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Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
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Rumours + Guy Maddin | On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | The Exterminating Angel (1962)

On Truth & Movies this week, we dis­cuss the unpre­dictable satire of apoc­a­lyp­tic black com­e­dy Rumours and spoke to one of its direc­tors, Guy Maddin. We also reviewed the won­der­ful fem­i­nist tale of On Becom­ing A Guinea Fowl and final­ly, for film club, we revis­it 1962’s The Exter­mi­nat­ing Angel.
An elderly man wearing a grey suit stands between two younger men in white coats, with other people visible in the background of a hospital setting.
Review

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar review – Dahl lovingly brought to life as only Anderson knows how

by Hannah Strong

Wes Ander­son adapts a Roald Dahl short sto­ry with his sig­na­ture atten­tion to detail and visu­al panache.

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An elderly man wearing a grey suit stands between two younger men in white coats, with other people visible in the background of a hospital setting.
Festivals

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Wes Ander­son adapts his sec­ond Roald Dahl sto­ry, this time into a rather delight­ful short with some beau­ti­ful­ly ren­dered the­atri­cal set pieces.
Two figures, a woman in a fur coat and a man in a hat and coat, standing in an interior setting with a clock on the wall.

Why watch Film on Film?

by Lillian Crawford

The BFI’s first annu­al Film on Film fes­ti­val aims to cel­e­brate and edu­cate on the won­ders of cel­lu­loid, from nitrate and 35mm to 3D.
Two people in traditional clothing, one in a red and gold patterned robe, the other in a blue jacket, conversing on a crowded street.
Interviews

Sebastián Lelio: ‘We need better stories if we want to have better societies’

by Marina Ashioti

The Chilean direc­tor on the very con­tem­po­rary polit­i­cal and philo­soph­i­cal ques­tions at the core of lit­er­ary peri­od piece, The Wonder.
Woman in blue dress and grey shawl stands amidst old wooden crosses in grassy field, with mountains in the background.
Review

The Wonder

by Lillian Crawford

Sebastián Lelio’s 19th-cen­tu­ry dra­ma dwells in the goth­ic-bucol­ic as a nurse watch­es over a girl who has sur­vived months with­out food.

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Incoming

Wes Anderson’s is making an other Roald Dahl adaptation for Netflix

by Charles Bramesco

He’ll direct The Won­der­ful Sto­ry of Hen­ry Sug­ar with Bene­dict Cum­ber­batch in the title role.
Woman in blue dress and grey shawl stands amidst old wooden crosses in grassy field, with mountains in the background.
Incoming

Take a first look at Florence Pugh in period piece The Wonder

by Charles Bramesco

She’s head­ed to 19th-cen­tu­ry Ire­land for direc­tor Sebastián Lelio’s med­ical-intrigue drama.
Willow trees with a person riding a buffalo against a dreamy landscape.

A new retrospective reveals the wonders of classic Chinese animation

by Kambole Campbell

The Wan broth­ers and Te Wei are among the pio­neer­ing artists fea­tured in an online film season.
Silhouetted figure in colourful lighting, holding a light-emitting device.
Review

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

by Ben Nicholson

Bel­la Heath­cote plays the real-life inspi­ra­tion for a com­ic book icon in this enter­tain­ing ori­gin story.

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