Little White Lies / 105

LWLies 105: The Bird issue 

 

On the cover:

Franz Rogowski graces our cover, illustrated in bold, vibrant colours by Paris-based artist Marie Mohanna. The concept for this cover came from the energy of Bird – the character – as an uplifting beacon of hope for Bailey’s waning capacity for childlike wonder.

 

Elsewhere in the issue, we have new illustration work from Rumbidzai Savanhu, Stephanie Jade, Zoé Maghamès Peters, John Scarratt, Snids and Stéphanie Sergeant.

 

 

In the issue:

 

Lead review: Bird

Hannah Strong on the lyrical and earthy aspects of Andrea Arnold’s gorgeous new work.

 

The Sensual World

Nia Childs meets filmmaker Andrea Arnold who dissects her method and explains her love of ethereal textures.

 

Outsider Odysseys

The Andrea Arnold corpus – from her early shorts through to 2023’s Cow – examined via six punchy essays.

 

Between Two Worlds

Savina Petkova in conversation with the German actor Franz Rogowski, who picks apart his own screen image.

 

View from the Balcony

Gamer; motocross-lover; method actor (kinda). David Jenkins has a chat with Irish megastar, Barry Keoghan.

 

South by South-East

Mike McCahill takes a trainride along the southeast coast of England in search of Thames Estuary cinema.

 

 

In the back section:

 

Mikey Madison and Sean Baker

The director and star of Palme d’Or-winner, Anora, speak to Iana Murray going deep into the world of sex work.

 

Mati Diop

Rōgan Graham meets the maker of the remarkable prizewinning docu-essay hybrid, Dahomey, who explains the film’s urgent anti-colonial message.

 

Steve McQueen

The British artist and filmmaker meets Rōgan Graham and talks the vital importance of primary research that went into making his new film, Blitz.

 

Tyler Taormina

Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point is a Yuletide classic in the making, and its director has a sincere fondness for the holiday season.

 

In review:

Sean Baker’s Anora

Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie á Deux

Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door

Milisuthando Bongela’s Milisuthando

Mati Diop’s Dahomey

Mark Cousins’ A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

Johan Grimonprez’s Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Chris Sanders’ The Wild Robot

François Ozon’s The Crime is Mine

Jacques Audriard’s Emilia Pérez

Peter Murimi and Daphne Matziaraki’s The Battle For Laikipia

Pascal Bergamin’s Portraits of Dangerous Women

Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light

Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal and Rachel Szor’s No Other Land

Tyler Taormina’s Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice

Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man

Edward Berger’s Conclave

Malcolm Washington’s The Piano Lesson

 

Plus, Matt Turner selects six key home ents releases for your consideration; Hannah Strong sends a postcard from the Venice Film Festival; David Jenkins sends a postcard from the San Sebastián Film Festival, and Marina Ashioti assesses the queer impact of the iconic Buffy the Vampire Slayer in a Halloween-themed Sticky Gold Stars column.

 

___

 

Little White Lies launched in 2005 with the sole aim of creating a magazine that captures the excitement of talking about movies with good friends by bringing together impassioned, intelligent writing with striking illustration. Each issue of the magazine dedicates its entire front section to an upcoming theatrical release, drawing inspiration from the themes and visual tone of the carefully selected film. The back section features essential reviews of the latest movie releases, plus exclusive interviews, festival reports and more