Little White Lies #110

Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, LWLies has been described as being “at the vanguard of the independent publishing movement.” Our reviews feature a unique tripartite ranking system that captures the different aspects of the movie-going experience. We believe in Truth & Movies.

In this issue: 

• Frankenstein: Sophie Monks Kaufman grapples with Guillermo del Toro’s febrile, philosophical and tender melodrama.
• Wildest Dreamer: Hannah Strong goes face to face with writer/director Guillermo del Toro to find out what it’s like to finally realise a dream project.
• Creature Comforts: Jacob Elordi opens up about finding humanity and empathy in playing Victor Frankenstein’s cursed Creature.
• Heart on a Slab: Oscar Isaac dissects one of classic literature’s most notorious and complex scientists in conversation with Hannah Strong.
• The Quiet Woman: Rafa Sales Ross meets the great Mia Goth, whose sombre presence in Frankenstein gives the film a shot of melancholy.
• Building the Monster: David Jenkins meets costume designer Kate Hawley and production designer Tamara Deverell to find out how they extracted images from Guillermo del Toro’s lively imagination.
• Weird Science: Will Sloan tabulates 10 of the strangest screen adaptations of Mary Shelley’s epochal 1818 novel.
• Blood & Ink: Jake Cole writes in praise of comic artist Bernie Wrightson and his influential graphic version of ‘Frankenstein’.
• Anatomy of Hell: Illustrator and tattoo artist Sophie Mo takes a journey inside some of Guillermo del Toro’s most memorable monsters.

London, England; 200 x 245mm; 95 pages; November/December 2025