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10 films that deserve the Muppet Christmas Carol treatment

by Ben Smoke

In hon­our of the leg­endary fuzzy take on Dick­ens’ Christ­mas sto­ry, we offer up 10 films that could do with a pup­pet makeover.
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The 2024 Little White Lies Christmas Guide Guide

by Hannah Strong

Step away from the bud­get bath set – we’ve got all your film fan gift ideas covered.
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Interviews

Tyler Taormina: ‘The soundtrack is one of the germinating seeds of the work’

by David Jenkins

Christ­mas Eve in Miller’s Point is a Yule­tide clas­sic in the mak­ing, and its direc­tor has a sin­cere fond­ness for the hol­i­day season.
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Review

Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point review – a lo-fi holiday classic in the making

by Hannah Strong

A large Ital­ian-Amer­i­can fam­i­ly gath­er for the hol­i­days in Tyler Taormi­na’s free­wheel­ing fes­tive feature.

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Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

Gladiator II + Connie Nielsen | Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point | Gladiator (2000)

On Truth & Movies this week we com­mence with Rid­ley Scott’s Glad­i­a­tor II and spoke to it’s star Con­nie Nielsen. We then also review the hol­i­day com­e­dy Christ­mas Eve In Miller’s Point and, for Film Club, revis­it Gladiator
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Festivals

Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A large Ital­ian-Amer­i­can fam­i­ly gath­er for the hol­i­days in Tyler Taormi­na’s free­wheel­ing fes­tive feature.
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Review

The Holdovers review – the most scintillating festive movie in years

by Lillian Crawford

A cur­mud­geon­ly teacher, a griev­ing cook and a petu­lant young stu­dent find them­selves thrown togeth­er for the hol­i­days in Alexan­der Payne’s excel­lent Christ­massy dramedy.

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In Retrospect
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Home Ents

A robotic Santa wreaks havoc in a new festive offering

by Anton Bitel

Christ­mas Bloody Christ­mas is a Yule­tide hor­ror with a dark sense of humour and some killer robots.
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Interviews

How Christmas Saved The Muppets – The Muppet Christmas Carol at 30

by Simon Bland

It’s hard to image the hol­i­day sea­son with­out this zany reimag­in­ing of Dick­ens’ clas­sic tale – but as pup­peteer Steve Whit­mire explains, The Mup­pet Christ­mas Car­ol was make or break for the beloved company.
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Incoming

Remembering Jules Bass, stop-motion pioneer and creator of Christmas wonder

by Charles Bramesco

Deceased at 87, he and part­ner Arthur Rankin reigned as kings over mid­cen­tu­ry Yule­tide nostalgia.