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Naza – first-look review | Little White Lies

For 75 of the 80 minutes of Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s NAZA, we are in the dark. Only literally, for the…

2 months ago

No Paradise if You Are Killed by a Woman –…

Every bit as evocative as its lengthy title, No Paradise If You Are Killed By A Woman is a vertiginous descent into hell. Halkawt…

2 months ago

Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? – first-look…

Allen Nelson was a Black veteran who struggled his entire life to come to terms with his actions during the Vietnam…

2 months ago

Leviticus review – a tender queer horror debut

Writer/​director Adrian Chiarella’s feature debut Leviticus opens with credits on an otherwise blank screen, but also with the sounds of…

2 months ago

The Dead Screen as a Mirror: Metacinema and the…

There is something distinctly meta about the films of the Trans New Wave, but not in the way we usually…

2 months ago

The Dog Stars review – sickly sweet Americana…

A wave of what is known uninspiringly as ​“hopecore” is sweeping through theatres. At surface level these films inspire hope,…

3 months ago

What can we learn from cinema’s Little Odysseys?

On screen, the alienation of these small leads is the root of this moral challenge, and Theodoros Angelopoulos’ Landscape in The…

3 months ago

Northbound – first-look review | Little White Lies

A rogue elder, an uptight junior, the open road and a moral life lesson idling at the finish line – it’s…

3 months ago

Coyote vs Acme review – one must imagine Wile E…

Even if the plot of Coyote vs Acme didn’t feel like an uncanny reflection of its own making, it would…

3 months ago

Meet the Festival Director: Edinburgh…

Recently, I went to see Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in beautiful 70 mm at the Filmhouse here in Edinburgh. I was completely blown away…

3 months ago