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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…

23/11/2023 23/11/2023

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...

09/11/2023 09/11/2023

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...

31/10/2023 31/10/2023

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…

26/10/2023 26/10/2023 1 reação

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…

25/10/2023 25/10/2023 1 reação

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...

12/10/2023 12/10/2023 1 reação

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…

28/09/2023 28/09/2023 1 reação

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?

27/09/2023 27/09/2023

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…

14/09/2023 14/09/2023

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...

07/09/2023 07/09/2023

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…

24/08/2023 24/08/2023

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...

17/08/2023 17/08/2023

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!

09/08/2023 09/08/2023

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…

08/08/2023 08/08/2023

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…

03/08/2023 03/08/2023

£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!

31/07/2023 31/07/2023

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…

27/07/2023 27/07/2023

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.

26/07/2023 26/07/2023 1 reação

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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…

19/07/2023 19/07/2023 1 reação

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.

13/07/2023 13/07/2023 1 reação

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…

06/07/2023 06/07/2023

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...

29/06/2023 29/06/2023

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…

22/06/2023 22/06/2023 1 reação

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...

15/06/2023 15/06/2023

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!

14/06/2023 14/06/2023

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.

01/06/2023 01/06/2023 2 reações

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.

12/05/2023 12/05/2023

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…

04/05/2023 04/05/2023

📣 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

26/04/2023 26/04/2023

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...

01/04/2023 01/04/2023