Secure free tickets to our BEATLES ’64 screening Booking for Club LWLies now open – secure your free tickets to our exclusive preview screening of Beatles ’64! Booking for Club LWLies now open – secure your free tickets to our exclusive preview screening of Beatles ’64!
Film Recommendation Hi there – if you’ve not yet hopped on the Club LWLies Discord sever, come say hi! We’ve just shared exciting details over there about a free, member-exclusive Q&A… Hi there – if you’ve not yet hopped on the Club LWLies Discord sever, come say hi! We’ve just shared exciting details over there about a free, member-exclusive Q&A…
Postcard from the 2024 Tokyo Film Festival I should start this dispatch with a confession of my bias: Tokyo is one of my favourite cities in the world. I first visited on a solo trip in 2019, and have spent every… I should start this dispatch with a confession of my bias: Tokyo is one of my favourite cities in the world. I first visited on a solo trip in 2019, and have spent every…
The World of Tim Burton at the Design Museum We’re delighted to offer you 20% off on tickets for The World of Tim Burton exhibition at London’s Design Museum! We’re delighted to offer you 20% off on tickets for The World of Tim Burton exhibition at London’s Design Museum!
Film Recommendation There’s nowhere in the rules that says we can’t pick a short film for our weekly recommendation slot, and so here we are with the 30-minute film that put Andrea Arnold… There’s nowhere in the rules that says we can’t pick a short film for our weekly recommendation slot, and so here we are with the 30-minute film that put Andrea Arnold…
Film Recommendation I’ve just come back from my summer holiday in France, and I took some time off from movie watching. Yes, sacrilegious I know. But one of places I visited was the quaint… I’ve just come back from my summer holiday in France, and I took some time off from movie watching. Yes, sacrilegious I know. But one of places I visited was the quaint…
Film Recommendation Way back in 2007, I was finding my feet in the world of film journalism. I’d spent a few years on the fringes, bobbing and weaving to make a crust (and getting some good… Way back in 2007, I was finding my feet in the world of film journalism. I’d spent a few years on the fringes, bobbing and weaving to make a crust (and getting some good…
£4 tickets to Picturehouse 1980s Movie Mix Dearest members, We’ve partnered with our friends at Picturehouse Cinemas to offer you £4 tickets to any film in their 1980s Movie Mix season which is running nationwide… Dearest members, We’ve partnered with our friends at Picturehouse Cinemas to offer you £4 tickets to any film in their 1980s Movie Mix season which is running nationwide…
Film Recommendation With a Sainsbury’s Tiramisu in one hand and a cup of tea in another, I have been happily binging the Paris Olympics from the comfort of my sofa. Having very little care… With a Sainsbury’s Tiramisu in one hand and a cup of tea in another, I have been happily binging the Paris Olympics from the comfort of my sofa. Having very little care…
Film Recommendation When it comes to imposing, forbidding, abandon-hope-all-ye-who-enter-here-type cinema, Hungary’s Béla Tarr is often the first name that springs to mind. Though he is... When it comes to imposing, forbidding, abandon-hope-all-ye-who-enter-here-type cinema, Hungary’s Béla Tarr is often the first name that springs to mind. Though he is...
Film Recommendation The cultural impact of “brat summer” has been unavoidable even for those of us who aren’t on social media as much as our more chronically online peers. But in case… The cultural impact of “brat summer” has been unavoidable even for those of us who aren’t on social media as much as our more chronically online peers. But in case…
Film Recommendation I remember being extremely shaken by Shane Meadows’ Dead Man’s Shoes movie when I saw it on its opening night in 2004 at the UGC Pickett’s Lock in north London. I’d... I remember being extremely shaken by Shane Meadows’ Dead Man’s Shoes movie when I saw it on its opening night in 2004 at the UGC Pickett’s Lock in north London. I’d...
Film Recommendation With James Corden back on stage alongside Anna Maxwell Martin at The Old Vic in a new play about feisty MPs (current, much?), I've been reminded of his involvement in... With James Corden back on stage alongside Anna Maxwell Martin at The Old Vic in a new play about feisty MPs (current, much?), I've been reminded of his involvement in...
The New Bootlegs: Open Matte Films & Unofficial Scans The unofficial, often open matte scans of these films preserve a tactile history of cinema in its imperfect totality. The unofficial, often open matte scans of these films preserve a tactile history of cinema in its imperfect totality.
Film Recommendation I’m not going to lie: I’ve spent the last 45 minutes trying to Google films about elections, the Conservative party, the epic fails of aristocratic elites who have held… I’m not going to lie: I’ve spent the last 45 minutes trying to Google films about elections, the Conservative party, the epic fails of aristocratic elites who have held…
Film Recommendation If, like me, you have recently been struck down with an acute bout of Election Fever™, you will no doubt be looking ahead to next week with a mix of nervous anticipation… If, like me, you have recently been struck down with an acute bout of Election Fever™, you will no doubt be looking ahead to next week with a mix of nervous anticipation…
Film Recommendation With the latest Pixar release, Inside Out 2, gracing cinemas last week, now feels like a great time to revisit another animated classic chock-full of whimsical... With the latest Pixar release, Inside Out 2, gracing cinemas last week, now feels like a great time to revisit another animated classic chock-full of whimsical...
Film Recommendation Sometimes, you gotta recommend a movie to someone in the knowledge that it’s a really tough movie to see in the hope that they just one day encounter it in some strange.. Sometimes, you gotta recommend a movie to someone in the knowledge that it’s a really tough movie to see in the hope that they just one day encounter it in some strange..
Here’s a discount code for Sundance London! Dearest members, we’re delighted to offer you tickets discounted to £15 for Sundance Film Festival London. Please note that you can only use the code for one ticket at a… Dearest members, we’re delighted to offer you tickets discounted to £15 for Sundance Film Festival London. Please note that you can only use the code for one ticket at a…
Film Recommendation The year's biggest cinematic event is now less than a month away! For me, the best part about the Cannes Film Festival is finding something utterly brilliant by a... The year's biggest cinematic event is now less than a month away! For me, the best part about the Cannes Film Festival is finding something utterly brilliant by a...
Film Recommendation In preparation for my upcoming trip to Japan, I've been catching up on some Studio Ghibli films I haven't seen. I imagine I'm probably preaching to the choir, but on the… In preparation for my upcoming trip to Japan, I've been catching up on some Studio Ghibli films I haven't seen. I imagine I'm probably preaching to the choir, but on the…
When pop stars become auteurs The visual album has been a genre-defying vessel for pop music titans transferring the symbolic power of their music to image-making. The visual album has been a genre-defying vessel for pop music titans transferring the symbolic power of their music to image-making.
Film Recommendation You may recall a few weeks back that we suggested catching up with Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman’s experimental documentary short from 1990, Introduction to the... You may recall a few weeks back that we suggested catching up with Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman’s experimental documentary short from 1990, Introduction to the...
Film Recommendation I guess I’m showing my age a bit by telling you this, but I’ve entered into a cycle of my film viewing habits where I’m, more often than not, revisiting things I’ve... I guess I’m showing my age a bit by telling you this, but I’ve entered into a cycle of my film viewing habits where I’m, more often than not, revisiting things I’ve...
Film Recommendation This week, I went back three decades into the filmography of Elia Suleiman – one of the most recognised Palestinian cinematic voices whose... This week, I went back three decades into the filmography of Elia Suleiman – one of the most recognised Palestinian cinematic voices whose...
Film Recommendation OK, so in the previous few weeks, the recommendations we’ve been sending over have been lovely and charming and, in truth, a bit of a cinephile cakewalk. So this week... OK, so in the previous few weeks, the recommendations we’ve been sending over have been lovely and charming and, in truth, a bit of a cinephile cakewalk. So this week...
📣 INVITATION: The Ultimate 2024 Movie Preview Link to our member-exclusive video session taking place on Wednesday 17 January, 6:00PM. Link to our member-exclusive video session taking place on Wednesday 17 January, 6:00PM.
Film Recommendation This week’s recommendation is a little paean to those movies that take the majority of a lifetime for you to get around to watching, and when you finally do, you… This week’s recommendation is a little paean to those movies that take the majority of a lifetime for you to get around to watching, and when you finally do, you…
Double Feature Recommendation For the final Club LWLies members viewing recommendation of 2023, here’s a tasty little double bill I treated myself to just the other day to get myself in the festive… For the final Club LWLies members viewing recommendation of 2023, here’s a tasty little double bill I treated myself to just the other day to get myself in the festive…
Film Recommendation If I hear another person say that Die Hard is a Christmas movie, I’m going to steal a machine gun off of a German gangster and then tell his compatriots that I have done… If I hear another person say that Die Hard is a Christmas movie, I’m going to steal a machine gun off of a German gangster and then tell his compatriots that I have done…
Film Recommendation I’m writing you this recommendation, dear members, at a moment where I’m researching and rewatching the films of the French actor Juliette Binoche ahead of an interview.… I’m writing you this recommendation, dear members, at a moment where I’m researching and rewatching the films of the French actor Juliette Binoche ahead of an interview.…