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The Lost Art of Pixar Short Films
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (164+ words) Published 17 Jun 2026 Words by Abigail Stevens Little White Lies is committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Join the club and support our independent journalism to unlock a host of member-exclusive benefits. With insights from…...
Toy Story 5 review " beloved franchise has still got the juice
17+ hour, 28+ min ago (237+ words) Published 16 Jun 2026 Words by David Jenkins Directed by Andrew Stanton and Mc Kenna Harris Starring Joan Cusack, Tom Hanks, and Tim Allen Released 19 Jun 2026 Has there ever been a good 5th movie in a franchise? Well, there's a first time for…...
Issue 113 - The Future of Hollywood
20+ hour, 7+ min ago (547+ words) Billie JD Porter chronicles her dark march down the Los Angeles locus of dream-factory mythologising. David Jenkins introduces an issue about Hollywood then, Hollywood now and Hollywood always. Christina Newland profiles three fallen female actors from across the span of…...
Time and Water review " a lament for a disappearing world
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (264+ words) Published 11 Jun 2026 Words by Anna Stafford Directed by Sara Dosa Starring Andri Sn'r Magnason Released 12 Jun 2026 Sara Dosa shifts her lens from volcanoes to glaciers. A tender climate essay rooted in family footage. Less a call to arms than a…...
The Boy with the Light-Blue Eyes " first-look review
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (232+ words) Published 09 Jun 2026 Words by Louis Spong Directed by Thanasis Neofotistos Starring Giorgos Karydis, Pablo Soto, and Syrmo Keke Little White Lies is committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Join the club and support our…...
Disclosure Day review " distinctly lacking in patented Spielberg magic
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (222+ words) Published 09 Jun 2026 Words by Hannah Strong Directed by Steven Spielberg Starring Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, and Colman Domingo Released 10 Jun 2026 Spielberg returns to aliens. Big news. A shoddy script hampers a solid premise. Steven Spielberg returns to the…...
Sensory Pleasures and Queer Realities: A Queer East Confessional
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (383+ words) Published 09 Jun 2026 Words by Yanni Zhou and Nanthinee Shree In collaboration with the Queer East Film Festival, this year's Emerging Critics cohort'offer their responses to the film programme. This is the first of three pieces published in collaboration with'Queer East…...
Feast or Famine " first-look review
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (235+ words) Published 09 Jun 2026 Words by Louis Spong Directed by Adrian Choa and Michael Boccalini Culinary enfant terrible Marco Pierre White demystifies the Michelin myth while a'hot East London dining spot chases its own'star. Little White Lies is committed to championing great…...
Savage House " first-look review
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (257+ words) Published 09 Jun 2026 Words by Louis Spong Directed by Peter Glanz Starring Richard E Grant, Claire Foy, and Jack Farthing Richard E'Grant and Claire Fox chew scenery and more as a'pair of be-wigged 18th-century aristos who are falling on tough'times. The…...
Enzo review " gorgeous portrait of teenage growing pains
1+ week, 5+ day ago (379+ words) Published 04 Jun 2026 Words by David Jenkins Directed by Robin Campillo Starring Eloy Pohu, Pierfrancesco Favino, and "lodie Bouchez Released 05 Jun 2026 The final film from the late, Palme d'Or-winning French filmmaker Laurent Cantet. Director Robin Campillo brings this story about an…...