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Leila Latif

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Biography:

I am a Contributing Editor to Total Film and a regular contributor to Little White Lies, Sight and Sound, Indiewire, The A.V. Club, Radio 4’s Front Row, the BBC World Service's The Arts Hour, and have appeared in print for The Guardian, Curzon, The Independent, Frieze, SFX, BBC Culture, BAFTA, and many more. I am also the host of Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast.

Official Website:

www.leilalatif.com

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Ghost Elephants (2025) 100% EDIT “Werner Herzog peers into the Angolan highlands in search of colossal elephants, and ends up gently reflecting on the ghosts of human longing.” – Little White Lies Sep 10, 2025 Full Review Dead Man's Wire (2025) 100% EDIT “Van Sant has erected a compelling monument to a fascinating tale, but one that is haunted by the ghosts of better films.” – Little White Lies Sep 10, 2025 Full Review The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) 98% 5/5 EDIT “Hind Rajab’s story is almost too terrible to face, yet this masterwork from Kaouther Ben Hania demands we bear witness.” – Little White Lies Sep 10, 2025 Full Review Silent Friend (2025) 100% B EDIT “Tony Leung Again Proves Why He’s One of the Greats” – IndieWire Sep 10, 2025 Full Review 100 Nights of Hero (2025) 100% A- EDIT “Emma Corrin and Maika Monroe Shine in This Joyous and Exquisitely Composed Feminist Fable” – IndieWire Sep 10, 2025 Full Review Superman (2025) 83% EDIT “Men would rather reboot a superhero franchise than go to therapy.” – Little White Lies Jul 10, 2025 Full Review Sudan, Remember Us (2024) 100% 4/5 EDIT “In giv­ing space to those who can­not and should not be erased, Sudan, Remem­ber Us becomes not just a doc­u­men­tary. It is an act of resis­tance in itself.” – Little White Lies Jun 29, 2025 Full Review The Alto Knights (2025) 39% EDIT “As the inevitable plot beats slowly unspool, there’s a strange comfort in its predictability and De Niro’s gentle comic timing while rhapsodising about upstate New York’s apples.” – Little White Lies Mar 19, 2025 Full Review Babes (2024) 87% 4/5 EDIT “Buteau and Glazer bring a subtle wisdom to the roles, which is only further illuminated by Adlon’s musical direction that enhances both’s comic timing. ” – Little White Lies Feb 20, 2025 Full Review The Piano Lesson (2024) 88% 3/5 EDIT “It lands as more of a showcase of assembling the many talents on board rather than an adaptation shining a new light on an already treasured work.” – Little White Lies Feb 20, 2025 Full Review Moana 2 (2024) 60% 3.5/5 EDIT “Moana remains as compelling a protagonist as ever in her much-anticipated sequel, whilst her reunion with Maui showcases the wonderful voice talents of Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson.” – Total Film Nov 26, 2024 Full Review Paddington in Peru (2024) 93% 4/5 EDIT “It's saying something that the standard of the Paddington films is so high, saying this film is the weakest entry is a bit like calling Machu Pichu the seventh-best wonder of the world. ” – Total Film Nov 4, 2024 Full Review Heretic (2024) 90% 4/5 EDIT “Heretic may seek to rock your faith in the divine, but it truly fortifies one’s belief in Hugh Grant.” – Little White Lies Oct 28, 2024 Full Review The End We Start From (2023) 89% EDIT “The film is rarely dull in its sub-two-hour run time, sustaining our curiosity as mother Comer travels across Britain seeking refuge... There are glimmers of a bright future ahead for debut feature director Mahalia Belo.” – Sight & Sound Oct 1, 2024 Full Review Diva Futura (2024) 60% B+ EDIT “Ronchi’s impeccable comic timing subtly brings out the best in Castellitto’s long-limbed, energetic performance, reacting to his absurdity with looks so withering they would stop a freight train. ” – IndieWire Sep 5, 2024 Full Review Vermiglio (2024) 93% C+ EDIT “Much like the many characters who long to leave this place by the time the film’s two-hour running time has come to an end, the viewer is in a similar position. ” – IndieWire Sep 3, 2024 Full Review Blink Twice (2024) 75% 5/5 EDIT “Zoë Kravitz makes a phenomenal debut as director with this heightened, gripping thriller.” – Total Film Aug 14, 2024 Full Review Tell Them You Love Me (2023) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Beyond consent, disability and race there is space given to reflect upon the nature of language, the “white saviour” complex, the purpose of justice and what constitutes unconditional love. ” – Guardian Jul 3, 2024 Full Review The Most Precious of Cargoes (2024) 77% B+ EDIT “An unflinching but elegant Holocaust fable adapted from Jean-Claude Grumberg’s 2019 novella of the name name.” – IndieWire May 24, 2024 Full Review The Village Next to Paradise (2024) 100% B EDIT “If there is a bright future to hope for to distract ourselves from staring off into that abyss, it is that Harawe’s debut has shown some extremely exciting potential for both him and the myriad stories and talents that lie within Somalia’s borders.” – IndieWire May 21, 2024 Full Review Spaceman (2024) 50% 4/5 EDIT “Spaceman offers up deep truths, terrific performances and an alien gob that truly transfixes.” – Total Film Feb 23, 2024 Full Review Bob Marley: One Love (2024) 43% EDIT “No matter how talented Ben-Adir otherwise is on stage or nailing the melody of “Jamming,” the illusion is shattered every painfully distracting time he moves his head.” – The Daily Beast Feb 14, 2024 Full Review The Kitchen (2023) 89% 8/10 EDIT “With a powerful lead performance from Kane Robinson, a striking aesthetic and witty dialogue, the 98-minute runtime zips by with aplomb and its ending packs an almighty punch. ” – IGN Movies Oct 20, 2023 Full Review The Book of Clarence (2023) 66% 6/10 EDIT “The film has plenty of style and some riotous comic moments, but the devoted religiosity and shifts in tone are occasionally too heavy a cross for it to bear.” – IGN Movies Oct 20, 2023 Full Review Foe (2023) 24% 3 EDIT “It’s hard not to admire a film that so determinedly zigs when you would expect it to zag.” – Little White Lies Oct 20, 2023 Full Review
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