Little White Lies – Issue #98

Little White Lies magazine is the leading independent voice in film, combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism to champion great movies and the people who make them.

In this issue

Lead Review: Polite Society
Fatima Sheriff writes in praise of Nida Manzoor’s exuberant feature debut.

The Big Boss
Soma Ghosh in conversation with writer/director Nida Manzoor on fighting, feminism and generational schisms.

Make ’Em Laugh
A brief history of filmmakers who have made sitcoms (and sitcom makers who have directed films).

Fist of Fury
Hannah Strong meets Polite Society’s feisty lead, Priya Kansara, to talk the epic prep required to play a teen stuntwoman-in-the-making.

Way of the Dragon
David Jenkins chats to Ritu Arya about her eclectic career path and forging bonds with the cast and crew of Polite Society.

Throwing Punches
Anna Bogutskaya meets Shaina West, a social media sensation and movie stuntwoman on the cusp of superstardom.

Pitch Perfect
Three essays looking back at the Brit-Asian sensation, Bend it Like Beckham, on the occasion of its 20th birthday.

The Walking of Peckham 123
Rōgan Graham takes a stroll around the haunts of Peckham and Brixton with Rye Lane director, Raine Allen-Miller.

On the Wall
A confessional dossier in which a host of LWLies writers tell us about how they decorated their teenage bedroom walls.

Mia Goth
Marina Ashioti talks to one of the most exciting and intense actors on the scene about her everything-on-the-table turns in Infinity Pool and Pearl.

Léa Mysius
Emily Maskell meets the director of olfactory wonder, The Five Devils, who reflects on making a film about potions, memory and the sense of smell.

Hlynur Pálmason
David Jenkins speaks to the Icelandic director of the ethnographic epic, Godland, on creating his own myths and how to properly record birdsong.

Albert Serra
The loquacious Spanish maestro speaks to Caitlin Quinlan and picks apart the process of his breakthrough feature of political malaise in the South Seas, Pacifiction.

Davy Chou
The writer/director of the magical Return to Seoul speaks to Hannah Strong about how the truth is stranger than fiction.

In review

Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool, by Hannah Strong
Ti West’s Pearl, by David Jenkins
Raine Allen-Miller’s Rye Lane, by Cheyenne Bunsie
Léa Mysius’s The Five Devils, by David Jenkins
Tarik Saleh’s Cairo Conspiracy, by Charles Bramesco
Dominik Moll’s The Night of the 12th, by Saskia Lloyd-Gaiger
Éric Gravel’s Full Time, by David Jenkins
Emmanuelle Nicot’s Love According to Dalva, by Alexandria Slater
Rodrigo Sorogyen’s The Beasts, by Anton Bitel
Manuela Martelli’s 1976, by Marina Ashioti
Hlynur Pálmason’s Godland, by Josh Slater-Williams
Nina Menkes’ Brainwashed: Sex-Power-Cinema, by Lillian Crawford
Daniel Goldhaber’s How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Daniel Goldhaber
Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume, by Alicia Haddick
Albert Serra’s Pacifiction, by David Jenkins
Saela David and Anna Rose Holmer’s God’s Creatures, by David Jenkins
Mayrem Touzani’s The Blue Caftan, by Marina Ashioti
Felix Van Groeningen’s The Eight Mountains, by Rafa Sales Ross
Chei Hayakawa’s Plan 75, by Trevor Johnston
Davy Chou’s Return to Seoul, by Ella Kemp
Martika Ramirez Escobar’s Leonor Will Never Die, by David Jenkins
Amanda Kramer’s Please Baby Please, by Marina Ashioti
Mia Hansen-Løve’s One Fine Morning, by Savina Petkova
Sierra Pettingill’s Riotsville, USA, by Caitlin Quinlan
Lola Quivoron’s Rodeo, by Katherine McLaughlin

Plus, Matt Turner selects six key home ents releases for your consideration.