“Little White Lie” is a special kind of family drama, both a complaint and an indictment, a justice film of sorts. It concerns race (the filmmaker’s biological father was black) and class and family ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the arts, from theater and dance to film and design. A Little White Lie stars Michael Shannon as Shriver, a handyman whose ...

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It’s something most of us take for granted. We can look at a family photo, and it makes sense to us. In our own faces, we can spot mom’s eyebrows, dad’s nose, maybe grandma’s smile. Subscribe to read ...

There’s nothing little about the whopper at the heart of “A Little White Lie,” a comic drama about fame and impostor syndrome. The movie’s central conceit — pretending to be a renowned author, a ...

Michael Shannon plays a handyman who impersonates a famous writer in this grievously unfunny comedy. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our ...