Little White Lies Goes Full Wes Anderson for The Asteroid City Issue

Eighteen years and ninety-eight editions since The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou graced the cover of Little White Lies very first issue, the stars have aligned once again, just in time for issue #99. It’s a full circle moment of sorts at LWLies HQ, as the team celebrate one of its favourite auteurs with a fourth issue dedicated to the world of Wes, this time taking inspiration from his stellar eleventh feature: Asteroid City.

For this issue, Little White Lies embraced Wes’ love for colour, texture and hand-made craft by going all out on all things hand-made. Contact was made with the filmmaker himself, who let the team in on some personal insights regarding the making of this wonderful new feature. 

Ali Mac’s incredible portrait of Jason Schwartzman’s widowed war photographer, Augie Steenbeck, made entirely out of felt, adorns the cover of this issue. Explore her work here. Elsewhere in the issue, Little White Lies have new artwork from Oriane Dufort, Becki Gill, Claudia Mandagie, Molly Kirk, Lorena Spurio and Lucas Burtin.

This issue features a recorded message from Wes Anderson, answering a series of questions sent to him by Sophie Monks Kaufman, and the team speak to cinematographer Robert Yeoman about why Wes Anderson remains a sucker for 35mm film. Hannah Strong meets Jason Schwartzman, the Wes Anderson totem whose own life mysteriously overlaps with his character in Asteroid City, and David Jenkins talks to Maya Hawke about her first-time visit to Andersonville.

Elsewhere in the mag Little White Lies talk to Pedro Almodovar, Sydney Sweeney, Harris Dickinson and more stars about their latest films. The Team have a ton of reviews and home ent suggestions, and the second edition of Marina Ashioti’s column Sticky Gold Stars explores the queer undertow in the films of Dario Argento. Plus team LWLies report their findings from the 2023 Cannes Film Festival with a round-up of gems and new discoveries.

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