Little White Lies #110

Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them.

In this issue:

Inside the issue…

Lead review: Frankenstein

Sophie Monks Kaufman grapples with Guillermo del Toro’s febrile, philosophical and tender melodrama.

Wildest Dreamer

Hannah Strong goes face to face with writer/director Guillermo del Toro to find out what it’s like to finally realise a dream project.

Creature Comforts

Jacob Elordi opens up about finding humanity and empathy in playing Victor Frankenstein’s cursed Creature.

Heart on a Slab

Oscar Isaac dissects one of classic literature’s most notorious and complex scientists in conversation with Hannah Strong.

The Quiet Woman

Rafa Sales Ross meets the great Mia Goth, whose sombre presence in Frankenstein gives the film a shot of melancholy.

Building the Monster

David Jenkins meets costume designer Kate Hawley and production designer Tamara Deverell to find out how they extracted images from Guillermo del Toro’s lively imagination.

Weird Science

Will Sloan tabulates 10 of the strangest screen adaptations of Mary Shelley’s epochal 1818 novel.

Blood & Ink

Jake Cole writes in praise of comic artist Bernie Wrightson and his influential graphic version of ‘Frankenstein’.

Anatomy of Hell

Illustrator and tattoo artist Sophie Mo takes a journey inside some of Guillermo del Toro’s most memorable monsters.

In the back section…

Jafar Panahi

Marina Ashioti talks to the Iranian legend who discusses his deserving Palme d’Or-winner, It Was Just an Accident.

Lynne Ramsey

Hannah Strong meets one of her film heroes to discuss the stylish psychodrama, Die My Love.

Julia Ducournau

The Alpha director talks about her new film’s sincere reflection of the Aids crisis with Hannah Strong.

Kelly Reichardt
The American auteur chats to David Jenkins about her stunning existential heist movie, The Mastermind.

Harris Dickinson

The actor-turned-director on the euphoric struggle of making his debut feature, Urchin.

Nia DaCosta

Leila Latif talks Hedda and the upswing of Black talent in Hollywood with this industrious writer/director.