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.…
Film Recommendation This week’s members’ viewing recommendation is different from the norm. Last Monday I tweeted about a podcast I recently discovered called DVD Commentary: The Original… This week’s members’ viewing recommendation is different from the norm. Last Monday I tweeted about a podcast I recently discovered called DVD Commentary: The Original…
Film Recommendation I realise that scary season is officially over, but it’s always a good time to recommend some weird and wonderful horror cinema. A couple of years ago, maybe around... I realise that scary season is officially over, but it’s always a good time to recommend some weird and wonderful horror cinema. A couple of years ago, maybe around...
Film Recommendation For an early Halloween treat, I spent a good chunk of Saturday evening scanning through various streaming services looking for something fucked up to watch. I was in... For an early Halloween treat, I spent a good chunk of Saturday evening scanning through various streaming services looking for something fucked up to watch. I was in...
Film Recommendation The leaves are turning brown, the nights are getting longer – autumn is well and truly here. I have a love/hate relationship with this season, as I loathe the darkness… The leaves are turning brown, the nights are getting longer – autumn is well and truly here. I have a love/hate relationship with this season, as I loathe the darkness…
Limited LWLies 100 t-shirts! Dear members, We have collaborated with the amazing illustrator Nick Taylor on a series of four limited edition t-shirts inspired by a special feature from our 100th… Dear members, We have collaborated with the amazing illustrator Nick Taylor on a series of four limited edition t-shirts inspired by a special feature from our 100th…
Film Recommendation I’m very excited at the prospect of being able to interview the great, if illusive Spanish filmmaker Victor Erice on the occasion of his new film, Close Your Eyes... I’m very excited at the prospect of being able to interview the great, if illusive Spanish filmmaker Victor Erice on the occasion of his new film, Close Your Eyes...
Film Recommendation It was third time’s a charm for Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos a couple of weeks ago as his latest slice of satirical absurdism, Poor Things, was awarded the top prize… It was third time’s a charm for Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos a couple of weeks ago as his latest slice of satirical absurdism, Poor Things, was awarded the top prize…
The Beautiful and the Pointless If sex scenes, or any other type of scene, don’t need to serve the plot, do they need to serve anything at all? If sex scenes, or any other type of scene, don’t need to serve the plot, do they need to serve anything at all?
Film Recommendation After receiving numerous (more than two!) recommendations from friends aware of my twin predilections for movies about sex and misery, I was pleased to find Bertrand… After receiving numerous (more than two!) recommendations from friends aware of my twin predilections for movies about sex and misery, I was pleased to find Bertrand…
Film Recommendation As someone who enjoys buying records, I try to make a point of buying things from record shops rather than just searching online and just clicking a button... As someone who enjoys buying records, I try to make a point of buying things from record shops rather than just searching online and just clicking a button...
Film Recommendation Over the past month or so, my fiancée and I have had a splendid time going through the early output of Dark Castle Entertainment, a production shingle set up at Warner… Over the past month or so, my fiancée and I have had a splendid time going through the early output of Dark Castle Entertainment, a production shingle set up at Warner…
Film Recommendation Last week, I popped down to the Prince Charles Cinema in central London to catch the 4K Extended Cut of Sergio Leone’s sprawling New York crime saga, Once Upon a Time... Last week, I popped down to the Prince Charles Cinema in central London to catch the 4K Extended Cut of Sergio Leone’s sprawling New York crime saga, Once Upon a Time...
Club LWLies x MUBI GO Our friends at MUBI are running an exclusive discount for GOLD members of Club LWLies to sign up for two months of MUBI GO! Our friends at MUBI are running an exclusive discount for GOLD members of Club LWLies to sign up for two months of MUBI GO!
Film Recommendation What awful news. Billy Friedkin suddenly passed earlier this week ahead of the scintillating news that not only had he made a new movie – The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial… What awful news. Billy Friedkin suddenly passed earlier this week ahead of the scintillating news that not only had he made a new movie – The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial…
Film Recommendation To live in a city is to be entangled in a web of parasocial patterns, a network of anonymous fondness for the regulars in your life’s cafe – streets which intrigue you… To live in a city is to be entangled in a web of parasocial patterns, a network of anonymous fondness for the regulars in your life’s cafe – streets which intrigue you…
£5 discount at Rebel Reel Cine Club screenings Our friends at Rebel Reel Cine Club have set up a £5 discount code for LWLies members! Our friends at Rebel Reel Cine Club have set up a £5 discount code for LWLies members!
Film Recommendation Earlier this month, I took advantage of a sale from the proudly disreputable home video distributor Vinegar Syndrome and made purchase of the third and final volume in… Earlier this month, I took advantage of a sale from the proudly disreputable home video distributor Vinegar Syndrome and made purchase of the third and final volume in…
The complicated legacy of heavy metal in cinema Metal is often given short shrift at the movies, but a handful of great auteurs have used the genre and its subculture to brilliant effect. Metal is often given short shrift at the movies, but a handful of great auteurs have used the genre and its subculture to brilliant effect.
Film Recommendation Listen, I know you're probably sick to death of hearing about Barbie and Oppenheimer. Between Warner Brothers, Universal, and the constant drip feed of content and… Listen, I know you're probably sick to death of hearing about Barbie and Oppenheimer. Between Warner Brothers, Universal, and the constant drip feed of content and…
Film Recommendation Amsterdam, two weeks ago. Hot. My mum and I, baked but not in the fun way, took shelter in an empty cinema which rose from the Haarlemmerstraat like an art deco mirage. Amsterdam, two weeks ago. Hot. My mum and I, baked but not in the fun way, took shelter in an empty cinema which rose from the Haarlemmerstraat like an art deco mirage.