Daniel Schindel

Apr 4, 2024 | lwlies.com | Daniel Schindel

About Little White Lies 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. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at the vanguard of the independent publishing movement.” Our reviews feature a unique tripartite ranking system that captures the different aspects of the movie-going experience. We believe in Truth & Movies.

Dec 29, 2023 | polygon.com | Daniel Schindel

Graphic: Matt Patches/Polygon; Source images: Ariel Davis for Polygon; Defunctland; Alexander Avila; F.D. Signifier; Hbomberguy Looking at the year’s notable video essays, many grapple with issues at the heart of contemporary media itself. There are dissections of video-playing tools, exposés of how corporations restrict access, contrasts between tropes and reality, and thorough investigations of trends in plagiarism and/or fabrication.

Dec 11, 2023 | filmcomment.com | Daniel Schindel

This article appeared in the December 7, 2023 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here. The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki, 2023)Though not a household name like directors Hayao Miyazaki and the late Isao Takahata, Atsushi Okui has been the cinematographer on almost every Studio Ghibli feature and short since 1992’s Porco Rosso.

Nov 14, 2023 | insidehook.com | Daniel Schindel

Why You Need to Get Caught Up With "Reservation Dogs"Questions of fair and proportional representation of minority groups in the U.S. have occupied a huge portion of the collective discourse over the past decade, but Natives have often been left out of such conversations — which reflects a broader trend of media neglect. Reservation Dogs came into this gap in 2021.

Oct 3, 2023 | polygon.com | Daniel Schindel

Oct. 3, 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the Japanese television premiere of the Fullmetal Alchemist anime — that is, the first one. See, shortly after the original, there was a second Fullmetal Alchemist. This 2009 series, subtitled Brotherhoodin its English-language release to avoid confusion with the earlier one, hewed much closer to the original manga.