Oliver Lyttelton, Author at The Playlist

The Best Television Shows Of 2018 (So Far)

Elizabeth MacLeod, Ally Johnson and Oliver Lyttelton

June 13, 2018 4:34 pm

You've read our Best Films of 2018… So Far feature, or you will (you will!) and now it's time to move onto the small screen, and as we know the quality of television has jumped leaped and bounds in the age of P...

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Snubs & Surprises Of The 2018 Golden Globe Nominations

Oliver Lyttelton and Rodrigo Perez

December 11, 2017 12:24 pm

Awards, Features

As strange as it might be that a hundred or so international journalists have such sway over awards season thanks to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the Golden Globes, we have to say that we always ...

David Fincher Digs Deep Into Serial Killers With Netflix Series ‘MINDHUNTER’ [BFI London Film Fest Review]

Oliver Lyttelton

October 10, 2017 10:46 am

Features, News, Reviews, Television

Despite “Gone Girl” being one of the biggest hits of his career, it's been a tough few years for David Fincher. He looked set to capitalize on the success of that movie, and the peak TV boom, with two HBO serie...

Get Freaked Out By A New Trailer For ‘Killing Of A Sacred Deer’ With Colin Farrell

Oliver Lyttelton

September 27, 2017 9:07 am

News, Trailers

Compared to his previous films, Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Lobster” was a pretty tame affair — there was only the occasional blinding or dog-kicking, with a rather sweet love story and some bone-dry humor the domin...

Toronto Film Fest Adds Sarah Polley & Mary Harron’s ‘Alias Grace’; More

Oliver Lyttelton

August 9, 2017 10:14 am

Festivals, News

The Toronto International Film Festival is now less than a month away, but the festival that might well be the world’s biggest, at least in terms of sheer volume, is continuing to add to its line-up. It already...

50 Films We Hope To See At The 2017 Fall Festivals

Jessica Kiang and Oliver Lyttelton

July 11, 2017 2:57 pm

Features, News

This time last year we were feeling pretty down about the state of the blockbuster summer, having had a run of duds so instantly forgettable that we had to look them up again to remember (stuff like “X-Men: Apo...

The 35 Best Heist Movies

Rodrigo Perez, Oliver Lyttelton, Jessica Kiang, Kevin Jagernauth and Kyle Kohner

June 29, 2017 1:38 pm

Features, News

Almost inseparable from the inception of cinema, the heist genre has enraptured audiences for generations, as it offers an escapist appeal to the anti-hero and the outlaw. There is something intrinsically cinem...

The 25 Best TV Shows Of 2017 So Far

Jessica Kiang, Oliver Lyttelton, Kevin Jagernauth and Rodrigo Perez

June 21, 2017 1:52 pm

Features, News, Television

If there isn't already, there ought to be an improbably long German compound word to describe the slightly panicky, drowning feeling of overwhelmed anticipation that is one's natural state when contemplating ju...

Exclusive: First Clip & Poster For New Documentary ‘Susanne Bartsch: On Top’

Oliver Lyttelton

May 1, 2017 1:50 pm

News

No sooner does one festival wrap up, another gets away, and while Tribeca finished up its run yesterday (we have a few more reviews still to come, so stay tuned for those), late last week saw the opening of Tor...

Exclusive: Clip From ‘Buster’s Mal Heart’ Starring ‘Mr. Robot’ Star Rami Malek

Oliver Lyttelton

April 27, 2017 3:26 pm

News

One of the more exciting and unconventional leading men to emerge in recent years is Rami Malek. The actor’s been a familiar face for a while — first popping up in “Night At The Museum” over 10 years ago — and ...

Wes Anderson’s New Animated Movie ‘Isle Of Dogs’ Dated For Spring 2018

Oliver Lyttelton

April 25, 2017 2:34 pm

News

We've known for a while that Wes Anderson has been in production on his latest movie, "Isle Of Dogs," his first stop-motion animation since "Fantastic Mr. Fox" eight years ago, but there's been no fixed release...

Brian Cox Will Fight Them On The Beaches In New Trailer For WW2 Biopic ‘Churchill’ [Watch

Oliver Lyttelton

April 25, 2017 11:52 am

News, Trailers

Let us pitch you something quickly. It’s a movie called “Crisis On Infinite Churchills,” and it’s an “Avengers”-style team-up movie where all the actors who’ve played the great British leaders — Michael Gambon,...

Bruce Willis Goes Full-Blown ‘John Wick’ In Trailer For ‘Once Upon A Time In Venice’

Oliver Lyttelton

April 25, 2017 11:22 am

News, Trailers

Just a few years ago, it felt like Bruce Willis was heading into serious comeback territory: the “Red” franchise had proved a surprise hit, and he won some of the best reviews of his career for the one-two punc...

Amma Asante Creates A Fitting Successor To ‘Belle’ With ‘A United Kingdom’ [Review]

Oliver Lyttelton

February 10, 2017 5:20 pm

News, Reviews

This is a reprint of our review from the 2016 BFI London Film Festival. In 2013, nearly ten years after her BAFTA-winning directorial debut “A Way Of Life,” British director Amma Asante returned with “Belle....

The Sundance Film Festival’s 20 Biggest Oscar Success Stories

Jessica Kiang and Oliver Lyttelton

January 23, 2017 2:08 pm

Features

It’s a big week, gang. The Sundance Film Festival is still going strong, with more hotly-tipped movies set to premiere, while tomorrow sees one of the biggest events of the film year, with the announcement of t...