Little White Lies

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Frankenstein • Guillermo del Toro handles Mary Shelley’s canonical text with the tenderness of a butterfly, exulting in the author’s wisdom and sense of high tragedy while bringing his own steampunk spin to the material.

Wildest Dreamer • A conversation with Guillermo del Toro on the creation of the film he has always wanted to make: Frankenstein.

Creature Comforts • Jacob Elordi is one of the most exciting young actors in the world. He talks here about bringing sorrow, suffering and sensuality to one of cinema’s most enduring icons.

Heart on a Slab • Fathers, Carl Jung and Oliver Reed all made it to the dissection table in Oscar Isaac’s remarkable interpretation of Victor Frankenstein.

The Quiet Woman • Mia Goth proves herself to be one of the most affecting and remarkable actors working today with her critical role in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.

Building The Monster • The costume designer Kate Hawley and production designer Tamara Deverell on the intricate process of making Guillermo del Toro’s design fantasies a reality.

Weird science • Watching every screen adaptation of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ would take an age. Here are 10 of the strangest ones out there.

Blood & ink • In praise of comic book artist Bernie Wrightson and the creation of his staggering illustrated ode to Mary Shelley’s novel.

Five Noteworthy Literary Graphic Adaptations

Anatomy of Hell • In celebration of Frankenstein, LWLies takes a visual journey under the skin of some of Guillermo del Toro’s most iconic creature creations.

Making The Frankenstein Issue • With every issue of Little White Lies, we try to capture both the style and the spirit of our chosen cover film. It is for that reason that for this issue, inspired by Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, we have tried to hand make all of the illustrations. Minimal digital interventions. Zero AI! Please enjoy some of these behind-the-scenes process shots of how we made this magazine.

REVIEW

Jafar Panahi • The great Iranian auteur and winner of the 2025 Palme d’Or on his thrilling new morality play, It Was Just an Accident.

It Was Just an Accident

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Ballad of a Small Player

After the Hunt

Die My Love

Lynne Ramsay • One of Britain’s most iconic and beloved directors on her striking new film, Die My Love, and why she is drawn to extreme material.

Train Dreams

Alpha

Julia Ducournau • Alpha is an allegorical Aids drama that wears its heart on its sleeve. Its writer/director speaks on the promise and pain of life.

The Ice Tower

Jay Kelly

Urchin

Harris Dickinson • The British actor proves there are more strings to his bow as he discusses his remarkable debut as a writer/director, Urchin.

Bugonia

Roofman

I Only Rest in the Storm

Kontinental ’25

Blue Moon

The Mastermind

Kelly Reichardt • Robert Bresson, Warren Oates and Jean-Pierre Melville are just some of the ingredients of The Mastermind, an existential heist movie with a political twist.

Predators

Zodiac Killer Project

Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird

Palestine 36

Pillion

Hedda

Nia DaCosta • A sharp pivot from the MCU to Ibsen marks the latest exciting twist in the career of this industrious writer/director.

Plainclothes

Souleymane’s Story

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