Episodes
On this week’s show, director Alex Garland and star Kirsten Dunst join us to discuss their hot button-pushing actioner Civil War, Sam Taylor-Johnson does Amy Winehouse a gross disservice in the disastrous biopic, Back to Black, and in Film Club, we revisit Lars von Trier’s end-of-the-world relationship drama from 2011, Melancholia. Regular host Leila Latif is joined by LWLies Digital Editor Hannah Strong and freelance writer Rogan Graham. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film...
Published 04/12/24
On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss the latest Hamaguchi, Evil Does Not Exist. We also review action thriller Monkey Man and Hannah Strong spoke to its director and star Dev Patel. Finally, for film club we watched Dev Patel’s pick, A Bittersweet Life. Joining host Leila Latif are film critics Mike McCahill and Kambole Campbell. 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...
Published 04/05/24
On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss the fifth instalment in the MonsterVerse franchise, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Then we  move into lyrical independent fare with Sean Price Williams’ The Sweet East and his choice for Film Club, 1972’s Dyn Amo. Joining host Leila Latif are Little White Lies Editor David Jenkins and writer and broadcaster Anna Bogutskaya. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and...
Published 03/29/24
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...
Published 03/22/24
On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss Ethan Coen’s raucous road movie Drive Away Dolls. We’re also reviewing tragic romance Banel & Adama, and David Jenkins spoke to its wonderful director Ramata Toulaye-Sy about her striking debut. Finally, for film club it's more complicated women in Bad Girls Go To Hell. Joining host Leila Latif are Laura Venning and Darren Richman. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues...
Published 03/15/24
On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss Radu Jude’s powerful, experimental dark comedy Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World and spoke to the director Radu Jude about his award-winning film. Then we review Ava DuVernay’s equally ambitious look at the work of Isabel Wilkerson in Origin. Finally, for film club its Elia Kazan’s look at white-passing privilege in 1949’s Pinky. Joining host Leila Latif is Little White Lies Editor David Jenkins and joining us for the first time, we...
Published 03/08/24
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Published 03/01/24
On Truth & Movies this week Wim Wenders paints a portrait of a quiet existence in Perfect Days, food is the language of Love in The Taste of Things and David Jenkins spoke to its radiant star Juliette Binoche. We also chat some of the highlights of the upcoming Berlin Film Festival and Bob Marley’s musical biopic One Love. Joining host Leila Latif is LWLies editor David Jenkins. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected...
Published 02/16/24
On a truly epic episode of Truth & Movies we discuss Sean Durkins's wrestling tragedy The Iron Claw, Steve McQueen’s documentary on the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Occupied City and for film club revisit Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler. We also have interviews with documentary filmmaker Jeanie Finlay and the subject of her latest film Aubrey Gordon as well as a sit down with Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter. Joining host Leila Latif are film critic, programmer and podcast regular Rafa...
Published 02/09/24
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Published 02/02/24
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Published 01/19/24
On 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...
Published 01/12/24
On Truth & Movies this week, LWLies’ Editor David Jenkins and Digital Editor Hannah Strong join host Leila Latif to discuss their favourite films of the year.   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, talking to some of the most exciting filmmakers, keeping you across...
Published 12/22/23
On Truth & Movies this week, Michael Mann and Adam Driver embrace speed and spectacle in Ferrari, Hayao Miyazaki returns with Studio Ghibli’s fantastical animation The Boy and the Heron. And finally, after a first trailer featuring a tiny orange Hugh Grant doing a dance broke the internet, Paul King’s Wonka finally makes it to cinemas. Joining host Leila Latif LWLies editor David Jenkins and Editor-At-Large Adam Woodward Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little...
Published 12/15/23
On Truth & Movies this week one of History’s most famous figures is the centre of Ridley Scott’s epic, Napoleon. An unexpected romance blossoms in Fallen Leaves and Wim Wenders immerses us in another artist’s work in Anselm.   Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies Editor David Jenkins and Film Critic 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...
Published 12/01/23
On 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...
Published 11/17/23
On 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...
Published 11/03/23
A quick update from host Leila Latif to say that we’re taking a pause from our regular programming for the next two weeks. See you soon for more topical movie chat. Email: [email protected] Twitter and Instagram: @LWLies Produced by TCO Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 10/20/23
On Truth & Movies this week we debate if Fair Play means a new era for the erotic thriller and if Exorcist : Believer proves a worthy sequel to the late, great William Friedkin’s classic tale of possession. And finally, for film club, it's a return to the erotic thriller’s heyday with 1994’s Disclosure. Joining host Leila Latif are film critic and LWLies contributors Leslie Bryron Pitt and Steph Green. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where...
Published 10/13/23
Published 10/11/23
On Truth & Movies this week, it's a tech bro nightmare in BlackBerry. Jamie Foxx takes on the funeral home industry in The Burial, and for film club, we revisit BlackBerry Director Matt Johnson’s debut, The Dirties. Joining host Leila Latif are film critics Rafa Sales Ross and Sydney Urbanek. 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...
Published 10/06/23
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...
Published 09/29/23
On Truth & Movies this week, we take a look at stranger-than-fiction tale of Reddit vs Wall Street in Dumb Money and spoke to it’s director Craig Gillespie. We also review Pedro Almodovar’s highly anticipated short film Strange Way Of Life starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal former lovers in the wild west. And for film club it is more cowboys and forbidden love in Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain. Joining host Leila Latif are Little White Lies Editor David Jenkins and film critic Kyle...
Published 09/22/23
British Indie Film Club is a limited podcast series from Truth & Movies, in partnership with the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). In this final episode, national treasure Shane Meadows joins us to reflect on the legacy of his 2004 film Dead Man’s Shoes – back in cinemas in a new restoration – and how he was inspired early in his career by another British indie stalwart, Alan Clarke. Edited by Bob Stankus. Produced by TCO. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 09/20/23