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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 young women wearing dresses, standing in front of a lake with a tree in the background.
Review

May December review – a frothy psychodrama with a lurid bite

by Hannah Strong

Todd Haynes’ deli­cious­ly dark melo­dra­ma sees Julianne Moore and Natal­ie Port­man go head-to-head as a house­wife and the woman tasked with play­ing her in a film.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two young women wearing dresses, standing in front of a lake with a tree in the background.
Festivals

May December – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Todd Haynes’ deli­cious­ly dark melo­dra­ma sees Julianne Moore and Natal­ie Port­man go head-to-head as a house­wife and the woman tasked with play­ing her in a film.
Two people in traditional clothing standing in front of a vintage car, one wearing a patterned blanket.
Festivals

Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Glazer, and Wes Anderson lead the 2023 Cannes Film Festival lineup

by Charles Bramesco

The Com­pe­ti­tion selec­tion also includes new works from Cather­ine Breil­lat and Todd Haynes.
Four images showing people in different settings. Top left: People in what appears to be a record shop. Top right: A person sitting alone in a room. Bottom left: A close-up of a person's face. Bottom right: An abstract image with patterns and textures.
In Praise Of

In praise of Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

by Nick Joyner

Over 30 years lat­er, Todd Haynes’ exper­i­men­tal doc­u­men­tary remains a vision­ary look at female celebrity.
Four young musicians performing on stage, two playing electric guitars and one playing a bass guitar, in a black and white image.
Review

The Velvet Underground

by Michael Leader

Todd Haynes directs this defin­i­tive chron­i­cle of the fabled avant-garde rock group, tak­ing in every­thing from doo wop to pop art.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Four young musicians performing on stage, two playing electric guitars and one playing a bass guitar, in a black and white image.
Incoming

See the first trailer for Todd Haynes’ Velvet Underground documentary

by Charles Bramesco

The acclaimed direc­tor of Vel­vet Gold­mine eulo­gis­es the ​’60s rock leg­ends in his new film.
Four young musicians performing on stage, two playing electric guitars and one playing a bass guitar, in a black and white image.
Festivals

The Velvet Underground – first-look review

by Michael Leader

Todd Haynes’ first doc­u­men­tary takes a thrilling, cau­tious­ly ambiva­lent look at the NY art-rock demigods.
A man in a "Night Moves" jumper and a woman in a yellow jacket having a conversation.
Incoming

Todd Haynes will direct Michelle Williams in a film about Peggy Lee

by Charles Bramesco

Bil­lie Eil­ish is also report­ed to be star­ring in the director’s upcom­ing biopic of the Amer­i­can jazz singer.
Cluttered office with stacks of boxes and a man on the phone.
Review

Dark Waters

by Hannah Strong

Mark Ruf­fa­lo takes on a giant chem­i­cal com­pa­ny in Todd Haynes’ grip­ping pro­ce­dur­al drama.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect