Laura Venning

London

Film critic, queer, Jane Campion champion @BBC_Culture @lwlies @empiremagazine @CurzonCinemas @mubiuk ✉️ [email protected]

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The Wedding Banquet review - an unexpected delight

1 week ago | lwlies.com | Laura Venning

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.
The Alto Knights

1 month ago | empireonline.com | Laura Venning

Mob bosses Frank Costello (Robert De Niro) and Vito Genovese (Robert De Niro) vie for power in 1950s New York. Original Title:The Alto KnightsIf the digital de-ageing of the holy trinity of Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman was a bit distracting at times, get a load of double De Niro in Barry Levinson’s long-gestating The Alto Knights.
In the picture | In the picture | thenews.com.pk

2 months ago | thenews.com.pk | Laura Venning

Starring: Renee Zellweger,h, Bridget. Ever since she burst onto the scene, first in Helen Fielding’s popular Independent newspaper column in 1995 and bestselling novel a year later, then on the big screen in 2001, Bridget Jones has earned her place in the pantheon of iconic British characters.
The Order

Feb 13, 2025 | empireonline.com | Laura Venning

In 1983, veteran FBI agent Terry Husk (Jude Law) is sent to investigate a series of robberies and bombings in the Pacific Northwest conducted by a white supremacist terrorist group. It really is Nicholas Hoult’s time to shine. Having turned in stellar recent performances in Juror #2 and Nosferatu, he’s quietly terrifying as real-life 1980s white supremacist Bob Mathews in The Order, eerily sporting the same bowl haircut as he did aged 11 in About A Boy.
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy

Feb 12, 2025 | empireonline.com | Laura Venning

A widowed Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) opens herself up to love again while juggling the pressures of parenting and work. Original Title:Bridget Jones: Mad About The BoyOh, Bridget. Ever since she burst onto the scene, first in Helen Fielding’s popular Independent newspaper column in 1995 and bestselling novel a year later, then on the big screen in 2001, Bridget Jones has earned her place in the pantheon of iconic British characters.
Hard Truths

Jan 28, 2025 | empireonline.com | Laura Venning

A reclusive middle-aged woman (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) takes her fatalism out on the world, with only her sister (Michele Austin) able to penetrate her armour. Original Title:Hard TruthsThere is no filmmaker alive who understands the mundanity and quiet grace of the human experience quite like Mike Leigh. Over a decades-spanning career he’s found poetry and pathos in the everyday business of being alive.
Companion

Jan 23, 2025 | empireonline.com | Laura Venning

Robot companion Iris (Sophie Thatcher) is whisked away by boyfriend Josh (Jack Quaid) for a weekend that descends into bloody chaos. From the genre-defining image of Maria and her chrome curves in 1927’s Metropolis, to Jude Law’s Gigolo Joe in A.I. Artificial Intelligence, and Ana de Armas’ sultry Joi in Blade Runner 2049, hot robots have never been out of style. But with the rise of AI chatbots ready to profess their love, the futurism of Spike Jonze’s Her seems closer than ever before.
Here

Jan 17, 2025 | msn.com | Laura Venning

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Here

Jan 17, 2025 | empireonline.com | Laura Venning

In one house, generations of people experience joy, tragedy and hope, spanning hundreds of years of American history. From the extraordinary artistry of Who Framed Roger Rabbit to the dead-eyed children of The Polar Express, there is perhaps no greater champion for paradigm-shifting visual effects than Robert Zemeckis.
Mise-en-vèn

Jan 13, 2025 | lauravenning.substack.com | Laura Venning

The inevitable has occured, as foretold by all those omens (blood red comets, plagues of frogs etc). I’m starting a (hopefully) weekly newsletter with an absolutely bitching title, workshopped on a muddy walk with my girlfriend, my own ragtime gal. I really just want a space to write short pieces about films that have stuck around in my brain, older films that are maybe a bit off the beaten track and stuff that’s probably unpitchable (one of the titles I considered for this newsletter).