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Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast

Beau is Afraid | Are You There God Its Me Margaret + Benny Safdie | Cannes Report | Defending Your Life (1991)

On Truth & Movies this week, Ari Aster is back with a monstrous road trip into mommy issues with Beau is Afraid. Judy Blume’s classic coming-of-age tale Are You There God Its Me Margaret is finally adapted to the big screen and its star (who happens to be one of our favourite directors) Benny Safdie spoke to us about the film. Hannah Strong and David Jenkins will be giving us the latest news direct from the Cannes film festival and finally, for film club, more existential questions are asked in Defending Your Life


Joining host Leila Latif are LWLies Digital Editor Hannah Strong and film critic Ella Kemp.


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 important industry news, and reassessing great films from days gone by with the Truth & Movies Film Club.


Email: truthandmovies@tcolondon.com

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