Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast

On Truth & Movies this week, it's two star-crossed lovers in Pixar’s latest Elemental, and we spoke to the film’s director Peter Sohn. A dysfunctional group of superheroes try and work out their differences and save the world in Quentin Dupieux's Smoking Causes Coughing and finally, for film club we return to Pixar’s origin story with 1995’s Toy Story. Joining host Leila Latif are film critic...

On Truth & Movies this week, Harrison Ford reprises his role as Indiana Jones to find the Dial Of Destiny, and Hannah Strong spoke to its nefarious villain, Mads Mikkelsen. A family comes together and falls apart in Léonor Serraille's Mother & Son and finally, for Film Club we revisit Indiana Jones adventures in the 1930s, with The Temple of Doom. Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies Editor...

British Indie Film Club is a new limited podcast series from Truth & Movies, in partnership with the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). In this episode, acclaimed writer/director Nida Manzoor (We Are Lady Parts, Polite Society) discusses how she found her footing in the industry, and why she’s always had a soft spot for Billy Elliot. Edited by Bob Stankus. Produced by TCO. Hosted on Acast...

On Truth & Movies this week is Wes Anderson’s retro-futuristic marvel Asteroid City. Then we’ll be looking at Annie Ernaux’ self portrait in The Super 8 Years and finally for film club its more conspiracy afoot in the neo-westerm Bad Day at Black Rock Joining host Leila Latif are Lwlies digital editor Hannah Strong and Contributing Editor Sophie Monks Kaufman Truth & Movies is the podcast...

On Truth & Movies this week, Ezra Miller takes a break from terrorising the citizens of Hawaii and stars in The Flash. A tender drama about masculinity with Pretty Red Dress and we spoke to it’s director Dionne Edwards about her moving debut. And for film club, its Ed Wood’s cult classic, the gender-bending Glen or Glenda Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies editor David Jenkins and film critic...

British Indie Film Club is a new limited podcast series from Truth & Movies, in partnership with the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). Each episode we’ll be delving into the past, present and future of British film with special guests from across the industry. In this first episode, hosts Leila Latif and Karis Aldridge are joined by actor, writer and director Samantha Morton. Edited by B...

On Truth & Movies this week, Chevalier looks at the life of Joseph Bologne, a black musician who rivalled Mozart and was knighted by Marie Antoinette only to have his legacy erased and we’ll be talking to its stars Kelvin Harrison Jr & Lucy Boynton about the film. Then we review Riley Keough & Gina Gammell’s directorial debut, a coming-of-age tale set on a Lakota reservation and f...

On Truth & Movies this week Miles Morales is back and journeying Across The Spider-verse and we spoke to it’s Oscar-winning composer Daniel Pemberton about the long awaited sequel. Then we review espionage thriller Reality, where Sydney Sweeney faces the consequences of leaking information about 2016 election and finally, for film club, espionage and animation come together in Paprika Joining...

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On Truth & Movies this week, Ari Aster is back with a monstrous road trip into mommy issues with Beau is Afraid. Judy Blume’s classic coming-of-age tale Are You There God Its Me Margaret is finally adapted to the big screen and its star (who happens to be one of our favourite directors) Benny Safdie spoke to us about the film. Hannah Strong and David Jenkins will be giving us the latest news d...

On Truth & Movies this week, friendship is tested in a journey across The Eight Mountains, the elderly are coerced into an early demise in Plan 75 and a dystopian future is revisited in Logan’s Run. Plus we’ll be talking about some of the most anticipated titles that are about to debut at Cannes Joining host Leila Latif are film critics Rafa Sales Ross and Savina Petkova Truth & Movies is...

On Truth & Movies this week, the MCU returns with James Gunn at the helm for Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3. A young French woman seeks out her biological parents in Return to Seoul and editor David Jenkins talks to the director Davy Chou. And for film club childhood imagination runs wild in Son of Rambow. Joining host Leila Latif are writers Laura Venning and Iana Murray Truth & Movies...

On Truth & Movies this week, we review LWLies current cover film, Nida Manzoor's delightful kung-fu wedding caper Polite Society, plus Emmanuelle Nicot's harrowing but vital drama Love According to Dalva, and in film club, we're all invited to Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding. Joining host Hannah Strong are LWLies Editor at Large Adam Woodward and film critic Fatima Sheriff. Truth & Movies is t...

On Truth & Movies this week, a new entry into the Evil Dead franchise breathes new life into Sam Raimi’s terrors in Evil Dead Rise and LWLies editor David Jenkins talks to the director Lee Cronin about capturing the magic of the original. We also review the eco-heist thriller How To Blow Up A Pipeline and for film club its Peter Jackson’s gory debut Brain Dead Joining host Leila Latif are LWLi...

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On Truth & Movies this week, archival documentary Riotsville, USA tells the strange and disturbing story of the increased militarisation of the American police force in the 1960s, and the building of “Riotsvilles” to train police officers to violently suppress civil disorder, and director Sierra Pettengill talks to us about her film. We then review the animated Haruki Murakami adaptation Blind...

On Truth & Movies this week, Keanu Reeves is back in action as avenging assassin John Wick in the saga’s fourth – and longest – instalment. Alexander Skarsgård has a very bad trip in Brandon Bronenberg’s Infinity Pool; co-star Mia Goth joins us to discuss her busy year on the big screen. And continuing the theme of people having a bad time abroad, Ted Kotcheff’s Ozploitation classic Wake in Fr...

This week we suit up for another superhero sequel – but will Shazam! Fury of the Gods live up to its predecessor? Then it’s off to South London for Raine Allen-Miller’s delightful rom-com Rye Lane; and we’re thrilled to be joined by stars David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah. In Film Club, we revisit a lesser-seen British minority comedy, Gurinder Chadha’s 1993 Bhaji on the Beach.  Joining host Le...

On this week’s Truth & Movies, the Scream franchise lives to fright another day as the post-modern slasher saga swaps Woodsboro for the Big Apple. Things get sticky in hackneyed horror spoof Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. And in Film Club, 1989’s slasher deep cut Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan gets a rare revival. Finally, we’re joined by the supremely talented Cynthia Eri...

This week Michael B Jordan dons his boxing gloves for the third time (and directs for the first!) as Apollo Creed in Creed III, and we take a peep at the Oscar-nominated Belgian drama of bittersweet childhood trials, Close. We also speak to Close director Lukas Dhont and screenwriter Angelo Tijsssens to glean insight on how an adult is able to write authentically for a child. Finally, for Film Clu...

This week an unsuspecting bear does a lot of cocaine and is reborn as Cocaine Bear and we’re also looking at Hirokazu Kore-eda’s black-market baby drama Broker. The Deputy Artistic Director of the National Theatre spoke to host Leila Latif about his adaptation of Othello and the challenges of creating a cinematic “NCT Live”, and LWLies’ Marina Ashioti is live from the Berlinale telling us about al...

This week Ant-Man and The Wasp find themselves battling Kang in the “Quantum Realm” and Leila Latif spoke to its star, the legendary Michael Douglas, about 50 years in Hollywood and the evolution of the blockbuster. We’re also looking at Jenny Slate’s unashamedly cutesy Oscar nominated Marcel The Shell With Shoes on. Finally, for film club we returned to Jenny Slate in non-shell form in pro-choice...

This week Channing Tatum brings Mike Mike to London for his last dance. We’re looking at Sarah Polley’s adaptation of the Miriam Toews novel Women Talking and host Leila Latif spoke to the film’s star Claire Foy about the “work of female imagination”. Finally, for film club we returned to Sarah Polley’s former life as a child actor in 1997’s The Sweet Hereafter. Joining host Leila Latif are Lwlies...

This week we’ve got a bumper episode to kick off a new era for the podcast where we’ll be talking to a host of exciting filmmakers, writers and actors. We look at Darren Aronofsky’s Brenaissance igniting film, The Whale, and LWLies Digital Editor Hannah Strong spoke to the director about his heart-breaking tale of a self-destruction. Next up is Alice Diop’s exquisite tragedy, Saint Omer. Things sh...