Screen Rats

B ack issues of Little White Lies magazine are as rare as hen’s teeth. So we’re offering the chance for one lucky winner to pick up 15 back issues of their choice fro…

A nyone who has the temerity to write off Godzilla (fucking Godzilla!) as a spent force of franchise filmmaking will need to backtrack right now. On the evidence of Ta…

I t was a busy night for Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a Fall at the European Film Awards, which returned to Berlin for its 2023 ceremony. While snubbe…

A riane Labed says she “loves cinema”. The appreciation is no lip service or a line fed to the media. Her career reflects that: in the choices she makes, the roles she…

W hen it comes to profile documentaries, it’s always nice when a filmmaker opts to talk about their subject in terms that they would not only respect, but welcome. Wim…

T here’s one pleasure that this job never loses, and that’s the thrill of witnessing a new talent arrive on the scene fully-formed. On the evidence of the astonishingl…

W hen the film Dogtooth played for the first time to press and public at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, it was clear to everyone in the room that its maker harboured …

C inema, by its design, is obsessed with intimate, present tense emotion. What is happening to a person now, and how are they reacting to it? The cosseted, conventiona…

A s we rapidly approach the end of what has been something of an annus horribilis for the humble blockbuster (Barbenheimer notwithstanding), and following on from mon…

I n Showing Up , the 2022 feature from celebrated independent director Kelly Reichardt, a peculiar relationship between a human and a non-human occurs. Lizzy, a 40-som…

I n the UK, LGBTQ+ hate crimes have been steadily rising over the past five years. Incidents against trans people have increased to 186% and 112% on the basis of sexu…