominous creature looming over a person's terrified face in a dimly lit setting.
Review

Alien: Romulus review – does enough to get a passing mark

by David Jenkins

The Xenomorphs are allowed to run amok once more in this pass­able fran­chise offshoot.

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In Retrospect
Imposing sci-fi architecture with angular, layered structures in shades of grey; a person wearing a red and black jacket stands in the foreground.
Festivals

L’Empire – first-look review

by David Jenkins

A lunatic piece of sci-fi social real­ism in which Bruno Dumont brings fly­ing church­es and sexed-up aliens to France’s Opal Coast.
Sci-fi book covers showcasing various alien, space, and horror themes. Vibrant colours, distinct visual styles, and intriguing titles like "Alien", "Star Trek", "Terminator Salvation", "Riddick", and "The Thing".
Interviews

Inside the wild world of film-to-book novelisations

by Melita Cameron-Wood

Alan Dean Fos­ter, who has adapt­ed the likes of Alien and Star Wars for the page, explains the high­ly spe­cif­ic art of trans­form­ing sci-fi epics into page-turners.
A woman wearing a white dress and tiara, looking into the camera.
Home Ents

Discover this goofy intergalactic comedy about star-crossed lovers

by Anton Bitel

Richard Benjamin’s hokey My Step­moth­er is an Alien is an effects-heavy time cap­sule of ​’80s excess.
Large alien creature with sharp teeth and dark skin, holding a sign that says "Audio Stage".
Festivals

A new documentary about a DIY stage version of Alien is an absurd delight

by Kambole Campbell

Alien on Stage tells the sto­ry of a pan­tomime troupe’s hand-craft­ed trib­ute to Rid­ley Scott’s sci-fi classic.
Cartoon depicting a character wearing a bloody mask, with another character commenting on it. Characters have exaggerated features.
Cartoon

David Squires on… Alien and the anti-vax crew

by Little White Lies

Ellen Rip­ley has more than a dead­ly, ram­pag­ing Xenomorph to con­tend with aboard the doomed Nostromo.