Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast

On Truth & Movies this week one of History’s most famous figures is the centre of Ridley Scott’s epic, Napoleon. An unexpected romance blossoms in Fallen Leaves and Wim Wenders immerses us in another artist’s work in Anselm.   Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies Editor David Jenkins and Film Critic Lillian Crawford.   Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little...

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 Fin...

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall and host Leila Latif interviewed its star Sandra Hüller. Then we take a look at The Royal Hotel, Kitty Green’s dark tale of two backpackers in the Australian Outback, and we also spoke to the director about her film. Finally, we review another complex look at womanhood in How To Have Sex. Joining host Leila Latif are E...

A quick update from host Leila Latif to say that we’re taking a pause from our regular programming for the next two weeks. See you soon for more topical movie chat. Email: truthandmovies@tcolondon.com Twitter and Instagram: @LWLies Produced by TCO Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Truth & Movies this week we debate if Fair Play means a new era for the erotic thriller and if Exorcist : Believer proves a worthy sequel to the late, great William Friedkin’s classic tale of possession. And finally, for film club, it's a return to the erotic thriller’s heyday with 1994’s Disclosure. Joining host Leila Latif are film critic and LWLies contributors Leslie Bryron Pitt and Ste...

On Truth & Movies this week we come live to you from the gallery at Oxo Tower. Lwlies editor David Jenkins and digital editor Hannah strong give us their top pics of the festival and host Leila Latif spoke to the festivals most buzzed about up-and-coming directors Luna Carmoon (Hoard), Naqqash Khalid (In Camera) and Ben Hecking (Haar). Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film exper...

On Truth & Movies this week, it's a tech bro nightmare in BlackBerry. Jamie Foxx takes on the funeral home industry in The Burial, and for film club, we revisit BlackBerry Director Matt Johnson’s debut, The Dirties. Joining host Leila Latif are film critics Rafa Sales Ross and Sydney Urbanek. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selecte...

On Truth & Movies this week, we embrace the unhinged life lessons taught in Saw X and debate the A.I. future depicted in Gareth Edward’s spectacular action sci-fi The Creator. Plus, host Leila Latif spoke to the director about his latest. Little White Lies Editor David Jenkins gives us a festival  report on the most exciting titles at San Sebastian, and for film club, our thirst for Jigsa...

On Truth & Movies this week, we take a look at stranger-than-fiction tale of Reddit vs Wall Street in Dumb Money and spoke to it’s director Craig Gillespie. We also review Pedro Almodovar’s highly anticipated short film Strange Way Of Life starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal former lovers in the wild west. And for film club it is more cowboys and forbidden love in Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountai...

British Indie Film Club is a limited podcast series from Truth & Movies, in partnership with the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). In this final episode, national treasure Shane Meadows joins us to reflect on the legacy of his 2004 film Dead Man’s Shoes – back in cinemas in a new restoration – and how he was inspired early in his career by another British indie stalwart, Alan Clarke. Edi...

On Truth & Movies this week, a young refugee faces survivor’s guilt, insomnia and longing to be loved in Fremont. David Jenkins spoke to Sebastian Silva about his audacious meta-comedy Rotting In the Sun, and we reviewed the film. Finally for Film Club we returned to Jim Jarmusch’s debut, Stranger Than Paradise. Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies Editor David Jenkins and culture journalist Xu...

On Truth & Movies this week, we cover new releases El Conde and Past Lives and LWLies Editor David Jenkins spoke to director Celine Song about her moving debut. Plus we do a rapid fire recap of the second half of the Venice Film Festival, talking direct from the Lido and discussing its high highs and low lows.    Joining host Leila Latif are Digital Editor Hannah Strong and film crit...

On Truth & Movies this week, we’ll be discussing some of the most talked about titles from this year’s Venice Film Festival straight from the Lido. Joining host Leila Latif are film critics Catherine Bray and Jack King. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth &a...

On Truth & Movies this week, a love triangle gets complicated fast in Passages and we spoke to it’s director Ira Sachs. Celebrated manga becomes celebrated anime in The First Slam Dunk, and finally, for film club, we revisit an earlier love triangle in François Truffaut’s Jules and Jim. Joining host Leila Latif is film critic, broadcaster and former Truth and Movies host Michael Leader Truth &...

British Indie Film Club is a limited podcast series from Truth & Movies, in partnership with the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). In this episode, writer/director Charlotte Regan (Standby, Oats & Barley) drops in to chat about her critically acclaimed debut feature Scrapper – out now in cinemas across the UK – and how she’s drawn inspiration from John Michael McDonagh’s Irish buddy...

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On Truth & Movies this week, DC launches a new superhero in the form of Blue Beetle. Host Leila Latif spoke to the team behind the Edinburgh Film Festival about their incredible line-up that runs from the 18th-23rd of August, and bringing the festival back after events in 2022 put its in jeopardy. We’ll also be reviewing French literary adaptation, Lie With Me and for Film Club, revisiting Mer...

On Truth & Movies this week, we take a look at the family-friendly scares that inhabit Justin Simen’s Haunted Mansion, and host Leila Latif interviewed the director. We also review the transatlantic rom-com Red White And Royal Blue. Finally, for film club, its a return to another spooky home in 1932’s The Old Dark House. Joining host Leila Latif are film critic Charles Bramesco and critic, pro...

On Truth & Movies this week, Jason Statham battles more giant sharks in Meg 2, one of the more surprising choices in Ben Wheatley's filmography. We also review Paris Memories, where a woman tries to come to terms with her trauma in the wake of a terrorist attack and finally, for film club, we go from giant sharks to clever ones in 1999’s Deep Blue Sea Joining host Leila Latif are film critic a...

On Truth & Movies this week, there are terrified teens doing anything for social media clout in gnarly horror flick Talk To Me. We also spoke to Nicole Holofcener about her new film You Hurt My Feelings and reviewed the delightful comedy. Then for Film Club it was more Holofcener, with her earliest film Walking and Talking. Joining host Leila Latif are film critics Laura Venning and Caitlin Qu...

British Indie Film Club is a limited podcast series from Truth & Movies, in partnership with the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). Here, actor Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You, Femme, Black Mirror) describes his love of playing complex characters, and his visceral reaction to Philip Barantini’s kitchen drama Boiling Point. This episode was recorded before the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Edite...

On Truth & Movies for Barbenheimer week, we’re doing two special episodes – one each for Gerwig and Nolan’s latest.  We round up with an Oppenheimer, Nolan’s epic look at the life of one of the most brilliant and dangerous men to ever live. Host Leila Latif sat down with Cillian Murphy to discuss playing America’s Prometheus, and for film club we paired Oppenheimer with Murphy’s favourite...

On Truth & Movies for Barbenheimer week, we’re doing two special episodes – one each for Gerwig and Nolan’s latest. First up is our Barbie episode, where we dig into why Barbie is thinking about dying and why Ken is…just Ken. Hannah Strong spoke to its director Greta Gerwig, and for film club we paired Barbie with The Young Girls of Rochefort. Joining host Leila Latif are Little White Lies Edi...

On Truth & Movies this week, another Mission proves Impossible in the franchise’s 7th instalment, Dead Reckoning: Part 1. Squaring The Circle tells the story of the creative geniuses behind some of the most iconic album art of all time and we spoke to its director Anton Corbijn. And for Film Club we’ll be taking a look at an earlier entry in the Tom Cruise oeuvre, The Colour Of Money. Joining...

British Indie Film Club is a limited podcast series from Truth & Movies, in partnership with the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). In this episode, rising star Tamara Lawrance (The Silent Twins) shares her experiences of breaking through as a young actor, and why she’s full of admiration for Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight. Edited by Bob Stankus. Produced by TCO. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...