Contents Polite Society • Following the blast of sitcom joy that was We Are Lady Parts, writer/director Nida Manzoor takes a giant leap to the big screen with an in-your-face comedy about crane-kicking the face of traditional mores.


THE BIG BOSS • A CONVERSATION WITH NIDA MANZOOR


MAKE ’EM LAUGH • A SWIFT SURVEY OF THE SITCOM-TO-MOVIE PIPELINE (AND VICE VERSA!)


FIST OF FURY • A CONVERSATION WITH PRIYA KANSARA


WAY OF THE DRAGON • A CONVERATION WITH RITU ARYA


THROWING PUNCHED • WE GO RINGSIDE WITH SELF-TAUGHT STUNTWOMAN, EXTRAORDINAIRE, SHAINA WEST


PITCH PERFECT • THREE WRITERS CROWD THE BOX TO PICK APART THE LEGACY OF GURINDER CHADHA’S 2002 BANGER, BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM.


THE WALKING OF PECKHAM 123 • A RYE LANE WALK-N-TALK WITH RAINE ALLEN-MILLER


ON THE WALL • TEENAGE BEDROOM WALL ART REVISITED BY A ROGUES GALLERY OF LWLIES CONTRIBUTORS


Mia Goth • With her everything-on-the-table turns in Infinity Pool and Pearl, Mia Goth has blossomed into one of the most exciting and intense actors on the scene.


Infinity Pool


Pearl


Rye Lane


The Five Devils


Léa Mysius • The director of olefactory wonder, The Five Devils, on making a film about potions, memory and the sense of smell.


Cairo Conspiracy


The Night of the 12th


Full Time


Love According to Dalva


The Beasts


1976


Godland


Hlynur Pálmason • The Icelandic director of the ethnographic epic, Godland, on creating his own myths and how to properly record birdsong.


Brainwashed: Sex-Power-Camera


How to Blow Up a Pipeline


Suzume


Pacifiction


Albert Serra • The loquatious Spanish maestro picks apart the process of his breakthrough feature of political malaise in the South Seas, Pacifiction.


God’s Creatures


The Blue Caftan


The Eight Mountains


Plan 75


Return to Seoul


Davy Chou • The writer/director of the magical Return to Seoul on drawing inspiration from eccentric friends.


Leonor Will Never Die


Please Baby Please


One Fine Morning


Riotsville, USA


Rodeo


Naked Lunch


The Kiss Before the Mirror


Kamikaze Hearts


Thamp


Wanda


The Man on the Roof


#1: The 2023 Berlin Film Festival • An innovative Woolf homage, an on-the-lam portarait of Black trans sex workers, and a restored queer gem from Brazil are covered in the first edition of this new column.