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.
Film Recommendation Here in the good old U.S. of A., we recently observed our Independence Day, a holiday to which many Americans have developed a conflicted relationship as each year… Here in the good old U.S. of A., we recently observed our Independence Day, a holiday to which many Americans have developed a conflicted relationship as each year…
Film Recommendation You may have seen that there has been some controversy of late surrounding William Friedkin’s 1971 film The French Connection. Specifically, it has emerged that US... You may have seen that there has been some controversy of late surrounding William Friedkin’s 1971 film The French Connection. Specifically, it has emerged that US...
Film Recommendation This recommendation comes from a rare instance of an online algorithm serving up something great and completely perfect for a specific moment. To set the scene: my wife… This recommendation comes from a rare instance of an online algorithm serving up something great and completely perfect for a specific moment. To set the scene: my wife…
Film Recommendation To welcome the beginning of summer and momentarily escape the discomfort of my clammy London flat, I’ve began a fling with Éric Rohmer’s breezy cinema – lowering the... To welcome the beginning of summer and momentarily escape the discomfort of my clammy London flat, I’ve began a fling with Éric Rohmer’s breezy cinema – lowering the...
Important information about your LWLies membership We're announcing a few tweaks to our current membership tiers. More updates to come! We're announcing a few tweaks to our current membership tiers. More updates to come!
June Viewing Recommendation Summer is upon us – the days are long, the shorts abound. We hanker for cool things. So here’s a film about evading Nazis for the sake of cold beers. Summer is upon us – the days are long, the shorts abound. We hanker for cool things. So here’s a film about evading Nazis for the sake of cold beers.
Feeling Seen: On the possibilities of found footage horror Recent entries to the subgenre of found footage horror attest to its appeal to queer filmmakers and audiences alike. Recent entries to the subgenre of found footage horror attest to its appeal to queer filmmakers and audiences alike.
May Viewing Recommendation As we hurtle towards the official start of festival season (May 16th, the start of Cannes) I find myself madly playing catch up with filmmakers who have a new work… As we hurtle towards the official start of festival season (May 16th, the start of Cannes) I find myself madly playing catch up with filmmakers who have a new work…
📣 Masterclass: The Art of the Interview For those of you who missed the announcement on our Discord server and social channels, this is a quick note to say: book out 3 May, 6.30pm GMT in your diaries For those of you who missed the announcement on our Discord server and social channels, this is a quick note to say: book out 3 May, 6.30pm GMT in your diaries
April Viewing Recommendation With it being April 1st, you'll have to allow me to put forth a film that would otherwise never make the cut on this delectably curated list of recommendations that my... With it being April 1st, you'll have to allow me to put forth a film that would otherwise never make the cut on this delectably curated list of recommendations that my...