Katherine McLaughlin

Paul Thomas Anderson on writing, The PCC and One Battle After Another The director talks to Dazed about his most ambitious film yet – a sweeping father-daughter thriller about activism, revenge and the price of a past that won’t stay buried

Fun interview with PTA www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/arti... by @halfacanyon.bsky.social

Bob Hoskins was a good one!

The List Magazine is turning 40 in October! So I’ve been going through back issues recently.

The List is turning 40 🎉

Next, it's the eventful 2000s. This it the time that guest editor Ian Rankin swapped case files for headlines, Noel Gallagher promised us that Oasis would never split up, and Alan Cummings told us he owes his whole career to The List.

Also the Good Hang episode with Regina Hall is hilarious. And so is One Battle After Another. New PTA is out 26th September. Run don’t walk!

I haven’t posted here for 3 months so here’s some recommendations. If you haven’t seen HAPPYEND yet you should check it out.

A great cinema experience!!

Watched documentaries on Werner Herzog and Faye Dunaway this week. Both were fine. I cried all the tears watching Homebound and I hope it gets UK distribution. I laughed till I cried at the ballbuster scene in Carnal Knowledge(a hugely depressing and honest film about men).

The Ballad Of Wallis Island review – relishes in daft physical comedy Comedian collaborators Tim Key and Tom Basden co-write and co-star in James Griffiths’ pleasant bromance flick.

My review of The Ballad of Wallis Island from the new issue. It’s rather lovely! lwlies.com/reviews/the-... @lwlies.com

Gorgeous new @lwlies.com has arrived! Just wanted to highlight this paragraph from @daveyjenkins.bsky.social The Phoenician Scheme review…Michael Cera in a Wes Anderson flick is perfect.

New print edition of @lwlies.com is on shelves now and available via out online shop. Wes, Benicio, Mia, Michael speak! Plus an exploration of WA literary ephemera, and a huge index of absolute rotters/rascals in 1940s cinema. Please do, as they say, come thru…

Daisy-May Hudson’s first fiction feature, Lollipop, is a gut punch of a film.

She speaks to @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social about depicting the complexities of motherhood and female friendship

A great run! The final acts of A Brighter Summer Day and My Favourite Cake kind of broke me tho 😭 Cillian Murphy in Disco Pigs…wild performance!

The Phoenician Scheme review – an absolute gas A charming arms dealer heads on the road to redemption in this pristine shot of pure pleasure from filmmaker Wes Anderson.

Really enjoyed The Phoenician Scheme especially Michael Cera! Great @lwlies.com review lwlies.com/reviews/the-... Out in cinemas 23rd May

Ah that’s good to hear. That film made me feel a gamut of emotions tbh

He made me feel sick so you should be excited.

Dangerous Animals review: The Speed of shark movies! Dangerous Animals be the most romantic shark movie ever made. Our review...

My review of Dangerous Animals www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/dang... for @scifinow.bsky.social it’s fun and I genuinely found it romantic! #cannes2025

I’m not at #cannes2025 because tbh I can’t afford to go but I have written a review..!

“I was thinking of the price you pay for being obedient”: India Donaldson on her debut film Good One Not much is said on the father-daughter hiking trip that takes place in India Donaldson’s slow-burn drama Good One, but it’s the silences that tell us most about the growing rift between parent and ch...

“My memory of being a teenager is that you want to think the best of people, you want to believe that they are interested in you for genuine reasons”

@mskmclaughlin.bsky.social speaks to Good One director India Donaldson www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

Thank you!

A ‘quietly devastating coming of age picture’ | The Observer On an increasingly fraught hiking trip in the Catskills with her dad and his needy pal, a teenager has a terrible epiphany in a supremely accomplished debut

My @observer review of India Donaldson’s impressive debut, Good One, in cinemas now. observer.co.uk/culture/film...

“I was thinking of the price you pay for being obedient”: India Donaldson on her debut film Good One Not much is said on the father-daughter hiking trip that takes place in India Donaldson’s slow-burn drama Good One, but it’s the silences that tell us most about the growing rift between parent and ch...

Morning! I spoke to India Donaldson about her brilliant debut feature Good One www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so... for @sightsoundmag.bsky.social

We're delighted to reveal the cover of LWLies #108: The Phoenician Scheme issue 🍸

Artwork by María Jesús Contreras, who has created a dreamy cover loosely inspired by Auguste Renoir’s painting, Luncheon of the Boating Party 👒

Available to pre-order: lwlies.imbmsubscriptions.com/preorder

Hallow Road review – heavily signposted horror Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys navigate parental fears in Babak Anvari’s gripping yet shaky psychological thriller.

My review of Hallow Road lwlies.com/reviews/hall... out now in cinemas. @lwlies.com

Last night I went to see Insane Asylum Seekers at Bush Theatre. It’s such a beautiful and personal take on the British-Iraqi refugee experience. Written by Laith Elzubaidi, this one man show stars Tommy Sim’aan who turns in a remarkable performance. www.bushtheatre.co.uk/event/insane...

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The Wedding Banquet review – an unexpected delight Anchored by a talented cast clearly having the time of their lives, Andrew Ahn’s new banquet is a bit of a treat.

I was quite sceptical about a remake of Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet but Andrew Ahn’s modern reimagining is quite lovely! Great review by @lauravenning.bsky.social lwlies.com/reviews/the-... and totally agree that Han Gi-chan is a real discovery 💕

Final Destination: Bloodlines review – Death’s back, funnier and nastier than ever A satisfying redux for the horror franchise, with bizarre death scenes in spectacular IMAX and tiny, affecting meditations on mortality

And here’s @annodracula.bsky.social great review of Final Destination: Bloodlines www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/fina... 🖤

Finished reading the book and now I’m really missing Birmingham 💙