Elena Lazic
Little White Lies
United Kingdom
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Past articles by Elena:
Deep Water review – A sexy and gruesome erotic thriller
Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck play spouses engrossed in a twisted game of cat and mouse in director Adrian Lyne’s long-awaited return. → Read More
Tick, Tick... Boom! review – An onslaught of high-energy tunes
Jonathan Larson’s celebrated stage musical gets the Lin-Manuel Miranda treatment – for better and for worse. → Read More
Summer of ’85 review – One of Ozon’s most moving films to date
French director François Ozon turns back the clock for a sun-kissed gay love story that’s shot through with tragedy. → Read More
Camille Keaton on the legacy of I Spit on Your Grave
The actor reflects on her role in the controversial rape revenge classic from 1978. → Read More
The Lighthouse review – A dangerous mix of horror and comedy
Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe take a brutal tumble into the abyss in Robert Eggers’ monochrome nightmare. → Read More
Angel Has Fallen review – Doesn’t know the meaning of the word ‘overkill’
Gerard Butler is back as super-patriot Mike Banning in this grimly violent action threequel. → Read More
The Intruder review – Dennis Quaid: we stan!
Mischievous and pleasurable genre antics with Dennis Quaid as a tooled-up, MAGA-hatted nutbag. → Read More
Dirty God review – Elevated by Vicky Knight’s performance
A victim of an acid attack learns to cope with her trauma in writer/director Sacha Polak’s emotionally intelligent drama. → Read More
Pet Sematary review – Makes a mess of Stephen King’s novel
A serious case of miscasting fatally undermines this adaptation of Stephen King’s 1983 chiller from directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer. → Read More
The Aftermath review – More to this melodrama than meets the eye
Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgård experience forbidden love in postwar Germany courtesy of British director James Kent. → Read More
Piercing review – A crazy giallo-esque chamber piece
Mia Wasikowska and Christopher Abbot play wicked games in this psychosexual horror, adapted from the novel by Ryū Murakami. → Read More
Happy Death Day 2U review – Even more gripping than the first one
This time-bending slasher sequel from writer/director Christopher Landon packs a surprising emotional punch. → Read More
If you like Burning, seek out this other haunting Murakami adaptation
Like Lee Chang-dong’s latest, Tony Takitani explores themes of isolation, obsession and the pervasive influence of capitalism. → Read More
Capitol Gains: The dramatic allure of political campaign films
From The Candidate to The Ides of March and The Front Runner, Hollywood has a rich history of illuminating the electoral process. → Read More
Bumblebee review – A thrilling and emotional old-school kids’ film
There’s a dash of Spielbergian charm in this thrilling family adventure from Kubo and the Two Strings director Travis Knight. → Read More
Aquaman review – Not a disaster, but still a disappointment
DC Comics chance their arm with this zany, entertaining and frequently confounding underwater epic. → Read More
Nine roles that defined Robert Redford’s on-screen persona
From the Sundance Kid to Jay Gatsby, here are some of the Hollywood icon’s most memorable characters. → Read More
The Christmas Chronicles review – Like being slightly tipsy on mulled wine
Kurt Russell’s irresistiblly charming turn as Santa Claus makes this a festive-themed family adventure to savour. → Read More
A Sicilian Ghost Story review
A young girl attempts to unravel the mystery of her friend's disappearance in Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza’s second feature. → Read More
Truth or Dare review
A cursed version of everyone’s least favourite party game causes havoc for some teens in Blumhouse’s latest horror offering. → Read More