Little White Lies recommends...
- Martha Marcy May Marlene On General Release
Newcomer Elizabeth Olsen dazzles in director Sean Durkin’s assured feature debut, about a young woman who escapes the clutches of a charismatic but malicious cult leader (the mighty John Hawkes) ony to suffer from schizophrenic flashbacks of her traumatic experience. - Films at the Yard February 18 – March 3
The brilliant Rooftop Film Club is relocating to The Yard, a converted warehouse space right next to the new Olympic Park, for three weeks from Saturday February 18, with a host of public screenings encompassing a range of cult classics and recent theatrical releases. - BFI Future Film Festival February 28-29
For the fifth annual FFF the BFI is inviting aspiring young filmmakers to attend screenings, workshops and masterclasses – including a LWLies session on the making of a print publication in the digital age – at BFI Southbank this February. - Want to see your event here? Just tweet us @LWLies with the info and a link.
LWLies 40 – Creative Brief
Adam Woodward: To celebrate the return of our Creative Brief, we've set the course for adventure.
Scene Focus – Scenes From A Marriage
Declan Tan: Ingmar Bergman's digs a shallow grave for marriage in this bold and traumatic suburban drama.
Sundance Film Festival 2012 – Round Up: Part II
Sophie Brown: Spike Lee's Red Hook Summer and Stacy Peralta’s Bones Brigade stood out at the midway point of this year's festival.
Wide Angle – Khavn De La Cruz
Yusef Sayed: The recent surge in output from the Philippines' most prolific director suggests independent filmmaking is going strong in the Far East.
Escape Artist – Remembering Douglas Sirk
Cleaver Patterson: Twenty-five years after his death, LWLies looks back at the life and career of one of Hollywood's most intriguing and overlooked directors.
Sundance Film Festival 2012 – Round Up: Part I
Sophie Brown: Back from the blizzard-strewn streets of Park City, it's time to report from this year's annual indie cinema extravaganza.
Cult Film Club – The Long Goodbye
Emma Simmonds: Robert Altman tackles Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe in this nifty New Hollywood reinvention.
Reviews
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Feb 03 2012: Filled with rare insight and compassion, this is an incredibly composed piece of storytelling, writes Jason Wood
Don’t Think
Feb 03 2012: Adam Smith's Chemical Brothers concert doc is an unexpected triumph of audio-visual immersia, writes Adam Woodward
Best Laid Plans
Feb 03 2012: Every constituent element outside Stephen Graham’s at-least-acceptable performance has been distilled to a base level of incompetence, writes Christopher Neilan
Young Adult
Feb 03 2012: This new ‘comedy’ from the makers of Juno is, in fact, one of the strangest, darkest films of the year, writes Jonathan Crocker
Bombay Beach
Feb 03 2012: Alma Har’el’s dazzling documentary is an unlikely trip well worth taking, writes Alexander Capes
Man On A Ledge
Feb 03 2012: Though it’s nice to have a low-budget thriller come out of Hollywood, Ledge occasionally suffers from its slight production values, writes Josh Winning
Carnage
Feb 03 2012: Polanski takes aim at the middle-classes in this funny but trifling comedy, writes Kevin Maher
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Feb 03 2012: 3D CG creepy crawlies are positively Brandoesque next to the cardboard human characters, writes Sherwyn Spencer
Interviews
Jonathan Caouette
The Tarnation director discusses the realities of independent filmmaking and why he's done with documentaries.
Jason Reitman
The Young Adult director chats about his unique creative relationship with writer Diablo Cody, and explains why he loves making audiences squirm.
Olivia Colman
The Tyrannosaur star reflects on a life-changing year and reveals why she'll never tire of playing the clown.
