Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast

On this week’s episode we survey the life and times of Steven Spielberg, whose autobiographical latest The Fabelmans is among the frontrunners at this year’s Academy Awards. Speaking of which, Laura Poitras’ essential docu-profile of the photographer and activist Nan Goldin is up for some top prizes too – and we’re delighted to be joined by the director. Finally, it’s back to NYC circa 1983 for Be...

We’re taking a trip back to cinema’s silent era this week to look at the new nostalgic (and divisive!) dirty bomb by American boy wonder Damien Chazelle, we coo the praise of the great Vicky Krieps who brings complex emotion to a dying woman in Emily Etef’s More Than Ever, and in Film Club we look back to the scintillating Clara Bow comedy, It, from 1927, in homage to Margot Robbie’s hell-raising...

We're reckoning with two new girlboss icons and one Hollywood legend in this weeks' Truth & Movies, as Todd Fields' feted psychodrama TÁR and Gerard Johnstone's AI doll horror M3GAN hit the big screen. In Film Club, we're revisiting Bob Fosse's legendary self-critical musical All That Jazz, which was inspired by his own frenetic career and remains one of the most bracing portraits of complex g...

We’re back for what’s set to be another bumper yet at the movies. On this week’s show, there’s family drama on a Catalan peach farm in Carla Simón’s Alcarràs, Chinonye Chukwu directs a powerful and feeply moving biography of Emmett Till and his grieving mother, and in Film Club, we revisit Éric Rohmer’s classic conclusion to his Four Season series, 1998’s Autumn Tale. Joining host Leila Latif are...

As 2022 becomes a mere glint in the rearview mirror of cinema, the LWLies crew come together around the hearth for a little show and tell of the favourite movie memories from the year. The show-and-tell format sees contributors talking on two films each, and we cover the gamut from Terence Davies’s introspective bio portrait, Benediction, to the Mach 10 madness of Top Gun: Maverick.  Joining...

On our last regular show before Christmas, we gather together to pay tribute to the big man himself, JC. That’s right, it’s a James Cameron special. First up we return to Pandora for the long-awaited follow-up to Avatar – but more than a decade on from the first film will this blockbuster sequel hold water? Then it’s an extended edition of our Film Club, with Cameron classics The Terminator and Al...

This week we give a little whistle to Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion passion project, Pinocchio, in which the famous puppet comes to life in fascist Italy. Next up is a strange adaptation of the even stranger true story of June and Jennifer Gibbons aka The Silent Twins, starring Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrence. And in Film Club it’s another tale of destructive twindom in film noir The Dark Mi...

This week, we take a peep at Noah Baumbach’s blockbuster adaptation of Don DeLillo’s famous novel, White Noise, which stars Adam Driver and also heralds Greta Gerwig’s triumphant return to the screen. We also investigate the compendium essay film Lynch/Oz, which speculates on David Lynch’s love of Hollywood’s most beloved fairy tale, The Wizard of Oz. And for Film Club this week, we break the seal...

This week the game is afoot once again as we hop aboard Rian Johnson’s sun-soaked sequel to Knives Out, the satirical murder mystery Glass Onion. Then it’s off to the American Midwest circa the 1980s for a bite of Bones and All, Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal coming-of-ager starring Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell. Finally, in our Film Club, we check ourselves into The Kingdom, Lars von Trier’s h...

On this week’s show we’re chasing the American Dream with James Gray’s generational drama Armageddon Time, before basking in Aftersun from first-time director Charlotte Wells – the film’s lead stars Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio even stop by for a chat. And in Film Club we revisit Gray’s own directorial debut from 1994, Little Odessa. Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies Digital Editor Hannah Stron...

This week on Truth & Movies we’re returning to the MCU – specifically Wakanda – for the hotly anticipated sequel to Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther. Then it’s off to Iran for Jafar Panahi’s romantic metafiction, No Bears, before we revisit the director’s spirited sporting comedy from 2006, Offside, in our Film Club. Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies Editor David Jenkins and freelance film criti...

On this week’s show we’re getting busy Living with Oliver Hermanus’ English-language adaptation of Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru. Next up, J-Law goes to war in Lila Neugebauer’s PTSD drama Causeway. And in our Film Club, we’re cosying down for a soul-nourishing rewatch of Hal Ashby’s autumnal odd couple classic, Harold and Maude. Joining our host Leila Latif are freelance film journalists Rafa Sales Ross...

On this week’s episode we board the luxury cruise from hell in Ruben Östlund’s satirical Triangle of Sadness. Next it’s time for some trick-or-treating with Henry Selick’s stop-motion animation Wendell & Wild. And in our Film Club, inspired by Woody Harrelson’s turn in Triangle of Sadness, we revisit the 1996 cult classic Kingpin. Joining our host Leila Latif are freelancer critics Anna Boguts...

This week on Truth & Movies, it’s bangers only with a trip to the Irish coast and some serious ghosting in Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inishirin, Park Chan-wook’s swooning murder mystery melodrama in Decision to Leave, and for Film Club, we administer a swift hammer blow the the cranium and revisit Park’s 2003 breakout hit, Oldboy.  Joining our host Leila Latif are LWLies Editor Dav...

This week on Truth & Movies we're taking a look to see if Halloween Ends is better or worse than its (very naff) predecessors, whether Javier Bardem is a song and dance man at heart in Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, plus we’re revisiting ’80s vampire cult item The Lost Boys. We’re also discussing some top viewing experiences at this year’s London Film Festival, and raking over the coals of the recentl...

This week on Truth & Movies we're asking if The Woman King is deserving of a royal treatment; and in our film club we're taking a look at John Huston's The Man Who Would Be King, and seeing if it still deserves its throne in the adventure film canon. Elsewhere we're checking out Bertrand Mandico's After Blue. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are freelance journalists Emma Fraser and Lill...

This week on Truth & Movies we ask whether Mrs Harris Goes to Paris will leave you feeling stitched up, elsewhere we dine out on Peter Strickland's Flux Gourmet and culinary satire The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover in our film club. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are freelance journalists Emma Fraser and Lillian Crawford . Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film exp...

This week on Truth & Movies we're worrying ourselves with the state of film discourse and Olivia Wilde's Don't Worry Darling, as well as Hong Sang-soo's latest In Front Of Your Face, and elsewhere in our film club we're looking back at John Cassavetes A Woman Under the Influence. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are Little White Lies editor at large Adam Woodward and freelance journalist...

This week on Truth & Movies we're cracking open new indie horror Hatching and pairing it up in film club with Mamoru Oshii's entirely unique animation Angel's Egg. Elsewhere we also take a look at Funny Pages, the directorial debut from Owen Kline, produced by Uncut Gems helmers the Safdie Brothers. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are Little White Lies editor David Jenkins and freelance...

It's time for our second bonus episode from the Venice Film Festival. For this podcast we're diving into Alice Diop's courtroom drama Saint Omer , Emerson Brothers biopic Dreamin' Wild and one of the most hyped films of the whole festival Blonde . Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest...

This week on Truth & Movies we're investigating David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future and seeing how sharp Both Sides of the Blade are in Claire Denis' latest. In our film club, with body horror on the mind, we take a look at 80s cult favourite Street Trash. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are Little White Lies editor David Jenkins and freelance writer Charles Bramesco . Truth & M...

This week on Truth & Movies we're broadcasting from the Lido in Venice as we work through some of the key titles from the first half of the Venice Film Festival. Here we take a look at Noah Baumbach's White Noise , Luca Guadagnino's Bones and All , Darren Aronofsky's The Whale and many more. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected...

This week on Truth & Movies we ask whether The Forgiven needs to atone for anything and if Three Thousand Years of Longing was worth the wait. Elsewhere in our film club, we're looking back to 1978 and Pasolini's Arabian Nights. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are Little White Lies own Marina Ashioti and freelance writer Rafa Sales Ross . Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film...

This week on Truth & Movies we decide whether Official Competition is a winner and check off Mr Malcolm's List, and in our film club we're revisiting a classic, with All About Eve. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are freelance writers Emma Fraser and Cheyenne Busie . Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and fr...

This week on Truth & Movies we check in on Babak Anvari's latest I Came By, see whether there's still something wrong with Esther in Orphan: First Kill and in our film club we revisit all timer The Silence of the Lambs. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are freelance writers Katie Rife and Katherine McLaughlin . Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies,...