{"id":24956,"date":"2018-05-26T12:26:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T11:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/?p=24956"},"modified":"2018-05-26T12:31:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T11:31:35","slug":"boys-film-review-lean-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/boys-film-review-lean-pete\/","title":{"rendered":"Boys On Film Review: Lean On Pete and Interview with director Andrew Haigh"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p>One of the most surprising films we&#8217;ve seen this year is most definitely <strong>Lean On Pete<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Phil Marriott<\/strong> and I also got to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philmarriott.net\/interview-andrew-haigh-lean-on-pete\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>interview<\/strong><\/a> the director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philmarriott.net\/interview-andrew-haigh-lean-on-pete\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Andrew Haigh<\/strong><\/a> who has been on our radar since his film about a London gay escort called <strong>Greek Pete<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NXedoc-OPbQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Andrew has since gone on to direct the incredibly relevant <strong>HBO<\/strong> series <strong>Looking<\/strong> as well as notable films <strong>Weekend<\/strong> and <strong>45 Years<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Find out what Phil and I think of <strong>Lean On Pete<\/strong> in our <strong>Boys On Film<\/strong> review below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lean On Pete<\/strong> is out now on-demand.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4lZG17C1zjo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>New episodes of <strong>Boys on Film<\/strong> are released every Monday and Friday, so make sure to subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCaNc2JH146PLiqAxP2SWdvQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Phil Marriott\u2019s YouTube channel<\/strong><\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n<p>For more <strong>EQ Music<\/strong> film and television reviews, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/category\/film-reviews\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Film\/TV channel<\/strong><\/a> right here on the site.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nzlazAyylw8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most surprising films we&#8217;ve seen this year is most definitely Lean On Pete. 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