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· Dec 17
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Introducing…
LWLies issue 111, dedicated to the meta-musical marvel that is Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee.
Cover art by Aleksandra Czudżak
Introducing…
LWLies issue 111, dedicated to the meta-musical marvel that is Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee.
Cover art by Aleksandra Czudżak
pretty, simplified, dull – emerald fennell's much-feted version of wuthering heights is a bitter disappointment that reads more as brand exercise than sensual cinema lwlies.com/reviews/wuth...
Wuthering Heights review – pretty vacant
Emerald Fennell sets out to shock with her maximalist take on Emily Brontë's classic novel, but her grand vision lacks depth or heart.
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February 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
pretty, simplified, dull – emerald fennell's much-feted version of wuthering heights is a bitter disappointment that reads more as brand exercise than sensual cinema lwlies.com/reviews/wuth...
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I wrote about Gus Van Sant, the new queer cinema, and the stalking of immigrants for @lwlies.com
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The disturbing prescience of Mala Noche
Forty years ago, Gus Van Sant’s breakout film captured the terror and violence inflicted on immigrants in the United States. Lead actor Tim Streeter…
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February 9, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I wrote about Gus Van Sant, the new queer cinema, and the stalking of immigrants for @lwlies.com
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I spoke with Markiplier for @lwlies.com. One of the most successful YouTubers on the planet, he now finds himself an overnight box-office sensation — and disruptor
In a mutually curious conversation, we explore what IRON LUNG means to film, to games, and to Markiplier
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In a mutually curious conversation, we explore what IRON LUNG means to film, to games, and to Markiplier
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How gaming YouTuber Markiplier became an overnight box-office…
Iron Lung has unexpectedly turned the box office upside down – what led a YouTube legend to take on Hollywood with his horror feature debut?
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February 4, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I spoke with Markiplier for @lwlies.com. One of the most successful YouTubers on the planet, he now finds himself an overnight box-office sensation — and disruptor
In a mutually curious conversation, we explore what IRON LUNG means to film, to games, and to Markiplier
lwlies.com/this-just-in...
In a mutually curious conversation, we explore what IRON LUNG means to film, to games, and to Markiplier
lwlies.com/this-just-in...
Send Help sees veteran director Sam Raimi returning to his horror-adjacent roots for this first work based on an original IP since 2009 indie humdinger, Drag Me to Hell, and it's an absolute hoot, writes @daveyjenkins.bsky.social
Review: lwlies.com/reviews/send...
Review: lwlies.com/reviews/send...
Send Help review – a rip-roaring dose of pure Sam Raimi
Rachel McAdams gets to live the American dream and torture her boss (Dylan O’Brien) on a secluded island in this delicious comic satire.
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February 3, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Send Help sees veteran director Sam Raimi returning to his horror-adjacent roots for this first work based on an original IP since 2009 indie humdinger, Drag Me to Hell, and it's an absolute hoot, writes @daveyjenkins.bsky.social
Review: lwlies.com/reviews/send...
Review: lwlies.com/reviews/send...
100 Nights of Hero unfolds at breakneck speed, with never a dull moment. Julia Jackman deftly interweaves her multiple narrative threads and indulges (complimentary) in woozy, dreamlike montages of image and sound, writes @lauravenning.bsky.social
Review: lwlies.com/reviews/100-...
Review: lwlies.com/reviews/100-...
100 Nights of Hero review – an affecting fable of queer female…
Julia Jackman’s adaptation of Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel is a charming, ambitious queer fantasy.
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February 2, 2026 at 11:49 AM
100 Nights of Hero unfolds at breakneck speed, with never a dull moment. Julia Jackman deftly interweaves her multiple narrative threads and indulges (complimentary) in woozy, dreamlike montages of image and sound, writes @lauravenning.bsky.social
Review: lwlies.com/reviews/100-...
Review: lwlies.com/reviews/100-...
Shelter: This minor-key chase thriller aims for high seriousness, but offers nothing new or exciting to the ever-expanding Statham canon.
Review: lwlies.com/reviews/shel...
Review: lwlies.com/reviews/shel...
Shelter review – Jason Statham goes through the elbow fighting motions
This minor-key chase thriller aims for high seriousness, but offers nothing new or exciting to the ever-expanding Statham canon.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Shelter: This minor-key chase thriller aims for high seriousness, but offers nothing new or exciting to the ever-expanding Statham canon.
Review: lwlies.com/reviews/shel...
Review: lwlies.com/reviews/shel...
Bradley Cooper’s third directorial feature about a struggling marriage through the eyes of a stand-up comedian buzzes with energy and emotion.
Is This Thing On? review: lwlies.com/reviews/is-t...
Is This Thing On? review: lwlies.com/reviews/is-t...
Is This Thing On? review – funny, insightful, brilliantly directed
Bradley Cooper's third directorial feature about a struggling marriage through the eyes of a stand-up comedian buzzes with energy and emotion.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Bradley Cooper’s third directorial feature about a struggling marriage through the eyes of a stand-up comedian buzzes with energy and emotion.
Is This Thing On? review: lwlies.com/reviews/is-t...
Is This Thing On? review: lwlies.com/reviews/is-t...
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for @lwlies.com, my review of Return to Silent Hill, an adaptation of Silent Hill 2 that makes some bewildering decisions but still captures its spirit better than the recent Bloober Team remake lwlies.com/reviews/retu...
Return To Silent Hill review – if not entirely faithful, at least…
Christophe Gans returns to Konami's foggy nightmare town with mostly productive results.
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January 24, 2026 at 3:05 PM
for @lwlies.com, my review of Return to Silent Hill, an adaptation of Silent Hill 2 that makes some bewildering decisions but still captures its spirit better than the recent Bloober Team remake lwlies.com/reviews/retu...
The History Of Sound: its buttoned-up nature might frustrate those hoping for a more salacious story, but Oliver Hermanus and Ben Shattuck (adapting his own short story of the same name) have produced a unique and moving romance for those willing to listen.
Review: lwlies.com/reviews/the-...
Review: lwlies.com/reviews/the-...
The History Of Sound review – less Brokeback Mountain, more Merchant…
Two musicians set out to record the folk songs of rural America in Oliver Hermanus’ restrained but affecting drama.
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January 23, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The History Of Sound: its buttoned-up nature might frustrate those hoping for a more salacious story, but Oliver Hermanus and Ben Shattuck (adapting his own short story of the same name) have produced a unique and moving romance for those willing to listen.
Review: lwlies.com/reviews/the-...
Review: lwlies.com/reviews/the-...
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Hawking my wares: here's my @lwlies.com review of Claire Foy vehicle H IS FOR HAWK, now playing in cinemas
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H is for Hawk review – occasionally falters, but Claire Foy excels
Claire Foy's performance as an austringer (keeper of goshawks) elevates this adaptation of Helen Macdonald's memoir about coming to terms with grief.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Hawking my wares: here's my @lwlies.com review of Claire Foy vehicle H IS FOR HAWK, now playing in cinemas
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Received my 1st print edition of @lwlies.com since subscribing
It's a lovely thing. Illustrations, art direction...etc
It even has that cool weird paper smell...reminds me of plan b/careless talk costs lives mags (if anyone remembers those? RIP)
#filmsky
It's a lovely thing. Illustrations, art direction...etc
It even has that cool weird paper smell...reminds me of plan b/careless talk costs lives mags (if anyone remembers those? RIP)
#filmsky
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Received my 1st print edition of @lwlies.com since subscribing
It's a lovely thing. Illustrations, art direction...etc
It even has that cool weird paper smell...reminds me of plan b/careless talk costs lives mags (if anyone remembers those? RIP)
#filmsky
It's a lovely thing. Illustrations, art direction...etc
It even has that cool weird paper smell...reminds me of plan b/careless talk costs lives mags (if anyone remembers those? RIP)
#filmsky
In conversation with Park Chan-wook, who reunites with leading man Lee Byung-hun to executes a sharp, timely and blisteringly funny tale of personal greed, while pondering the lurking evil of AI.
Interview: lwlies.com/interviews/p...
Interview: lwlies.com/interviews/p...
Park Chan-wook: ‘We certainly do have other choices’
The violently competitive world of HR and employment is the subject matter of the South Korean filmmaker’s highly prescient latest.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:50 AM
In conversation with Park Chan-wook, who reunites with leading man Lee Byung-hun to executes a sharp, timely and blisteringly funny tale of personal greed, while pondering the lurking evil of AI.
Interview: lwlies.com/interviews/p...
Interview: lwlies.com/interviews/p...
Across Liverpool and Manchester, a dynamic network of film clubs is occupying community spaces and encouraging a DIY approach to film curation
Inside the North West Film Clubs building a regional community around…
Across Liverpool and Manchester, a dynamic network of film clubs is occupying community spaces and encouraging a DIY approach to film curation.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Across Liverpool and Manchester, a dynamic network of film clubs is occupying community spaces and encouraging a DIY approach to film curation
Come for Lee Byung-hun’s wild central performance, stay for the scathing critique of AI.
Our review of Park Chan-wook’s excellent No Other Choice: lwlies.com/reviews/no-o...
Our review of Park Chan-wook’s excellent No Other Choice: lwlies.com/reviews/no-o...
No Other Choice review – Park at his most biting and brutal, but not…
Park Chan-wook’s cutthroat satire sees a middle manager resort to desperate measures after he’s laid off from his job at a paper company.
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January 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Come for Lee Byung-hun’s wild central performance, stay for the scathing critique of AI.
Our review of Park Chan-wook’s excellent No Other Choice: lwlies.com/reviews/no-o...
Our review of Park Chan-wook’s excellent No Other Choice: lwlies.com/reviews/no-o...
New year, new movies! Here’s part one of our annual preview looking ahead to the year’s most exciting releases:
100 films to look forward to in 2026 – part one
New year, new movies! Here's part one of our annual preview looking ahead to the year's most exciting releases.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:59 PM
New year, new movies! Here’s part one of our annual preview looking ahead to the year’s most exciting releases:
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💃 Hold everything!!! 💃
Introducing…
LWLies issue 111, dedicated to the meta-musical marvel that is Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee.
Cover art by Aleksandra Czudżak
Introducing…
LWLies issue 111, dedicated to the meta-musical marvel that is Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee.
Cover art by Aleksandra Czudżak
December 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
💃 Hold everything!!! 💃
Introducing…
LWLies issue 111, dedicated to the meta-musical marvel that is Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee.
Cover art by Aleksandra Czudżak
Introducing…
LWLies issue 111, dedicated to the meta-musical marvel that is Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee.
Cover art by Aleksandra Czudżak
Interview: We get spiritual and philosophical with the great Chloé Zhao ahead of the release of her knockout new film, Hamnet.
Chloé Zhao: ‘There’s a desire for the language of ambiguity, of…
Plato, Carl Jung and Terrence Malick are what kept the filmmaker inspired while making her jaw-dropping latest, Hamnet.
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January 7, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Interview: We get spiritual and philosophical with the great Chloé Zhao ahead of the release of her knockout new film, Hamnet.
One of the giants of modern European cinema has fallen. RIP Hungarian maestro, Béla Tarr. Damnation, Satantango, Werckmeister Harmonies, The Turin Horse… to have made just one of these extraordinary films would have been a life's work completed.
January 6, 2026 at 12:44 PM
One of the giants of modern European cinema has fallen. RIP Hungarian maestro, Béla Tarr. Damnation, Satantango, Werckmeister Harmonies, The Turin Horse… to have made just one of these extraordinary films would have been a life's work completed.
From Star Wars canon expansion to the conclusion of a university-set sitcom and Vince Gilligan’s highly anticipated return to the small screen, here are our TV highlights from this year: lwlies.com/top-ranking/...
The 10 best TV shows of 2025
From Star Wars canon expansion to the conclusion of a university-set sitcom and Vince Gilligan's highly anticipated return to the small screen, here are…
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December 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
From Star Wars canon expansion to the conclusion of a university-set sitcom and Vince Gilligan’s highly anticipated return to the small screen, here are our TV highlights from this year: lwlies.com/top-ranking/...
Norway’s favourite son on how to follow-up a global hit – with another wistful, intuitive and thought film about melancholy in Sentimental Value.
In conversation with Joachim Trier: lwlies.com/interviews/j...
In conversation with Joachim Trier: lwlies.com/interviews/j...
Joachim Trier: ‘I cling to life’
Norway’s favourite son on how to follow-up a global hit – with another wistful, intuitive and thought film about melancholy in Sentimental Value.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Norway’s favourite son on how to follow-up a global hit – with another wistful, intuitive and thought film about melancholy in Sentimental Value.
In conversation with Joachim Trier: lwlies.com/interviews/j...
In conversation with Joachim Trier: lwlies.com/interviews/j...
With stormy seas ahead in the world of cinema, we celebrate the good and the great from another spectacular year for the medium.
Here's annual top 30 films of the year list: lwlies.com/top-ranking/...
Here's annual top 30 films of the year list: lwlies.com/top-ranking/...
The 30 best films of 2025
With stormy seas ahead in the world of cinema, we celebrate the good and the great from another spectacular year for the medium.
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December 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
With stormy seas ahead in the world of cinema, we celebrate the good and the great from another spectacular year for the medium.
Here's annual top 30 films of the year list: lwlies.com/top-ranking/...
Here's annual top 30 films of the year list: lwlies.com/top-ranking/...
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I'm in this issue with blu-ray capsules on:
📀 SPLENDID OUTING (soo-yong kim, 1978)
📀 THE DEAD (john huston, 1987)
📀 CITY ON FIRE (ringo lam, 1987)
📀 OVER YOUR DEAD BODY (takashi miike, 2014)
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📀 SPLENDID OUTING (soo-yong kim, 1978)
📀 THE DEAD (john huston, 1987)
📀 CITY ON FIRE (ringo lam, 1987)
📀 OVER YOUR DEAD BODY (takashi miike, 2014)
subscribe: lwlies.com/magazine
💃 Hold everything!!! 💃
Introducing…
LWLies issue 111, dedicated to the meta-musical marvel that is Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee.
Cover art by Aleksandra Czudżak
Introducing…
LWLies issue 111, dedicated to the meta-musical marvel that is Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee.
Cover art by Aleksandra Czudżak
December 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I'm in this issue with blu-ray capsules on:
📀 SPLENDID OUTING (soo-yong kim, 1978)
📀 THE DEAD (john huston, 1987)
📀 CITY ON FIRE (ringo lam, 1987)
📀 OVER YOUR DEAD BODY (takashi miike, 2014)
subscribe: lwlies.com/magazine
📀 SPLENDID OUTING (soo-yong kim, 1978)
📀 THE DEAD (john huston, 1987)
📀 CITY ON FIRE (ringo lam, 1987)
📀 OVER YOUR DEAD BODY (takashi miike, 2014)
subscribe: lwlies.com/magazine
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Coming of age with Rob Reiner
Sophie Monks Kaufman’s ripped-from-the-heart piece recalls the life-changing moment she encountered Stand By Me and celebrates the late director’s singularly empathetic and humorous touch.
lwlies.com/opinion/comi...
Sophie Monks Kaufman’s ripped-from-the-heart piece recalls the life-changing moment she encountered Stand By Me and celebrates the late director’s singularly empathetic and humorous touch.
lwlies.com/opinion/comi...
Coming of age with Rob Reiner
In the wake of this Hollywood titan’s sudden and tragic demise, we look back at the life and work of an artist whose life was powered by empathy and…
lwlies.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Coming of age with Rob Reiner
Sophie Monks Kaufman’s ripped-from-the-heart piece recalls the life-changing moment she encountered Stand By Me and celebrates the late director’s singularly empathetic and humorous touch.
lwlies.com/opinion/comi...
Sophie Monks Kaufman’s ripped-from-the-heart piece recalls the life-changing moment she encountered Stand By Me and celebrates the late director’s singularly empathetic and humorous touch.
lwlies.com/opinion/comi...
Coming of age with Rob Reiner
Sophie Monks Kaufman’s ripped-from-the-heart piece recalls the life-changing moment she encountered Stand By Me and celebrates the late director’s singularly empathetic and humorous touch.
lwlies.com/opinion/comi...
Sophie Monks Kaufman’s ripped-from-the-heart piece recalls the life-changing moment she encountered Stand By Me and celebrates the late director’s singularly empathetic and humorous touch.
lwlies.com/opinion/comi...
Coming of age with Rob Reiner
In the wake of this Hollywood titan’s sudden and tragic demise, we look back at the life and work of an artist whose life was powered by empathy and…
lwlies.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Coming of age with Rob Reiner
Sophie Monks Kaufman’s ripped-from-the-heart piece recalls the life-changing moment she encountered Stand By Me and celebrates the late director’s singularly empathetic and humorous touch.
lwlies.com/opinion/comi...
Sophie Monks Kaufman’s ripped-from-the-heart piece recalls the life-changing moment she encountered Stand By Me and celebrates the late director’s singularly empathetic and humorous touch.
lwlies.com/opinion/comi...