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The Top 100Black Girl (1966)This month Tim is joined by Leila Latif (host of the Little White Lies podcast Truth & Movies) to discuss Ousmane Sembène's Black Girl (1966). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Black Girl is =95 on the Sight & Sound critic's list. You can read Leila's own Sight & Sound Top 10 here. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. You can sign up to our Patreon channel here for just £1/$1 pm. Alternatively you can make a donation to the runnning costs of the pod via Buy Me A Coffee here. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Bluesky: @top100pod.bsky.social Instagram: @theto...2025-04-051h 06
Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastThe Substance | Girls Will Be Girls | Society (1989)On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss the body-horror satire The Substance and review the coming-of-age tale Girls Will Be Girls. Host Leila Latif spoke to the actor Colman Domingo about his incredible career. Finally, for film club we revisit the grotesque revelry of Society.Joining host Leila Latif are Rafa Sales Ross and Laura Venning.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your film needs covered, reviewing the latest...2024-09-201h 04
The Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastSERIAL KILLERS 24 • Serial Mom (1994) + Prevenge (2016)Film critic and friend of the pod Leila Latif makes a return to talk about two serial killing mothers: John Waters' Serial Mom (1994) and Alice Lowe's Prevenge (2016). Join our Patreon for extra horror content including bonus reviews and a monthly horror book club.Discover what films we're covering next on our Letterboxd.***Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.***The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of h...2024-08-161h 09
Bitches on ComicsEpisode 186: Flashback FilesOur Flashback Files, interviews previously published on Patreon and now available for all, continue with Sara Century speaking with Leila Latif. This episode originally appeared on Patreon on July 7, 2022The fourth episode of Mediums of Horror is here! Our guest this time around is Leila Latif, who is a contributing editor at Total Film as well as the host of Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast. Read her articles, check out her website and/or follow her on Twitter, for she is great!Sara met Leila because she wrote an article that she edited for...2024-08-071h 17Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastChallengers Special + Justin Kuritzkes | A Bigger Splash | The ProtagonistsOn Truth & Movies this week we dive deep into subject of the latest issue of Little White Lies, Host Leila Latif spoke to its writer Justin Kuritzkes and we revisit Luca Guadgino’s earlier films, The Protagonists and A Bigger Splash.Joining host Leila Latif are Lwlies Editor David Jenkins and Digital Editor Hannah Strong.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your film needs covered, reviewing the latest releases bi...2024-04-261h 03Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastImmaculate + Michael Mohan | The Delinquents | Black Narcissus (1947)On Truth & Movies this week, get into the latest in nun horror with Sydney Sweeney vehicle Immaculate and host Leila Latif spoke to its charming director Michael Mohan. We also review anti-capitalist caper The Delinquents and finally, for film club, its a return to the nunnery with 1947’s Black Narcissus.Joining host Leila Latif are the film critics Charles Bramesco and Billie Walker.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all yo...2024-03-221h 11The Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastSERIAL KILLERS 2 • Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Rope (1948), Frenzy (1972)Film critic Leila Latif joins Anna to discuss Alfred Hitchcock's serial killers in Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Rope (1948) and Frenzy (1972). Discover what films we're covering on our Letterboxd.Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.***The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.→ Support us...2024-03-081h 16Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastPoor Things + Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef & Willem Dafoe | Priscilla + Philippe Le Sourd | LWLies Most Anticipated Films Of 2024On Truth & Movies this week Little White Lies Editor David and Digital Editor Hannah Strong join host Leila Latif to talk through some of the most exciting titles coming out in 2024. We also discuss the subject of the latest magazine issue, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, and Hannah interviewed its stars Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef and Willem Dafoe. We also look at Sofia’s Coppola’s stunning Priscilla, and Leila spoke to its cinematographer and frequent Coppola collaborator Philippe Le Sourd. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selecte...2024-01-121h 26Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastMay December + Todd Haynes| Saltburn | Leed International Film Festival | The Killer + Erik Messerschmidt and Ren KlyceOn Truth & Movies this week, its a bumper episode. We review Todd Haynes' melodrama May December and Hannah Strong spoke to the great man himself. We also review Emerald Fennell’s latest dark comedy Saltburn and host Leila Latif will be going through the highlights of the Leeds International Film Festival. Finally, we take a look at David Fincher’s pulpy thriller The Killer and interviewed Fincher’s long term collaborators Erik Messerschmidt and Ren Klyce about working on the projectJoining host Leila Latif are digital editor Hannah Strong and film critic Rōgan Graham.2023-11-171h 42Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastAnatomy Of A Fall + Sandra Hüller | The Royal Hotel + Kitty Green | How To Have SexOn Truth & Movies this week, we discuss Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall and host Leila Latif interviewed its star Sandra Hüller. Then we take a look at The Royal Hotel, Kitty Green’s dark tale of two backpackers in the Australian Outback, and we also spoke to the director about her film. Finally, we review another complex look at womanhood in How To Have Sex.Joining host Leila Latif are Ella Kemp and Meg Walters.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along...2023-11-031h 18
The Bechdel CastPsycho with Leila LatifOn this episode, violins screech as Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Leila Latif discuss Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. (This episode contains spoilers) For Bechdel bonuses, sign up for our Patreon at patreon.com/bechdelcast Follow @lei_lala_letif on Instagram.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2023-10-121h 57Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastSaw X | The Creator + Gareth Edwards| San Sebastián Report | Saw (2004)On Truth & Movies this week, we embrace the unhinged life lessons taught in Saw X and debate the A.I. future depicted in Gareth Edward’s spectacular action sci-fi The Creator. Plus, host Leila Latif spoke to the director about his latest. Little White Lies Editor David Jenkins gives us a festival report on the most exciting titles at San Sebastian, and for film club, our thirst for Jigsaw could not be sated, and we returned to the original Saw.Joining host Leila Latif are Little White Lies Digital Editor Hannah Strong and Film Critic Elena Laz...2023-09-291h 31
One to OneNikki Bedi and Leila Latif on their 'The Real Housewives...' obsession'The Real Housewives...' is a reality TV series that follows groups of successful glamorous women as they go about their daily lives. The series began in Orange County in 2006 but quickly spread to other cities in the USA and even further afield, and radio and TV presenter Nikki Bedi absolutely loves them. She is drawn in by the drama of these women as they navigate work and relationships, friendships and family,For this second programme Nikki speaks fellow super-fan Leila Latif about what 'The Real Housewives...' series tells us about ourselves, the portrayal of women...2023-09-1913 min
fiction/non/fictionThe African Coups: Leila Aboulela on Why They Happen, and the Violence in SudanNovelist Leila Aboulela joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on their 200th episode to talk about the fighting between rival military factions in her native Sudan, which has displaced millions of civilians. She compares the situation of Sudan, which underwent a coup in 2019, with the six other African countries that have experienced coups since 2020. Aboulela explains the historical precedents and particularities and reflects on how, when a country’s military is its mightiest institution, a coup can be the only way to change leadership. She also reads from her new novel River Spirit, which covers the period of...2023-09-1440 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastBlue Beetle | EIFF | Lie With Me | Maurice (1987)On Truth & Movies this week, DC launches a new superhero in the form of Blue Beetle. Host Leila Latif spoke to the team behind the Edinburgh Film Festival about their incredible line-up that runs from the 18th-23rd of August, and bringing the festival back after events in 2022 put its in jeopardy. We’ll also be reviewing French literary adaptation, Lie With Me and for Film Club, revisiting Merchant Ivory’s Maurice.Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies Editor David Jenkins and film critic Monica Castillo.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film...2023-08-181h 14Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastHaunted Mansion + Justin Simien | Red White And Royal Blue | The Old Dark House (1932)On Truth & Movies this week, we take a look at the family-friendly scares that inhabit Justin Simen’s Haunted Mansion, and host Leila Latif interviewed the director. We also review the transatlantic rom-com Red White And Royal Blue. Finally, for film club, its a return to another spooky home in 1932’s The Old Dark House.Joining host Leila Latif are film critic Charles Bramesco and critic, programmer, podcaster and all-around film expert Anna Bogutskaya.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and frie...2023-08-111h 07Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastOppenheimer | Cillian Murphy | 12 Angry Men (1957)On Truth & Movies for Barbenheimer week, we’re doing two special episodes – one each for Gerwig and Nolan’s latest. We round up with an Oppenheimer, Nolan’s epic look at the life of one of the most brilliant and dangerous men to ever live. Host Leila Latif sat down with Cillian Murphy to discuss playing America’s Prometheus, and for film club we paired Oppenheimer with Murphy’s favourite element of the movie, 12 Angry Men.Joining host Leila Latif are Little White Lies Editor David Jenkins and Digital Editor Hannah Strong.Truth & Movies is the...2023-07-211h 01
Mydylarama PodcastLeila Latif on Capernaum and contemporary Arab filmIn this episode, journalist and film critic Leila Latif talks about her coup de coeur pick from a season of Arab women filmmakers season at the Garden Cinema in London - Nadine Labaki's Capernaum. We talk about the importance of the film, its sensitive and sober depiction of poverty, its positive reviews and those that called it overblown or manipulative, and what this says about Western stereotypes of the Arab world. We also talk about Sudanese film, Saleh Bakri's always charismatic turns in Wajib and The Blue Caftan and nod to Wissam Aljafari's short Ambience.
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Open To CriticismHow industry Awards still fail filmmakers of colour with Leila Latif2023's Awards season has been a mixed bag - and definitely not mixed enough in terms of representation amongst the winners. This week's guest, critic Leila Latif, has built a career speaking out about the continued lack of recognition for people-of-colour in film. In this episode we discuss the problem with awards campaigns, the unreasonable attacks and judgement endured by Spike Lee and other black filmmakers and how she has to "Trojan-horse" herself into publications to secure commissions beyond the topics of black cinema and diversity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-03-1737 min
Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastScream VI | Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey | Cynthia Erivo on Luther: The Fallen Sun | Friday the 13th Part 8On this week’s Truth & Movies, the Scream franchise lives to fright another day as the post-modern slasher saga swaps Woodsboro for the Big Apple. Things get sticky in hackneyed horror spoof Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. And in Film Club, 1989’s slasher deep cut Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan gets a rare revival. Finally, we’re joined by the supremely talented Cynthia Erivo to chat about the Luther movie and more.Joining host Leila Latif are freelance film critics (and self-confessed horror hounds) Anton Bitel and Patrick Sproull.Truth...2023-03-0958 min
Inside Total FilmIdris Elba, Neil Cross & Jamie Payne + Luther, Scream VI, ChampionsIdris Elba talks Luther, Bond and Bloodsport as he and his Luther co-creators Neil Cross and Jamie Payne tell us about their feature length instalment of the hit TV show. Plus Jane Crowther and Leila Latif weigh up Luther, franchise entry Scream VI and basketball comedy Champions. There's also lion impressions.2023-03-091h 01Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastCreed III | Close + Lukas Dhont | Buck & The Preacher (1972)This week Michael B Jordan dons his boxing gloves for the third time (and directs for the first!) as Apollo Creed in Creed III, and we take a peep at the Oscar-nominated Belgian drama of bittersweet childhood trials, Close. We also speak to Close director Lukas Dhont and screenwriter Angelo Tijsssens to glean insight on how an adult is able to write authentically for a child. Finally, for Film Club we revisit the 1974 Sidney Poiter western, Buck and the Preacher.Joining host Leila Latif are freelance film critics and writers, Christina Newland and Jack King.2023-03-031h 03Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastCocaine Bear | Clint Dyer interview | Broker | Grizzly Man (2005)This week an unsuspecting bear does a lot of cocaine and is reborn as Cocaine Bear and we’re also looking at Hirokazu Kore-eda’s black-market baby drama Broker. The Deputy Artistic Director of the National Theatre spoke to host Leila Latif about his adaptation of Othello and the challenges of creating a cinematic “NCT Live”, and LWLies’ Marina Ashioti is live from the Berlinale telling us about all the festival’s biggest and best titles. Finally, for Film Club we returned to bears, with Werner Herzog’s harrowing tale of hubris, Grizzly Man.Joining host Leila Latif ar...2023-02-2449 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania + Michael Douglas | Marcel the Shell With Shoes On | Obvious ChildThis week Ant-Man and The Wasp find themselves battling Kang in the “Quantum Realm” and Leila Latif spoke to its star, the legendary Michael Douglas, about 50 years in Hollywood and the evolution of the blockbuster. We’re also looking at Jenny Slate’s unashamedly cutesy Oscar nominated Marcel The Shell With Shoes on. Finally, for film club we returned to Jenny Slate in non-shell form in pro-choice indie rom-com Obvious.Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies contributors Kambole Campbell and Yasmin Omar.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Li...2023-02-1753 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastMagic Mike’s Last Dance | Women Talking + Claire Foy | The Sweet Hereafter (1997)This week Channing Tatum brings Mike Mike to London for his last dance. We’re looking at Sarah Polley’s adaptation of the Miriam Toews novel Women Talking and host Leila Latif spoke to the film’s star Claire Foy about the “work of female imagination”. Finally, for film club we returned to Sarah Polley’s former life as a child actor in 1997’s The Sweet Hereafter.Joining host Leila Latif are Lwlies Editorial Assistant Marina Ashioti and programmed extraordinaire Grace Barber-Plentie.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, wh...2023-02-1050 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastThe Whale + Darren Aronofsky | Rotterdam Festival Report | Saint Omer | Knock at the Cabin + M Night Shyamalan | Black Girl (1966)This week we’ve got a bumper episode to kick off a new era for the podcast where we’ll be talking to a host of exciting filmmakers, writers and actors. We look at Darren Aronofsky’s Brenaissance igniting film, The Whale, and LWLies Digital Editor Hannah Strong spoke to the director about his heart-breaking tale of a self-destruction. Next up is Alice Diop’s exquisite tragedy, Saint Omer. Things shift gears again for M Night Shyamalan’s taut apocalyptic thriller Knock at the Cabin, and Hannah Strong’s interview with the great man himself. If that wasn’t, enough David J...2023-02-031h 21Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastThe Fabelmans | All the Beauty and the Bloodshed + Laura Poitras | Variety (1983)On this week’s episode we survey the life and times of Steven Spielberg, whose autobiographical latest The Fabelmans is among the frontrunners at this year’s Academy Awards. Speaking of which, Laura Poitras’ essential docu-profile of the photographer and activist Nan Goldin is up for some top prizes too – and we’re delighted to be joined by the director. Finally, it’s back to NYC circa 1983 for Bette Gordon’s lo-fi erotic thriller, Variety. Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies editor at large Adam Woodward and associate editor Sophie Monks Kaufman.Truth & Movies is the po...2023-01-2751 min
Front RowArtist John Akomfrah, Oscar Nominations, Arts Council England respondsJohn Akomfrah was announced today as the artist chosen to represent the UK at the next Venice Biennale - the world's biggest contemporary art exhibition. Known for his films and video installations exploring racial injustice, colonial legacies, migration and climate change, he discusses why watching a Tarkovsky film as a teenager opened his mind to the possibilities of art. Film critics Jason Solomon and Leila Latif discuss the nominations for this year's Oscars, which are led by Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Banshees of Inisherin, and All Quiet of the Western Front. Darren Henley...2023-01-2442 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastBabylon | More Than Ever | ItWe’re taking a trip back to cinema’s silent era this week to look at the new nostalgic (and divisive!) dirty bomb by American boy wonder Damien Chazelle, we coo the praise of the great Vicky Krieps who brings complex emotion to a dying woman in Emily Etef’s More Than Ever, and in Film Club we look back to the scintillating Clara Bow comedy, It, from 1927, in homage to Margot Robbie’s hell-raising starlet in Babylon. We’ll also be wrapping things up on a new segment where our guests recommend their non-movie cultural highlights...2023-01-1943 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastTÁR | M3GAN | All That JazzWe're reckoning with two new girlboss icons and one Hollywood legend in this weeks' Truth & Movies, as Todd Fields' feted psychodrama TÁR and Gerard Johnstone's AI doll horror M3GAN hit the big screen. In Film Club, we're revisiting Bob Fosse's legendary self-critical musical All That Jazz, which was inspired by his own frenetic career and remains one of the most bracing portraits of complex genius. And we’ll be ending on a new segment where our guests recommend non-movie cultural highlights.Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies digital editor Hannah Strong and journalist Marshall Sch...2023-01-1356 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastAlcarràs | Till | Autumn TaleWe’re back for what’s set to be another bumper yet at the movies. On this week’s show, there’s family drama on a Catalan peach farm in Carla Simón’s Alcarràs, Chinonye Chukwu directs a powerful and feeply moving biography of Emmett Till and his grieving mother, and in Film Club, we revisit Éric Rohmer’s classic conclusion to his Four Season series, 1998’s Autumn Tale. Joining host Leila Latif are freelance critics Caitlin Quinlan and Ella Kemp.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White L...2023-01-0644 minThe Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastBONUS • Best Horror Films of 2022Anna and The Final Girls' contributors pick their favourite horror films of the year, presented in no particular order: 00:01:33 Sorcha Ní Fhlainn on The Black Phone 00:06:40 Becky Darke on Bodies Bodies Bodies 00:09:33 Steph McKenna on Bones and All 00:12:56 Louise Blain on Deadstream00:16:58 Leila Latif on Nope00:23:54 Clarisse Loughrey on Crimes of the Future 00:29:53 Jordan Crucciola on X00:36:40 Isaura Barbé-Brown on Barbarian00:41:07 Mary Wild on Speak No Evil 00:43:41 Anna Bogutskaya on Huesera Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya***Music: "Slasher" by Karl Cas...2022-12-3047 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastThe Best Films of 2022 Special EpisodeAs 2022 becomes a mere glint in the rearview mirror of cinema, the LWLies crew come together around the hearth for a little show and tell of the favourite movie memories from the year. The show-and-tell format sees contributors talking on two films each, and we cover the gamut from Terence Davies’s introspective bio portrait, Benediction, to the Mach 10 madness of Top Gun: Maverick. Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies editor David Jenkins, LWLies digital editor Hannah Strong, and LWLies editor-at-large, Adam Woodward. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Litt...2022-12-2349 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastAvatar: The Way of Water | Terminator | AliensOn our last regular show before Christmas, we gather together to pay tribute to the big man himself, JC. That’s right, it’s a James Cameron special. First up we return to Pandora for the long-awaited follow-up to Avatar – but more than a decade on from the first film will this blockbuster sequel hold water? Then it’s an extended edition of our Film Club, with Cameron classics The Terminator and Aliens up for discussion.Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies Editor David Jenkins and freelance critic Kambole Campbell.Truth & Movies is the podc...2022-12-1650 minFront RowQuentin Blake discussion, reviews of Avatar and Magdalena AbakanowiczFor our Thursday review, film critic Leila Latif and art critic Ben Luke join Samira to discuss the much anticipated release of the Avatar sequel, The Way of Water and the exhibition of the late Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz: Every Tangle Of Thread And Rope at Tate Modern in London. The much-loved and much-celebrated illustrator and author Sir Quentin Blake will be 90 on December 16th. He is well known for his collaborations with Roald Dahl, Michael Rosen and many others as well as for his own stories such as Cockatoos and Mrs Armitage on Wheels. Fellow illustrators...2022-12-1542 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastThe Silent Twins | Pinocchio | The Dark MirrorThis week we give a little whistle to Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion passion project, Pinocchio, in which the famous puppet comes to life in fascist Italy. Next up is a strange adaptation of the even stranger true story of June and Jennifer Gibbons aka The Silent Twins, starring Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrence. And in Film Club it’s another tale of destructive twindom in film noir The Dark Mirror, where method acting meets old school movie magic.Joining host Leila Latif are film critic Rafa Sales Ross and journalist Iana Murray.Trut...2022-12-0844 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastWhite Noise | Lynch/Oz | The Muppets Christmas CarolThis week, we take a peep at Noah Baumbach’s blockbuster adaptation of Don DeLillo’s famous novel, White Noise, which stars Adam Driver and also heralds Greta Gerwig’s triumphant return to the screen. We also investigate the compendium essay film Lynch/Oz, which speculates on David Lynch’s love of Hollywood’s most beloved fairy tale, The Wizard of Oz. And for Film Club this week, we break the seal of our festive celebrations by welcoming The Muppet Christmas Carol to our table.Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies Editor David Jenkins and LWLies Digital Ed...2022-12-0247 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Bones & All | The KingdomThis week the game is afoot once again as we hop aboard Rian Johnson’s sun-soaked sequel to Knives Out, the satirical murder mystery Glass Onion. Then it’s off to the American Midwest circa the 1980s for a bite of Bones and All, Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal coming-of-ager starring Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell. Finally, in our Film Club, we check ourselves into The Kingdom, Lars von Trier’s hospital-based supernatural sitcom from the early ’90s, ahead of the release of revival series The Kingdom Exodus on MUBI.Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies Editor-At-L...2022-11-251h 00Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastArmageddon Time | Aftersun + Paul Mescal | Little OdessaOn this week’s show we’re chasing the American Dream with James Gray’s generational drama Armageddon Time, before basking in Aftersun from first-time director Charlotte Wells – the film’s lead stars Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio even stop by for a chat. And in Film Club we revisit Gray’s own directorial debut from 1994, Little Odessa.Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies Digital Editor Hannah Strong and New York critic Mark Asch.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, the...2022-11-181h 01Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever | No Bears | OffsideThis week on Truth & Movies we’re returning to the MCU – specifically Wakanda – for the hotly anticipated sequel to Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther. Then it’s off to Iran for Jafar Panahi’s romantic metafiction, No Bears, before we revisit the director’s spirited sporting comedy from 2006, Offside, in our Film Club.Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies Editor David Jenkins and freelance film critic Christina Newland.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Trut...2022-11-1145 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastLiving | Causeway | Harold and MaudeOn this week’s show we’re getting busy Living with Oliver Hermanus’ English-language adaptation of Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru. Next up, J-Law goes to war in Lila Neugebauer’s PTSD drama Causeway. And in our Film Club, we’re cosying down for a soul-nourishing rewatch of Hal Ashby’s autumnal odd couple classic, Harold and Maude.Joining our host Leila Latif are freelance film journalists Rafa Sales Ross and Zahra al Hadad.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss t...2022-11-0441 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastTriangle of Sadness | Wendell & Wild | KingpinOn this week’s episode we board the luxury cruise from hell in Ruben Östlund’s satirical Triangle of Sadness. Next it’s time for some trick-or-treating with Henry Selick’s stop-motion animation Wendell & Wild. And in our Film Club, inspired by Woody Harrelson’s turn in Triangle of Sadness, we revisit the 1996 cult classic Kingpin.Joining our host Leila Latif are freelancer critics Anna Bogutskaya and Lillian Crawford.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie relea...2022-10-2842 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastThe Banshees of Inishirin | Decision to Leave | OldboyThis week on Truth & Movies, it’s bangers only with a trip to the Irish coast and some serious ghosting in Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inishirin, Park Chan-wook’s swooning murder mystery melodrama in Decision to Leave, and for Film Club, we administer a swift hammer blow the the cranium and revisit Park’s 2003 breakout hit, Oldboy. Joining our host Leila Latif are LWLies Editor David Jenkins and LWLies Digital Editor Hannah Strong.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and frien...2022-10-2138 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastHalloween Ends | Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile | The Lost BoysThis week on Truth & Movies we're taking a look to see if Halloween Ends is better or worse than its (very naff) predecessors, whether Javier Bardem is a song and dance man at heart in Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, plus we’re revisiting ’80s vampire cult item The Lost Boys. We’re also discussing some top viewing experiences at this year’s London Film Festival, and raking over the coals of the recently shuttered Edinburgh Film Festival. Joining our host Leila Latif are LWLies Editor David Jenkins and freelance journalist Josh Slater-Williams.Truth & Movies is the po...2022-10-1452 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastThe Woman King | After Blue | The Man Who Would Be KingThis week on Truth & Movies we're asking if The Woman King is deserving of a royal treatment; and in our film club we're taking a look at John Huston's The Man Who Would Be King, and seeing if it still deserves its throne in the adventure film canon. Elsewhere we're checking out Bertrand Mandico's After Blue. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are freelance journalists Emma Fraser and Lillian Crawford.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss...2022-10-0745 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastMrs Harris Goes to Paris | Flux Gourmet | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her LoverThis week on Truth & Movies we ask whether Mrs Harris Goes to Paris will leave you feeling stitched up, elsewhere we dine out on Peter Strickland's Flux Gourmet and culinary satire The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover in our film club. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are freelance journalists Emma Fraser and Lillian Crawford.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your film needs covered, reviewing...2022-09-3046 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastDon't Worry Darling | In Front Of Your Face | A Woman Under the InfluenceThis week on Truth & Movies we're worrying ourselves with the state of film discourse and Olivia Wilde's Don't Worry Darling, as well as Hong Sang-soo's latest In Front Of Your Face, and elsewhere in our film club we're looking back at John Cassavetes A Woman Under the Influence. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are Little White Lies editor at large Adam Woodward and freelance journalist Sophie Monks Kaufman. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the...2022-09-2345 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastHatching | Funny Pages | Angel's EggThis week on Truth & Movies we're cracking open new indie horror Hatching and pairing it up in film club with Mamoru Oshii's entirely unique animation Angel's Egg. Elsewhere we also take a look at Funny Pages, the directorial debut from Owen Kline, produced by Uncut Gems helmers the Safdie Brothers. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are Little White Lies editor David Jenkins and freelance writer (and former Truth & Movies host!) Michael Leader. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and...2022-09-161h 08Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastCrimes of the Future | Both Sides of the Blade | Street TrashThis week on Truth & Movies we're investigating David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future and seeing how sharp Both Sides of the Blade are in Claire Denis' latest. In our film club, with body horror on the mind, we take a look at 80s cult favourite Street Trash. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are Little White Lies editor David Jenkins and freelance writer Charles Bramesco.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth...2022-09-0952 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastThe Forgiven | Three Thousand Years of Longing | Arabian NightsThis week on Truth & Movies we ask whether The Forgiven needs to atone for anything and if Three Thousand Years of Longing was worth the wait. Elsewhere in our film club, we're looking back to 1978 and Pasolini's Arabian Nights. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are Little White Lies own Marina Ashioti and freelance writer Rafa Sales Ross. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your film needs covered...2022-09-0242 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastOfficial Competition | Mr Malcolm's List | All About EveThis week on Truth & Movies we decide whether Official Competition is a winner and check off Mr Malcolm's List, and in our film club we're revisiting a classic, with All About Eve. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are freelance writers Emma Fraser and Cheyenne Busie. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your film needs covered, reviewing the latest releases big and small, keeping you across important industry...2022-08-2646 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastI Came By | Orphan: First Kill | The Silence of the LambsThis week on Truth & Movies we check in on Babak Anvari's latest I Came By, see whether there's still something wrong with Esther in Orphan: First Kill and in our film club we revisit all timer The Silence of the Lambs. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are freelance writers Katie Rife and Katherine McLaughlin. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your film needs covered, reviewing the latest...2022-08-191h 09Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastNope | The Birds | JawsThis week on Truth & Movies we're so in love with Jordan Peele's Nope that we've done away with our usual pair of new releases so we can spend even more time championing it, and in our film club we're checking out The Birds and Jaws, two classics that have clearly influenced Peele's latest. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are Little White Lies Digital Editor Hannah Strong and critic and programmer Rōgan Graham. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues a...2022-08-1257 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastBullet Train | Thirteen Lives | Train to BusanThis week on Truth & Movies our first destination is Brad Pitt's Shinkansen shoot-em-up Bullet Train, then we dive into Ron Howard's cave escape drama Thirteen Lives, and our final destination, in our film club, is modern zombie favourite Train To Busan. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are Little White Lies man in New York Charles Bramesco as well as critic and programmer Anna Bogutskaya. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth...2022-08-0553 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastHit the Road | Fire of Love | Paris, TexasThis week on Truth & Movies we Hit the Road to the cinema and check out Panar Panahi's debut, as well as documentary lava-story Fire of Love. In our film club, with it being re-released in cinemas, we revisit Wim Wenders classic Paris, Texas. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are Little White Lies own editor David Jenkins and editorial assistant Marina Ashioti.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all...2022-07-291h 13Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastWhere The Crawdads Sing | The Gray Man | The Place Beyond The PinesThis week on Truth & Movies we're harking on about Where The Crawdads Sing, fighting our way through The Gray Man and having a bleach-blonde tinted trip back to 2014 with The Place Beyond The Bines.Joining our host Leila Latif this week are Little White Lies own Hannah Strong and journalist - and host of erotic thrillers podcast Fatal Attractions - Leslie Pitt. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your...2022-07-2259 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastPersuasion | A Chiara | Pink FlamingosThis week on Truth & Movies we're seeing whether the latest adaptation of Persuasion still has Austen's powers. We're also watching A Chiara, the acclaimed Calabria set drama from Jonas Carpignano and in our film club, we're watching the classic that graces our current magazine's cover, Pink Flamingos. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are film journalists Lillian Craword and Iana Murray. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your...2022-07-1555 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastThor: Love and Thunder | Brian and Charles | Silent RunningThis week on Truth & Movies we're making yet another galactic journey into the MCU for Thor: Love and Thunder. Back on terra firms we’re checking out indie buddy comedy Brian and Charles, then we’re rocketing back out to space for cult classic Silent Running. Joining our host Leila Latif this week are journalist Laura Venning and Little White Lies' own Adam WoodwardTruth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all yo...2022-07-0849 min
Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review PodcastEpisode # 256 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon with Leila Latif and Hanna Ines Flint from The First Film ClubFilm writers Hanna Flint (Fade to Black podcast, The First Film Club) and Leila Latif (Little White Lies, Curzon, Total Film) return to Flixwatcher remotely to review Hannah’s choice Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a 2000 wuxia (the adventures of martial artists in ancient China) film. Directed by Ang Lee and starring Chow Yun-fat as Li Mu Bai, Michelle Yeoh as Yu Shu Lien and Zhang Ziyi as Jen Yu. Li Mu Bai, a warrior, asks Yu Shu Lien, the woman he loves, to pass on his sword, Green Destiny, to Si...2022-06-0146 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastEverything Everywhere All At Once | Vortex | In My SkinThis week on Truth & Movies our host Leila Latif is joined by Katie Goh and Little White Lies' own Adam Woodward for the second trip into the multiverse in as many weeks with Everything Everywhere All At Once. We also get sucked into Gaspar Noe's latest Vortex and revisit French extremity favourite In My Skin. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your film needs covered, reviewing the latest releases big and small...2022-05-1343 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | This Much I Know to Be True | CabaretThis week on Truth & Movies our new host Leila Latif is joined by Jack King and Lou Thomas to venture into the multiverse with the new Doctor Strange film. There's also a deep dive into Nick Cave documentary This Much I Know To Be True and for its 50th anniversary, our film club is Cabaret. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your film needs covered, reviewing the latest releases big and small...2022-05-0642 minThe Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastTEEN HORROR 29 • Evil Dead (2013) + Split (2016)Film critic Leila Latif returns to discuss the reimagining/requel of Evil Dead (2013) and M. Night Shyamalan's return to form with Split (2016). Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya***Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio***The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe.→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk→ Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.→ Support us on Patreon.→ Subscribe to our we...2022-04-291h 22Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastWe're All Going To The World's Fair | Existenz | Star Trek VIThis week on Truth & Movies, Michael Leader, David Jenkins and Hannah Strong discuss the Creepypasta horror drama, We're All Going To The World's Fair. And it's Michael's final time in the hosting chair, so we're letting him loose in Film Club to choose a double bill for the ages - David Cronenberg's Existenz and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.A huge thank you to Michael for all his time and expertise hosting Truth & Movies. You can still find him talking all things anime as a co-host of the Ghibliotheque podcast. From next week, Leila Latif...2022-04-291h 00
The Cultural FrontlineSudan: Art and political changeDespite Sudan once being at the forefront of African cinema, only eight feature films have been made in the last 70 years. Now a new generation of film-makers has emerged, winning acclaim from audiences and awards at film festivals around the world. You Will Die at Twenty, about a young Sudanese boy, was written and directed by Amjad Abu Alala and became the country’s first Oscar entry. Suzannah Mirghani’s short film Al-Sit follows the 15-year-old Nafisa facing an arranged marriage. They tell us why it was important for them to make their films in Sudan, telling Sudanese stories and...2022-04-0927 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastMorbius | True Things | Interview with the VampireHost Leila Latif is joined by Hannah Strong and Anna Bogutskaya to talk through this week's new releases. First up, Jared Leto's vampire antihero sucks the joy out of cinema in Morbius, then Ruth Wilson and Tom Burke enter a dangerous romance in Harry Wootlif's True Things. And in Film Club, a vampire movie classic with a stellar cast: Interview with the Vampire.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your film needs...2022-04-0154 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastAmbulance | The Worst Person in the World | Oslo, August 31stHop in and fasten your seatbelts - this week host Leila Latif is joined by Little White Lies' David Jenkins and film producer Catherine Bray as they give a high octane review of Michael Bay's Ambulance. Then, a change of pace; it's off to Norway to discuss Joachim Trier's unique romantic comedy that had Cannes swooning, The Worst Person in the World. And in Film Club, Trier's second instalment in his Oslo Trilogy, Oslo, August 31st.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends...2022-03-2555 min
Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review PodcastEpisode # 244 Easy A with Leila Latif and Hanna Ines Flint from The First Film ClubFilm writers Leila Latif (Little White Lies, Curzon, Total Film) and Hanna Flint (Fade to Black podcast, The First Film Club) join Flixwatcher remotely to review Leila’s choice Easy A.Easy A is a 2010 teen comedy loosely inspired by The Scarlet Letter starring Emma Stone, Stanley Tucci, Patricia Clarkson, Thomas Haden Church, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley, Lisa Kudrow, and Malcolm McDowell.Stone plays Olive, a high school student who makes up an elaborate lie about losing her virginity to avoid spending a weekend with her best (but toxic) friend (Amanda Bynes) and her family. De...2022-03-0235 min
Unequal SequelBest of Season 2UNEQUAL SEQUEL - Some Best Bits of Series 2 Just some of the best bits of Series 2 in one handy episode. You'll hear gems from Nick Helm, Stu Whiffen, Chris Glassen, Leila Latif, Jane Crowther, Ian Nathan, Jack Chambers (from the Sequelisers), Josh Weller, Emily Murray, Dave and Cathy from the Cinemile and Danny Wallace. Phew! That's a lot of awesome in one place. We'd love it if you could share our little pod with your friends and family. All you need to do is send them a link like one of these... ...2022-02-071h 06Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastJackass Forever | The Souvenir Part II | Last of EnglandOld friends reunite to perform dangerous actions that should not be tried at home…that’s right, this week on Truth & Movies, Leila Latif, Hannah Strong and Adam Woodward are all back to critique the new cinema releases! First up, the latest feature length instalment from the wildly silly stunt team that took the world by storm, Jackass Forever. Then, Joanna Hogg’s followup to her semi autobiographical masterpiece, The Souvenir Part II. And in Film Club, Derek Jarman and Tilda Swinton lament a fading national identity in Last of England.Truth & Movies is the pod...2022-02-0456 minTruth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastScream | Memoria | Scary MovieOur special guest host Leila Latif is joined by film critic Simran Hans and filmmaker Catherine Bray to discuss this week's cinema releases. First up, the fifth instalment in the long-running meta horror franchise, Scream. Next, Apichatpong Weerasethakul slows the pace with his latest film, Memoria, starring Tilda Swinton. And the team face their fears in Film Club for the 2000 parody horror comedy, Scary Movie.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your...2022-01-1452 minThe Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastTEEN HORROR 15 • Urban Legend (1998) + Idle Hands (1999)Our first episode of 2022 is a take on two... questionable bangers. Film critic Leila Latif joins us to take on Urban Legend (1998) and horror stoner comedy Idle Hands (1999) to figure out if they're as bad as we remember them being. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya***Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio***The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe.→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.u...2022-01-071h 19Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastLicorice Pizza | The Lost Daughter | Punch-Drunk LoveIn this Truth & Movies we welcome Leila Latif as our guest-host extraordinaire who, along with Hannah and David, has organised a PTA meeting with some Licorice Pizza to keep them nourished. We also have Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut The Lost Daughter, and in our special film club it's another Paul Thomas Anderson film, Punch-Drunk Love, recorded live earlier this week at the ever-excellent Prince Charles Cinema in London.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies...2022-01-0750 minThe Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastTEEN HORROR 14 • Disturbing Behaviour (1998) + The Faculty (1998)It's the end of the year! Horror writer, film analyst and co-host of This Ends At Prom podcast BJ Colangelo joins the podcast for the first time to go deep on Disturbing Behaviour (1998). The second part of the episode is a reprise from our FEMALE MONSTERS series, film critic Leila Latif's take on The Faculty (1998). Between these two films, it's the most nineties teen casting ever. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya***Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio***The Final Girls are a UK-based film co...2021-12-311h 19
Sundays With CateCate Blanchett in 'Nightmare Alley'Cate Blanchett is back in cinemas this holiday season. And the podcast is back for a final season of episodes. We kick things off with the first of the two Cate movies coming out this month, Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley. For this conversation Murtada welcomes film critic Leila Latif, to discuss the film, how it differs from 1947 version, and the performances of Cate as a femme fatale, Rooney Mara, Bradley Cooper and Toni Colette.Hosted, Produced and Edited by Murtada Elfadl.Support the show2021-12-1956 min
The Evolution of HorrorALIENS Pt 24: The Mist (2007) & Annihilation (2018)This week we discuss Lovecraftian wasp monsters, spiders with human teeth and mutant bears in this feel-bad double bill! Mike is joined by Louise Blain to discuss Frank Darabont's Harrowing THE MIST (2007) and is then joined by Leila Latif to discuss Alex Garland's mind-melting ANNIHILATION (2018) Music by Jack Whitney. Big thank you to Mary Wild for this week's 'Wild About Horror' segment! Sign up to Mary's Patreon! Follow Mary on Twitter to find out more about her upcoming courses and follow her podcast, PROJECTIONS PODCAST. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com You can now...2021-11-262h 11
Unequal SequelLeila LatifUNEQUAL SEQUEL - S02 EP02 - LEILA LATIFJoining Dave and Rich on this episode to discuss her best ever sequel, worst ever sequel and his dream sequel is film journalist, critic and broadcaster Leila Latif.Leila was an incredible guest. She's so insightful and both of us were a bit in awe of her critical analysis skills. You can find Leila's work in Total Film magazine, Little White Lies and on BBC Radio 4. We highly recommend that you check out her workWe'd...2021-11-221h 14Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastEternals | The Card Counter | Out of the BlueThis week on Truth & Movies, Michael is joined by Little White Lies' own Hannah Strong and film critic Leila Latif to talk about Chloe Zhao's Marvel mega movie, Eternals. Plus, Paul Schrader teams up with Oscar Isaac in The Card Counter, and in film club we're going back to 1980 for the recently restored Out of the Blue, directed by and starring Dennis Hopper.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your film needs...2021-11-0546 minThe Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastTEEN HORROR 04 • Friday the 13th (1980)In this episode, Bloody Women Editor Leila Latif joins us for a discussion on the original Friday the 13th - the one with Kevin Bacon, the one without Jason, the mommy of one of the biggest horror franchises. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya***Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio***The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe.→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk→ Foll...2021-10-011h 10The Evolution of HorrorCandyman (2021)It's finally here! In this bonus episode, Mike is joined by critic Leila Latif to discuss the most anticipated horror movie of the year, Nia DaCosta's Candyman (2021). The first half of the chat will be SPOILER FREE, followed by a spoiler section. Music by Jack Whitney. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com You can now buy Evolution of Horror T-SHIRTS! www.evolutionofhorror.com/shop Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and extra treats... www.patreon.com/evolutionofhorror Email us! Follow us on TWITTER2021-08-281h 16
Girls On FilmEp 88: Gender in cult horror with Censor director Prano Bailey-Bond & star Niamh AlgarHorror experts and Censor filmmakers talk gender, guts and gore - and the things we might not want to remember…
First up, critics Clarisse Loughrey and Leila Latif get to the guts of the exciting new British horror film Censor, celebrating its role in the female horror renaissance. They debate the movie’s meta-messages and share their own experiences of the video nasties era - or, in Clarisse’s case, the stateside ‘Satanic Panic’.
Next, Censor director Prano Bailey-Bond and star Niamh Algar join Anna to discuss the retro chiller, set amidst the moral panic of the 1980s video nasties craze. Nia...2021-08-1744 minInside Total FilmFree Guy, Coda, New Order and The CourierJamie Graham, Leila Latif and Matt Maytum rate the week's new releases, including Free Guy, Coda, New Order and The Courier. Plus, a heated debate on the best book-to-film adaptation.2021-08-1256 minFront RowNicola Benedetti, Mark Simpson, Oscars roundup, Mr WickhamViolinist Nicola Benedetti is performing a new concerto by Mark Simpson, who was winner of both the BBC Young Musician of the Year (as clarinettist) and the BBC Proms/Guardian Young Composer of the Year. Commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra, Mark wrote it specifically with Nicola in mind. We speak with both of them ahead of this Thursday's premiere.Adrian Lukis discusses his one man show, Being Mr Wickham, which imagines Mr Wickham from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice at the age of sixty. Adrian played the young Wickham in the BBC's classic 1995 adaption and is...2021-04-2628 minFront RowToo Close, Rachel Whiteread, Chloe Zhao, Rosa Rankin GeeLeila Latif reviews Too Close, ITV’s new psychological thriller starring Emily Watson and Denise Gough, which will be broadcast on consecutive nights this week.On the day that commercial art galleries are allowed to re-open in England, Rachel Whiteread discusses her new exhibition Internal Objects at the Gagosian gallery in London. The exhibition features new resin sculptures, and the gallery's two main rooms are occupied by two new works - large sheds made of found materials and painted in white household paint. As the BAFTA winners were announced over the weekend, Chloe Zhao’s film...2021-04-1228 min
Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastTruth & Movies Special: Chloé ZhaoHost Michael Leader is this week joined by LWLies editor David Jenkins and regular LWLies contributor Leila Latif to survey the career of Oscar-nominated director Chloé Zhao, from her newly released debut feature Songs My Brothers Taught Me, to her brand-new one, Nomadland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-04-071h 04
The Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastVAMPIRES 20 • A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) + What We Do In The Shadows (2014)For the last episode of our vampire season, film critic and Bloody Women Commissioning Editor Leila Latif joins us for a deep dive into two vampire films that came out the same year but couldn't be more different from each other. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night from 00:04:34What We Do In The Shadows from 00:36:05This season is made possible with the support of Arrow Video. Our pick this week is Lords of Chaos, a true crime horror film based on the real life Norwegian Death Metal crimes. Produced and presented...2021-04-021h 04
Girls On FilmEp 72: Promising Young Woman + a discussion about harassment, safety & intersectional feminismIn this episode, we mark the release of revenge thriller Promising Young Woman by discussing the important debates on sexual harassment taking place in the UK.
CW: This episode contains discussions of sexual assault.
Anna is first joined by film critic and broadcaster Leila Latif to delve into Promising Young Woman and talk about some of the relevant issues it raises. She discusses her brilliant article on ‘Nice Guys’ in the movies and recommends a thought-provoking documentary to accompany your viewing of Promising Young Woman. Anna and Leila think about past depictions of sexual assault on screen and how our unde...2021-03-3050 min
The Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastVAMPIRES 18 • Let the Right One In (2008) + Thirst (2009)Film critic and Bloody Women Commissioning Editor Leila Latif joins us for a deep dive into two vampire horror films that live in that delightful and delicious grey area between arthouse and horror cinema. Let the Right One In from 00:08:24Thirst from 00:47:41This season is made possible with the support of Arrow Video. Our pick this week is The Villainess, a Western-inspired hyper-violent revenge thriller starring Kim Ok-bin. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and...2021-03-191h 25
Listen To LillianListen to Lillian: My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) with Leila LatifFor this second episode Lillian Crawford and her guest, film critic Leila Latif, dissect representations of gender and queerness in Stephen Frears's 1985 drama, My Beautiful Laundrette. Get full access to Listen to Lillian at listentolillian.substack.com/subscribe2021-02-1956 min
Listen To LillianMy Beautiful Laundrette (1985) with Leila LatifFor this second episode Lillian Crawford and her guest, film critic Leila Latif, dissect representations of gender and queerness in Stephen Frears's 1985 drama, My Beautiful Laundrette.2021-02-1956 minInside Total FilmSynchronic, The Capote Tapes, Assassins, Beginnning, Doom RoomLeila Latif and Jordan Farley join Jane Crowther to assess this week's releases; sci-fi Synchronic, docs The Capote Tapes and Assassins, arthouse drama Beginnings and horror Doom Room. 2021-01-2847 minFront RowMusic festivals, Keeley Hawes, WandaVision reviewedWhat will happen with music festivals this year? For Front Row, DJ Emily Dust talks to some of those involved.Keeley Hawes is one of the most in-demand British actors for TV and film, with exceptional performances in a wide variety of roles. Coming soon for UK viewers there’ll be ITV’s dark comedy Finding Alice; To Olivia – a film about Roald Dahl’s complicated relationship with his wife Patricia Neal; and Russell T Davies’ series for Channel 4, It’s A Sin. She tells Front Row about filming in lockdown, how she chooses her work and about playin...2021-01-1541 min
The Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastVAMPIRES 04 • Blacula (1972) + Ganja & Hess (1973)Part of our new series devoted to exploring the vampire in horror cinema, in this episode we discuss a double-bill of Black vampire films: the blaxploitation horror take on Dracula, Blacula (1972); and the extraordinary experimental horror Ganja and Hess (1973). Joining us in this episode is film critic Leila Latif. Blacula (1972) from 00:04:07Ganja & Hess (1973) from 00:26:29 (spoilers for the ending only from 0:51:44) This season is made possible with the support of Arrow Video. This week's pick from their vast catalogue is REC. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. *** T...2020-12-0459 minThe Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastBONUS • His House (2020)We're joined by writer Leila Latif to discuss His House (2020), the feature film debut by Remi Weekes. The first part of the episode is spoiler free, and from 0:020:44 we will go into a spoilerific discussion. The film centers on refugee couple Bol and Rial, who make a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then struggle to adjust to their new life in an English town that has an evil lurking beneath the surface.His House is streaming on Netflix now. Digressions include Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù's arms, Wunmi Mosaku's sheer talent, p...2020-10-3154 minThe Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastBONUS • The Craft: Legacy (2020)We're joined by writer Leila Latif to discuss The Craft Legacy (2020), the new sequel/reimagining of 1990s teen horror classic The Craft. The first part of the episode is spoiler free, and from 0:020:44 we will go into a spoilerific discussion. An eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers.The Craft Legacy is in UK cinemas now. Digressions include the wholesome Instagram of Skeet Ulrich, the acting range of Matthew Lillard, ASOS necklaces. *** The Final Girls are...2020-10-311h 03
Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies PodcastShirley SpecialThis episode of Truth & Movies is dedicated to the release of Josephine Decker's Shirley, a claustrophobic tale of artistic creation and romantic destruction starring Elisabeth Moss and Michael Stuhlbarg. The host this week is Little White Lies editor David Jenkins, and he’s joined by associate editor Hannah Woodhead, and regular contributor Leila Latif. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-10-3042 minThe Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastFEMALE MONSTERS 19 • The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)We're joined by writer Leila Latif to dig deep into some of the ideas in The Girl with All the Gifts (2016), a British zombie film that came at the tail-end of zombie fatigue. Digressions include: babies grow nails in the womb, monsters we can emphasise with and who's the real protagonist of Trouble Every Day. *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism. Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Support...2020-10-1646 minThe Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastFEMALE MONSTERS 14 • Trouble Every Day (2001)We're joined by writer Leila Latif to deep dive into the controversial erotical cannibal horror by French auteur Claire Denis, Trouble Every Day (2001). The film inhabits the strange grey area between arthouse and horror cinema, and will most definitely provoke a reaction. We discuss the fantastic performance by Béatrice Dalle, what the film is really about, themes of infidelity, desire, the way the hyper-graphic violence is shot and Leila posits a whole new theory on the film. Trigger warning: there is some conversation about sexual assault. ***The Final Girls are a...2020-09-1150 minThe Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastFEMALE MONSTERS 11 • Species (1995) + The Faculty (1998)We're joined by writer Leila Latif to discuss two nineties takes on the female alien. First, we discuss Species (1995) and its insanely misused cast, mix of genres and non-consensual alien sex. The second part of the episode (from 0:23:15) dives into The Faculty (1998), how this teen sci-fi has aged, the teenage dynamics, the very Josh Hartnett brand of 'hardboi' and why the alien may have had a point. *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism. Find out more about our p...2020-08-2145 min