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🚨 FREE TICKETS: ROSE OF NEVADA Q&A SCREENING

We’ve got three tickets to gift for a screening of Mark Jenkin’s transfixing new masterwork, Rose of Nevada – this Wednesday, 13 May, 7:10pm at The Cinema at Selfridges.… We’ve got three tickets to gift for a screening of Mark Jenkin’s transfixing new masterwork, Rose of Nevada – this Wednesday, 13 May, 7:10pm at The Cinema at Selfridges.…

11/05/2026 11/05/2026

Film Recommendation

If you’re a fan of frantic slapstick, tightly wound time-travel plotting and comedies where every tiny mistake snowballs into chaos, then allow me to recommend Katsuyuki… If you’re a fan of frantic slapstick, tightly wound time-travel plotting and comedies where every tiny mistake snowballs into chaos, then allow me to recommend Katsuyuki…

08/05/2026 08/05/2026

Film Recommendation

In the year 2000, two great works of art were delivered to the world with the name “Last Resort”. One of them was a nü-metal banger by Californian band Papa Roach, and… In the year 2000, two great works of art were delivered to the world with the name “Last Resort”. One of them was a nü-metal banger by Californian band Papa Roach, and…

02/05/2026 02/05/2026

🚨 FREE TICKETS: CELLULOID SURPRISE #1 AT RIO CINEMA

As part of this year’s Rio Forever celebrations, which mark the Rio Cinema’s 50th anniversary, we have been invited to programme a short series of mystery screenings… As part of this year’s Rio Forever celebrations, which mark the Rio Cinema’s 50th anniversary, we have been invited to programme a short series of mystery screenings…

29/04/2026 29/04/2026

Film Recommendation

This has been a fun week at LWLies Towers, as finally we know all the films that will play at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. For some, it’s the opportunity to do some… This has been a fun week at LWLies Towers, as finally we know all the films that will play at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. For some, it’s the opportunity to do some…

17/04/2026 17/04/2026

Film Recommendation

I promise you I did not just Google film titles with the word “Easter” in them in my attempts to come up with a recommendation to kick off the Easter weekend. Although,… I promise you I did not just Google film titles with the word “Easter” in them in my attempts to come up with a recommendation to kick off the Easter weekend. Although,…

03/04/2026 03/04/2026

Film Recommendation

The 1976 film Dona Flor and her Two Husbands by director Bruno Barreto is a huge Brazilian classic. It held the record for the most widely watched national film for over… The 1976 film Dona Flor and her Two Husbands by director Bruno Barreto is a huge Brazilian classic. It held the record for the most widely watched national film for over…

27/03/2026 27/03/2026

Film Recommendation

As eagle-eyed readers may have noticed, us highfalutin types at LWLies Towers don’t tend to worry ourselves too much about the Academy Awards. We are fine and happy that… As eagle-eyed readers may have noticed, us highfalutin types at LWLies Towers don’t tend to worry ourselves too much about the Academy Awards. We are fine and happy that…

20/03/2026 20/03/2026

Film Recommendation

This week’s recommendation to you is in extended homage to the great movie costume designer Sandy Powell, who is the subject of a member exclusive essay that should be… This week’s recommendation to you is in extended homage to the great movie costume designer Sandy Powell, who is the subject of a member exclusive essay that should be…

14/03/2026 14/03/2026

Celebrating the Splendour, Anarchy and Creative Genius of Sandy Powell

Dear members, We’re delighted to share with you a new Club LWLies-exclusive feature, celebrating 40 years in the career of costume designer Sandy Powell, whose… Dear members, We’re delighted to share with you a new Club LWLies-exclusive feature, celebrating 40 years in the career of costume designer Sandy Powell, whose…

13/03/2026 13/03/2026

Film Recommendation

I think we heard the news about the deaths of actor Robert Duvall and documentary director Frederick Wiseman within about 30 minutes of one another (and then we heard… I think we heard the news about the deaths of actor Robert Duvall and documentary director Frederick Wiseman within about 30 minutes of one another (and then we heard…

27/02/2026 27/02/2026

🚨 FREE TICKETS: THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE @ THE RIO CINEMA

Next Wednesday, on 4 March, we’ll be hosting a screening of Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee at The Rio Cinema in Dalston, and as always, we’ve got a few free… Next Wednesday, on 4 March, we’ll be hosting a screening of Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee at The Rio Cinema in Dalston, and as always, we’ve got a few free…

23/02/2026 23/02/2026

Film Recommendation

Friends – I’m writing these words from Berlin as I’ve come to attend the festival. I’m also currently bemused and irritated by the opening press conference interview… Friends – I’m writing these words from Berlin as I’ve come to attend the festival. I’m also currently bemused and irritated by the opening press conference interview…

17/02/2026 17/02/2026

Film Recommendation

If there’s ever a time to bone up on previous adaptations of Emily Brontë’s classic story of tempered yearning and bitter class division on the windswept moors of… If there’s ever a time to bone up on previous adaptations of Emily Brontë’s classic story of tempered yearning and bitter class division on the windswept moors of…

06/02/2026 06/02/2026

Film Recommendation

I’m writing this recommendation about an hour before I leave the house and head into central London to interview the filmmaker Sam Raimi for his rather excellent new… I’m writing this recommendation about an hour before I leave the house and head into central London to interview the filmmaker Sam Raimi for his rather excellent new…

30/01/2026 30/01/2026

Film Recommendation

I’m writing this recommendation the day after the 2026 Oscar nominations, and the large majority of the media coverage I’ve seen has focused on two key areas: surprises… I’m writing this recommendation the day after the 2026 Oscar nominations, and the large majority of the media coverage I’ve seen has focused on two key areas: surprises…

23/01/2026 23/01/2026

Film Recommendation

What’s the film that friends and colleagues constantly tell you is amazing and then seem unduly shocked when you reveal to them you haven’t actually seen it? Since about… What’s the film that friends and colleagues constantly tell you is amazing and then seem unduly shocked when you reveal to them you haven’t actually seen it? Since about…

16/01/2026 16/01/2026 1 reação

Film Recommendation

If, like me, you're even vaguely tired of January resets and resolutions and the never-ending chore of decluttering, Grey Gardens is the perfect act of resistance. I… If, like me, you're even vaguely tired of January resets and resolutions and the never-ending chore of decluttering, Grey Gardens is the perfect act of resistance. I…

09/01/2026 09/01/2026 1 reação

Film Recommendation

I’m writing these words just minutes after the revelation that Netflix will soon subsume the vaunted Hollywood legacy empire that was once known as Warner Bros Pictures.… I’m writing these words just minutes after the revelation that Netflix will soon subsume the vaunted Hollywood legacy empire that was once known as Warner Bros Pictures.…

06/12/2025 06/12/2025

Film Recommendation

“The sexiest, the wildest, the goriest Frankenstein ever filmed!” I mean, with the tagline like that, who wouldn’t want to dive in?  We’re shouting out Paul Morrissey’s… “The sexiest, the wildest, the goriest Frankenstein ever filmed!” I mean, with the tagline like that, who wouldn’t want to dive in?  We’re shouting out Paul Morrissey’s…

28/11/2025 28/11/2025

Film Recommendation

Today is a shout-out to a great movie, but also to a really interesting and unique movie streaming service. I’d often seen US followers on social media bigging up a… Today is a shout-out to a great movie, but also to a really interesting and unique movie streaming service. I’d often seen US followers on social media bigging up a…

31/10/2025 31/10/2025

Film Recommendation

The London chapter of Club LWLies have got a little treat in store for them, as BFI Southbank are hosting a retrospective for the great documentarian Frederick Wiseman… The London chapter of Club LWLies have got a little treat in store for them, as BFI Southbank are hosting a retrospective for the great documentarian Frederick Wiseman…

24/10/2025 24/10/2025

Film Recommendation

This one goes as a bit of a shout out to the BFI London Film Festival, whose curtains were drawn on Wednesday with a screening of Rian Johnson’s third Benoit Blanc… This one goes as a bit of a shout out to the BFI London Film Festival, whose curtains were drawn on Wednesday with a screening of Rian Johnson’s third Benoit Blanc…

10/10/2025 10/10/2025

🎟️ FREE TICKETS: FRANKENSTEIN @ THE RIO CINEMA

On Wednesday 22 October we’ll be hosting a screening of Guillermo del Toro’s lifelong passion project, Frankenstein, at the Rio Cinema in Dalston and we’ve got a few… On Wednesday 22 October we’ll be hosting a screening of Guillermo del Toro’s lifelong passion project, Frankenstein, at the Rio Cinema in Dalston and we’ve got a few…

08/10/2025 08/10/2025

Film Recommendation

I suspect that some, upon reading the above words, might have closed their browsers in disgust at the suggestion of revisiting this largely-reviled Ridley Scott... I suspect that some, upon reading the above words, might have closed their browsers in disgust at the suggestion of revisiting this largely-reviled Ridley Scott...

19/09/2025 19/09/2025

Club LWLies-Exclusive: How Air scored The Virgin Suicides

Dear members, We’re delighted to share with you a new Club LWLies-exclusive feature! For this latest one, instead of an essay, we’ve got something a little bit different… Dear members, We’re delighted to share with you a new Club LWLies-exclusive feature! For this latest one, instead of an essay, we’ve got something a little bit different…

15/09/2025 15/09/2025

Film Recommendation

Yes, I realise that it is a bit lame recommending a film that everyone receiving this email will likely have seen. But trust me here, as I think it’s one that’s worth… Yes, I realise that it is a bit lame recommending a film that everyone receiving this email will likely have seen. But trust me here, as I think it’s one that’s worth…

12/09/2025 12/09/2025

Film Recommendation

Writing out to you all in the depths of a FOMO-induced stupor, as my colleague Hannah Strong sups extra-strength spritzes and gets to see the cream of world cinema on a… Writing out to you all in the depths of a FOMO-induced stupor, as my colleague Hannah Strong sups extra-strength spritzes and gets to see the cream of world cinema on a…

01/09/2025 01/09/2025

Film Recommendation

It would appear to me that people are in the mood to get traumatised this summer. As the sprightly intern asked to write one of these recommendations I wondered how I… It would appear to me that people are in the mood to get traumatised this summer. As the sprightly intern asked to write one of these recommendations I wondered how I…

15/08/2025 15/08/2025 1 reação

Film Recommendation

I think wherever you’re reading this movie recommendation, it’s probably pretty hot outside. You’re probably sitting there with a mini fan blasting in your face… I think wherever you’re reading this movie recommendation, it’s probably pretty hot outside. You’re probably sitting there with a mini fan blasting in your face…

11/07/2025 11/07/2025