Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast

This week we welcome the return of one of our favourite directors, Claire Denis, whose comedy-drama Let the Sunshine In features a career-best turn from Juliette Binoche. Also up for discussion is The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – is it as clumsy and convoluted as its title suggests? James Richardson, David Jenkins and Sophie Monks Kaufman have their say, plus the gang revisits D...

In this week's episode, James Richardson is joined by Truth And Movies regulars, Hannah Woodhead and Elena Lazic. The films under scrutiny this week are The Rock fronted rollercoaster, Rampage and the intriguing German drama Western. And in tribute to Western, for Film Club, Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars is re-appraised, best known g Clint Eastwood's iconic turn as the man with no name and f...

Strange things are afoot in Truth & Movies this week, as we settle in for Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson's terrifying horror triptych, Ghost Stories, starring Martin Freeman and Paul Whitehouse. Similarly disconcerting – but for entirely different reasons – is Todd Haynes' time-skipping melodrama Wonderstruck. Plus there are quick looks at Thoroughbreds and A Quiet Place. And there's still more m...

On the show this week, James Richardson is joined by Matt Thrift and Adam Woodward to discuss Steven Spielberg’s CG-fuelled nostalgia joy ride Ready Player One, as well as Wes Anderson’s doggy odyssey Isle of Dogs. And for Film Club, we turn the clock back to 1991 and Spielberg’s Peter Pan spin-off Hook - does it deserve its reputation as one of the director’s lesser efforts? Hosted on Acast. See...

Joining James Richardson this week are David Jenkins and Hannah Woodhead from Little White Lies. On the docket are Ava DuVernay’s glossy Disney fantasy A Wrinkle in Time, Steven Soderbergh’s lo-fi iPhone psychodrama Unsane, and the brilliant animated crime drama Have a Day Day, from Chinese filmmaker Liu Jian. As ever we’re dipping into the annals of movie history once more for our Film Club, whic...

It's a bumper show this week, with T&M regulars Manuela Lazic and David Jenkins joining James Richardson to mull over the high-octane Alicia Vikander vehicle Tomb Raider, as well as Alex Garland's eco-conscious sci-fi Annihilation, not-quite Jesus biopic Mary Magdalene, and Ruben Östlund's agreeably barmy Palme d'Or winner The Square. And for Film Club, the podders give 1994's Street...

In this, the latest episode of the movie podcast, James Richardson is joined by Hannah Woodhead and Sophie Monks Kaufman, to pick over the weeks film news and releases. And in another packed podcast, there's a look at the dark thriller, You Were Never Really Here, starring Joaquin Phoenix. There's also the widescreen Australian historic drama Sweet Country. Nic Cage returns, with Selma Blair in to...

In the latest thrilling bumper instalment of the movie podcast, Jams Richardson, along with Elena Lazic and David Jenkins, chews over the week's film releases and news. Up for discussion is the Soviet spy thriller, Red Sparrow, starring Jennifer Lawrence. There's the much feted Chilean drama, A Fantastic Woman, and the Jason Bateman/Rachel Adams comedy thriller, Game Night. And for Film Club, the...

In the latest episode of the finest film podcast, James Richardson is joined by Little White Lies' Adam Woodward and Hannah Woodhead to pick over the week's movie releases and news. Up for discussion this week is the biopic I, Tonya, the true story of the ice skating scandal surrounding Tonya Harding. There's the gritty Yorkshire thriller Dark River. And for Film Club there's a re-assessment of th...

In this episode of the finest film podcast, broadcaster and film critic Stuart Reid is joined by Little White Lies' social producer Hannah Woodhead and journalist, writer and podcaster Carl Anka, This week they look at Black Panther, the eighteenth Marvel offering, but one that's quite, quite different from its predecessors. There's also Greta Gerwig's directorial debut, the partly autobiographica...

This week's podcast is a special, live from Shoreditch House, in which James Richardson is joined by David Jenkins and Matt Thrift, to discuss the week's major movie releases. There's Guillermo del Torro's The Shape Of Water, which ls being shown much love, not least from the Oscars where it leads the nominations. There's The Mercy, starring Colin Firth, a true story of one man's disastrous attemp...

In the latest bumper episode of the marvellous movie podcast, James Richardson is joined by Beth Webb and David Jenkins to review the week's latest film releases. In a bumper episode, there's Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread, starring Daniel Day Lewis, which is set to be his final film. There's the war drama, The Journey's End, based on the 1928 play which featured a young Laurence Olivier. T...

James Richardson returns to helm his first podcast of 2018, and in the company of Adam Woodward and Hannah Woodhead from Little White Lies, the trio pick over four films. First up there's the Matt Damon fronted Downsizing, a quirky political sci-fi drama from Alexander Payne. There's Richard Linklater's latest, the drama Last Flag Flying, starring Steve Carrell, Laurence Fishburne and Bryan Cranst...

In the latest thrilling instalment of the marvellous movie podcast, Michael Leader once again hosts and is joined by regular guests Hannah Woodhead and Sophie Monks Kaufman. Up for review and discussion this week are the new Spielberg drama The Post, with Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. There's Pixar's latest, Coco, the highest grossing film in Mexico ever. And for Film Club, to tie in with The Post,...

In the first episode of the New Year, critic and previous guest, Michael Leader welcomes David Jenkins from Little White Lies and Beth Webb, multi-platform editor for Channel 4's Random Acts. This week the trio pick over Martin McDonagh's crime drama, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, featuring remarkable performances from Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson. They also take a look at th...

It's this final episode of 2017, James Richardson is joined by not only regulars David Jenkins, Hannah Woodhead and Adam Woodward, but also by a Hollywood hotshot: visionary director Edgar Wright of Baby Driver Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz fame. Between them, the team choose and chew over their favourite films of the past year, whilst Edgar talks at length about his own film Baby Driver, one of...

In this week's episode of the premier podcast for films, James Richardson, in the company of Hannah Woodhead and Adam Woodward from Little White Lies, tackle a bumper episode. Up for discussion and dissection are the reboot of the Robin Williams classic Jumanji. There's the Hugh Jackman fronted PG Barnum music biopic, The Greatest Showman.. Plus there's Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut, Molly's Ga...

In the latest thrilling instalment of the premier podcast for movies, James Richardson, in the company of David Jenkins from Little White Lies and Film 4's Michael, Leader review a trio of films. First up is the most anticipated movie of the year - the Rian Johnson helmed Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Next up is hangke Jia's epic romantic drama, the time-travelling Mountains May Depart. And to celebra...

In the latest episode of the premier movie podcast, James Richardson, in the company of Adam Woodward from Little White Lies, picks over the week's new movies and the latest film news. Under scrutiny this week is The Disaster Artist from the Franco brothers, an affectionate re-telling of the making of The Room; a cult film, but one often considered to be the worst film ever made. There's also the...

In this week's episode, James Richardson, in the company of Little White Lies' David Jenkins and Hannah Woodhead, casts a keen eye over the latest film releases. This week, they cover Stephen Chbosky's second literary adaption, the family drama, Wonder. They also pick apart another family drama, Happy End from Michael Haneke. And for the Film Club, Luc Besson's somewhat controversial action film L...

In the latest instalment of the most marvellous of movie podcasts, James Richardson welcomes both regular contributor Adam Woodward, but also, Hannah Woodhead who makes her debut. Up for discussion are the Emma Stone/Steve Carrell movie Battle Of The Sexes, an historic, but timely, look at the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. There's also a critique of George Clooney's 4...

Joining James Richardson this week is David Jenkins from Little White Lies and Film4's Michael Leader. In a packed week of new releases, the trio pick apart the latest DC Comics blockbuster Justice League, helmed by Josh Whedon. There's also the Safdie Brothers low-budget but hi-octane thriller Good Time and Dee Rees' epic Mudbound, the story of two families coping with life - and racism - post Wo...

In this week's podcast, James Richardson is joined by Sophie Monks Kaufman and Adam Woodward to chew over the week's key film releases and news. In this episode they concentrate on the much anticipated, star-studded Paddington 2. Not only does director Paul King discuss the historic difficulty of creating a successful sequel, but he also chooses this week's Film Club - Frank Capra's 1939 classic,...

In this week's episode of the movie podcast, James Richardson is joined by film writer Elena Luzic and Adam Woodward from movie magazine Little White Lies. Up for discussion this week are Kenneth Brannagh's star-studded remake of the Agatha Christie classic Murder On The Orient Express. There's also Yorgos Lanthimos' psychological horror/drama The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, starring Colin Farrell,...

This week, James Richardson is joined by Little White Lies duo Adam Woodward and David Jenkins to mull over the week's new movie releases. This week, the trio look at the third instalment of Marvel Comic's Thor series, Thor: Ragnarock, Taiki Waititi's idiosyncratic take on Marvel's mythos. Then there's Luca Guadagnino's highly acclaimed (not least by Little White Lies) Call Me By Your Name. And to...