Posts by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Occupied City review – a staggeringly ambitious feat of emotional stamina

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Steven McQueen provides a haunting examination of Amsterdam under Nazi occupation in contrast to its present in his documentary adapted from Bianca Stigter's book of the same name.

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The Safe Emotional Spaces of Wes Anderson’s Cinema – Part Two

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sophie Monks Kaufman continues her deep dive into the neurodivergent coding of Wes Anderson's cinema in this far-reaching long read.

The Safe Emotional Spaces of Wes Anderson’s Cinema – Part One

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Through conversations with psychologists, neurodivergent friends, Jason Schwartzman and the man himself, Sophie Monks Kaufman investigates the meticulous worlds of Wes Anderson and their potent emotional frequencies.

Mother and Son

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Annabelle Lengronne gives an excellent performance as a single immigrant mother fighting for survival in Léonor Serraille’s second feature.

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Wes Anderson: ‘I am drawn to mystery’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The maestro behind Asteroid City leaves a voice note for LWLies, reflecting on naming conventions, sci-fi films, and working with his best friends.

Last Summer – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

French provocateur Catherine Breillat returns with strange film about a transgressive sexual relationship between a middle-aged lawyer and her teenage stepson.

The Breaking Ice – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Three young adults navigate the intricacies of romance in a snowy city in Northern China in Anthony Chen's latest drama.

Along Came Love – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sprawling and poetic French period drama powered by an understated chemistry between Anaïs Demoustier and Vincent Lacoste.

The Animal Kingdom – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Thomas Cailley presents a highly original sci-fi film that serves as an empathetic parable for real life intolerance of physical and neurological otherness.

Occupied City – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Steve McQueen's documentary contrasting present-day Amsterdam with its past occupation by the Nazis is a testament to the changing face of history.

The silence and the fury of Steve McQueen’s Grenfell

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The artist, filmmaker and activist has produced one of his most powerful works ever in this meticulous 24-minute survey of a London crime scene.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

An elderly man begins a remarkable journey after discovering that a former colleague has terminal cancer in Hettie Macdonald's adaptation of Rachel Joyce's best-selling novel.

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Loving Highsmith

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Eva Vitija's thoughtful documentary is a measured look at a singular, enigmatic literary voice.

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Laura Poitras: ‘I hope the audience comes out with a different perspective on the world’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The documentary filmmaker reflects on her relationship with Nan Goldin and the ways in which art can serve as a vessel for activism.

Paul Mescal is animated by hatred in A Streetcar Named Desire

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A new production at the Almeida Theatre looks to complement – rather that compete with – Marlon Brando's iconic performance in Elia Kazan's film.

Don Hertzfeldt on It’s Such a Beautiful Day at 10

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A dialogue with the humble, perspicacious and very funny director of one of the film masterpieces of the 21st century.

Reckoning with the ghoulish visual spectacle of the Queen’s funeral

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sophie Monks Kaufman reflects on the cinematic elements and pomp and circumstance surrounding the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

Mother and Son – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Léonor Serraille comes good with her novelistic second feature about an immigrant family fighting for survival in France.

Scarlet – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Pietro Marcello adapts Alexander Grin’s fairy tale about a poverty-stricken family with breathtaking results.

The Lost Daughter

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Olivia Colman delivers an acting masterclass in this off-kilter psychodrama from first-time director Maggie Gyllenhaal.

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The Hand of God

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Paolo Sorrentino bares his soul in this autobiographical coming-of-age story about teenage obsessions.

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Why I love Rachel Weisz’s performance in The Deep Blue Sea

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

In Terence Davies’ postwar melodrama, she turns Hester Collyer into one of cinema’s great tragic heroines.

The Power of the Dog

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Jane Campion’s claustrophobic, slow-burn western dials up the queer subtext of Thomas Savage’s source novel.

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Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Ana Lily Amirpour returns with a blissed-out, techno-powered riff on the time-honoured superhero movie.

Sundown – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Mexican cine-sadist Michel Franco returns with another cravenly bleak drama about life as a pageant of eternal suffering.

The Lost Daughter – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Olivia Colman displays her dark side in Maggie Gyllenhaal's sun-bleached psychodrama about motherhood in crisis.

The Power of the Dog – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Jane Campion doesn’t so much dissect masculinity as explode it in her dirt-smudged adaptation of Thomas Savage’s western.

Why I love Elizabeth Olsen’s performance in Martha Marcy May Marlene

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Before she became a bona fide movie star, Olsen announced herself as an actor with fearless instincts in Sean Durkin’s directorial debut.

Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege) – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Abdallah Al-Khatib’s extraordinary documentary captures daily life in the largest Palestinian refugee camp.

Bergman Island – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A masterful dissection of love, memory and autobiography from the ever-wonderful French maestro, Mia Hansen-Løve.

La Fracture – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A small domestic tiff spirals out into city-wide civil war in Catherine Corsini’s comedy-infused political drama.

Cow – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Andrea Arnold successfully adapts her social realist mode to minutely chronicle the life of an average dairy cow.

Everything Went Fine – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

François Ozon takes a light-hearted look at the banality and bureaucracy of assisted suicide in his misfiring latest.

Ahed’s Knee – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid serves up a spiky, intelligent drama about conflict and reconciliation.

Watch Symbiosis, an animated short film about sex and jealousy

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The French-Hungarian co-production, made by artist Nadja Andrasev, is on the longlist for this year’s Oscars.

Shirley

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Josephine Decker’s stunning anti-biopic of author Shirley Jackson offers a treatise on female creativity and camaraderie.

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An open letter to Freddie Flintoff

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A personal thank you to the former cricketer whose new documentary, Living with Bulimia, dispels the stigma around the disorder.

A new animated short explores sexual envy from a female perspective

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Hungarian animator Nadja Andrasev reveals how personal experience informed her sensual new film Symbiosis.

Real

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A couple struggles to reconcile their new romance with their emotional baggage in Aki Omoshaybi’s directorial debut.

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Why I love Alain Delon’s performance in Rocco and his Brothers

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The French screen idol is at his most open and vulnerable in Luchino Visconti’s 1960 crime drama.

The Case for Art

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

As lockdown in the UK eases, Sophie Monks Kaufman reflects on the value of cultural exchange on a personal and societal level.

Meet the women tackling racism in UK film and TV

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Nisha Parti and Indira Varma discuss their experiences in the industry, and why they’re optimistic for change.

Eliza Hittman: ‘I sat down with abortion providers to try to understand the story I wanted to tell’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The writer/director on how first-hand research informed her ‘poetic odyssey’, Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

My Comfort Blanket Movie: Music and Lyrics

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sophie Monks Kaufman sings the praises of Marc Lawrence’s pop hit of a rom-com from 2007.

The Woman Who Ran – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A woman catches up with three close friends in this charming situational drama from South Korea’s Hong Sang-soo.

Siberia – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Abel Ferrara sends Willem Dafoe off into the snowy wilds of Russia in this punishing metaphysical dream.

Undine – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

An ancient myth underpins German director Christian Petzold’s wishy-washy romantic drama.

Anne at 13,000 Feet – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

There’s shades of John Cassavetes in Canadian writer/director Kazik Radwanski’s elevated character study.

First Cow – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Kelly Reichardt trains her meticulous eye on 1820s Oregon in this sublime companion piece to 2006’s Old Joy.

Kelly Reichardt and Sally Potter are heading to the 2020 Berlinale

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

They’ll be joined by Abel Ferrara and Tsai Ming-liang when the festival kicks off in February.

Sex Education and the search for truer pleasures

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Laurie Nunn’s consistently funny, wonderfully acted series offers so much more than shallow titillation.

Midnight Traveler

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Afghan director Hassan Fazili documents his family’s persecution at the hands of the Taliban.

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A Hidden Life

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Private, unseen protest forges a spiritual path to God in Terrence Malick’s rhapsodic resistance drama.

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Bombshell

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This starry post-#MeToo takedown of toxic masculinity grossly misrepresents its female subjects.

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The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This gripping drama written, directed by and starring an Indigenous Canadian woman has quietly snuck onto Netflix.

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Kim Longinotto: ‘I feel I’ve been cheated all my life by Hollywood’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

One of Britain’s best documentary filmmakers trades on-camera interviews for archive footage in Shooting the Mafia.

Greener Grass

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Suburban soccer moms get the Stepford Wives treatment courtesy of directors Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe.

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Judy & Punch

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Mia Wasikowska turns the tables on her male oppressor in this subversive take on the traditional marionette show.

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Nocturnal – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Cosmo Jarvis shines in this portrait of flawed, inarticulate masculinity by first-time feature director Nathalie Biancheri.

How do you decide what to watch at a film festival?

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sprawling programmes and a focus on new talent makes buying tickets a tough task. But it need not be.

Joanna Hogg and Honor Swinton Byrne on the art of vulnerability

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The writer/director and star of The Souvenir discuss diaries, memories and the life-changing qualities of making art.

Vitalina Varela – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Pedro Costa returns with another gently moving study of life on the fringes of Portuguese society.

Mari

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Bobbi Jene Smith shines in this intimate dance-drama from first-time writer/director Georgia Parris.

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László Nemes: ‘I’m trying to push the boundaries of film language’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The Hungarian writer/director of Son of Saul discusses his beguiling follow-up, Sunset.

High Life

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Claire Denis contemplates existence, evolution and survival in deep space with Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche.

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Richard E Grant: ‘Acting is like juggling with jelly and water’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The loquacious actor (and latter-day perfumer) discusses his stellar turn as a silver-tongued grifter in Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Destroyer

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Nicole Kidman suffers through prosthetics and a patchy script in Karyn Kusama’s detective noir.

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An Impossible Love

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Catherine Corsini adapts Christine Angot to captivating effect in this Châteauroux-set romantic drama.

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Hirokazu Koreeda: ‘I want to make visible the people the government ignores’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The Japanese writer/director discusses the political implications of his Palme d’Or-winning drama Shoplifters.

How wild women stole the show at the 2018 BFI London Film Festival

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A crop of complex and fascinating female characters were at the heart of this year’s LFF.

Bad Times at the El Royale

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Seven strangers convene in a run-down Lake Tahoe hotel in Drew Goddard’s enjoyably pulpy ensemble mystery.

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Bad Times at the El Royale – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

An A-list ensemble headlines writer/director Drew Goddard’s sensational follow-up to The Cabin in the Woods.

Look out for this masterclass in naturalistic screen acting

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Zama star Lola Dueñas gives an astonishing central performance in Journey to a Mother’s Room.

Faces Places

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Agnès Varda hits the road with French photographer and muralist JR in this singularly charming social document.

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Destroyer – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A committed Nicole Kidman slums it in this by-the-book detective noir from director Karyn Kusama.

A Northern Soul

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sean McAllister’s documentary is a welcome antidote to the many grim representations of the poor.

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The King

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Eugene Jarecki’s Elvis-inspired road movie doubles as a eulogy for the American Dream.

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Mary Shelley

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Elle Fanning’s central performance aside, there’s little to stir the blood in this biopic from Wadjda director Haifaa Al-Mansour.

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The Happy Prince

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Rupert Everett hams it up in this uneven biopic about the final years of Oscar Wilde.

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That Summer

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This evocative prequel-of-sorts to the seminal documentary Grey Gardens is well worth a look.

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Capernaum – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Nadine Labaki’s Lebanon-set fable reveals the everyday heartbreak of child poverty.

The House That Jack Built – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Lars von Trier, provocateur at large, returns to the fray with a mad, bad and dangerous serial killer opus.

Happy as Lazzaro – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Alice Rohrwacher brings a touch of rustic magical realism to Cannes with an enigmatic film about a young Italian farmhand.

L’Ange – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Luis Ortega’s portrait of a real-life Argentinian serial killer makes for a fascinating character study.

Summer (Leto) – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This shapeless, drama-free dirge through the rock scene in 1980s Leningrad has no place in the Cannes competition.

How to write a film score for an intimate character study

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

British composer Jim Williams discusses his work on Raw and Beast.

The serene, sophisticated beauty of Claire Denis’ Chocolat

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The French writer/director’s debut feature from 1988 is an elegant, perfectly poised character study.

Claire Denis on how Etta James inspired Let the Sunshine In

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

One of greatest directors working today picks apart the romantic gamesmanship of her wonderful latest.

Look out for this subtle and furious study of queer loneliness

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A teen fights for his soul in Brazilian character study Hard Paint, which screened at this year’s BFI Flare.

120 Beats Per Minute

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Robin Campillo’s stirring AIDS activist drama is a vital reminder of the power of protest.

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Wes Anderson: ‘I wanted language to play a role without it becoming an obstacle’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The US writer/director takes us inside his spellbinding stop-motion opus Isle of Dogs.

Mom and Dad

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair are struck by mass hysteria in this lunatic horror-thriller from director Brian Taylor.

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Lynne Ramsay: ‘Being a filmmaker is like being a psychoanalyst’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The You Were Never Really director talks framing violence and working with Joaquin Phoenix and Jonny Greenwood.

Joaquin Phoenix: ‘I always look to work with people that push me’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

It’s hammer time for the famously intense leading man ahead of his starring role in You Were Never Really Here.

Lady Bird

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Saoirse Ronan experiences growing pains in Sacramento in Greta Gerwig’s delightful indie comedy.

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Robert Yeoman on shooting Wes Anderson’s Bottle Rocket

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The cinematographer recalls how the pair hit it off on the director’s 1996 debut feature.

Dee Rees: ‘This was a chance to tell the story of black soldiers who came back’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The director of Mudbound on how she grappled with the legacy of slavery in the Deep South.

Sean Baker: ‘If you’re a filmmaker in the 21st century, it’s hard not to be a social activist’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The director of The Florida Project is quietly redefining concepts of movie magic and what it means to be a star.

Thelma

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Joachim Trier returns with a bold sci-fi tinged romantic drama that may just leave you feeling cold.

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Addressing gender trouble at the 2017 BFI London Film Festival

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

New films that deal with the relationship between men and women in interesting ways.

The Meyerowitz Stories

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Noah Baumbach gets the best out of Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller in this sensitive and witty comedy.

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Mom and Dad – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Nicolas Cage runs amok in this deliciously berserk comedy-horror about parents compelled to kill their kids.

Lady Bird – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Saoirse Ronan whirlwinds her way through Greta Gerwig’s sublime directorial debut.

Mary Shelley – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Elle Fanning is the star of the show in Haifaa Al-Mansour’s uneven biopic of the ‘Frankenstein’ author.

The Shape of Water – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sally Hawkins finds a scaly suitor in Guillermo del Toro’s strange, sentimental snow globe fairy tale.

Thelma – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Something disturbing lies beneath the surface of Joachim Trier’s head-scratching latest.

Novitiate – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Margaret Qualley plays a conflicted nun-in-training in this sensuous drama from director Margaret Betts.

The labour of love-making in God’s Own Country

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Exploring how director Francis Lee constructs the central relationship in his powerful gay drama.

The Beguiled

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sofia Coppola’s steamy Southern potboiler is her most arresting and assured movie to date.

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Whitney: Can I Be Me

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Nick Broomfield explores the context behind the untimely death of soul-pop sensation, Whitney Houston.

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You Were Never Really Here – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Joaquin Phoenix bares his soul in Lynne Ramsay’s noir-tinged New York thriller.

The Beguiled – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sofia Coppola stuns the Cannes crowd with an intoxicating film about repressed female sexuality.

Sofia Coppola: ‘I’m telling the same story but from the women’s point of view’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The writer/director tells us how she toyed with gender politics and screen hunks for her new film, The Beguiled.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A nasty case of dramatic inertia blights Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest black comedy.

The Meyerowitz Stories – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Adam Sandler delivers one of his rare affecting turns as one of the co-leads in Noah Baumbach’s family comedy.

120 Beats Per Minute – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Robin Campillo’s rousing dramatisation of ’90s AIDS activism in France is a sure-fire Palme d’Or contender.

The Square – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This barbed satire of art world pomposity questions the core beliefs of civilised society.

Let the Sunshine In – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The art of flirting and flirting as art are the subjects of this extraordinary romcom from Claire Denis.

Loveless – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A warring couple reunite to find their missing son in this blunt drama from Leviathan director Andrei Zvyagintsev.

The Last Face

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Director Sean Penn drops an almighty clanger with this tepid war zone drama starring Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem.

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A Quiet Passion

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Cynthia Nixon gives an astonishing performance as the tortured American poet Emily Dickinson.

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Life is wilder than art: The Rainer Werner Fassbinder story

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

He was an abusive and tempestuous artist, but the emotional power of the late German director’s tragic melodramas is undeniable.

The halting nature of desire at BFI Flare 2017

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Bold expressions of queer passion were on offer at the 31st edition of London’s premier LGBT film festival.

Kelly Reichardt on how she got to Kristen Stewart

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The writer/director reveals how she landed the Hollywood megastar for her new film Certain Women.

Kelly Reichardt: ‘Filmmaking is not as carefree a thing as it once was’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The American director talks Certain Women, working with Michelle Williams and why she’s ready to take a break from filmmaking.

20th Century Women

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Annette Bening anchors this delightful, deeply personal comedy-drama from writer/director Mike Mills

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Maren Ade: ‘Making films helps me to discover things about myself’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The German writer/director reveals how she quietly went about making one of the great films of the 21st century.

A new film captures the intimate drama of pregnancy

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The New Man offers a refreshingly honest look at what it means to bring life into the world.

Jackie

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A career-best Natalie Portman channels the spirit of former FLOTUS Jackie O in this ace biopic.

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Manchester by the Sea

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Casey Affleck delivers a career-best performance in Kenneth Lonergan’s stunning meditation on loss.

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Losing faith in the world? Time to watch Imitation of Life

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Douglas Sirk’s 1959 drama is the perfect antidote to the Pandora’s box of intolerance opened by Trump.

Paterson

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

One of 2016’s finest pulls up just before the year ends, and Adam Driver is sat smiling at the wheel.

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David Oyelowo: ‘The best of us is to love and be loved’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The star of A United Kingdom talks frankly and openly about the importance of faith in life and work.

Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Werner Herzog explores how the internet has shaped the modern world in this information heavy doc.

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American Honey

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Andrea Arnold returns with a stylish but shambling teen road movie starring charismatic newcomer Sasha Lane and Shia LaBeouf.

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The five best films from Queer Lisboa 2016

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A sensual Argentine relationship drama and a documentary about gay marriage in Myanmar were among the highlights of this year’s festival.

The Childhood of a Leader

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Actor Brady Corbet moves behind the camera for this bold, baroque exploration into the roots of political evil.

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Alex Cox: ‘I’m more sympathetic to Lydon’s point of view than ever’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The director of Sid and Nancy reflects on the mistakes he made and discovering Gary Oldman.

Weiner

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This intimate portrait of a doubly-disgraced US politician is one of the most vital documentaries of our time.

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A new film exposes the emotional needs of going clean

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Mallory compassionately chronicles one woman’s long and painful battle with substance abuse.

The BFG

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Steven Spielberg goes big with this magical children’s story adaptation. But is it twisted enough for Roald Dahl?

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Eva Husson explains why all the actors in Bang Gang are white

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The French writer/director on the non-diversity casting of her intimate ‘modern love story’.

Adult Life Skills

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Jodie Whittaker delivers a commanding performance in this acutely observed Brit comedy.

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Jeff Goldblum: ‘Finding out our relationship to the universe – that would be something’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Independence Day: Resurgence sees Jeff Goldblum return as Earth’s lone voice of interplanetary reason.

Adèle Exarchopoulos on filming inside France’s most notorious prison

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The young star of Blue is the Warmest Colour talks exclusively about going behind bars for Down by Love.

Why are campus rapists treated better than their victims?

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Vital documentary The Hunting Ground gives a voice to the survivors of sexual attacks.

Do we need to lie in order to tell the truth?

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A new documentary portrait of JT LeRoy poses fascinating questions about identity, authenticity and artistic legitimacy.

A UK cinema is dedicating 58% of its programming to marginalised filmmakers

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The Watermelon Woman – the first film directed by an African-American lesbian – is among the titles screening at Liverpool Small Cinema.

It’s Only the End of the World – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Xavier Dolan returns to Cannes with a star-studded ensemble drama about a dysfunctional family. It’s all a bit flat.

The Last Face – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem’s suffering obscures the true victims in Sean Penn’s excruciating war zone drama.

Juliette Binoche explains how to chase freedom on feminine terms

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The French actor gave an inspiring talk about gender equality at the Cannes Film Festival.

American Honey – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Despite its frenetic energy and fine young leads, Andrea Arnold’s film never manages to rise above mediocrity.

Loving – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Jeff Nichols makes it five-for-five with this gently stirring drama about an interracial couple in ’50s America.

From the Land of the Moon – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Marion Cotillard shines in this uneven but soulful meditation on marriage and depression.

The BFG – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

There’s a dash of old-school movie magic in Steven Spielberg’s whizzpopping family fantasy.

Neruda – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The great Pablo Larraín delivers a stirring, soaring portrait of Chile’s most treasured poet.

Staying Vertical – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

French director Alain Guiraudie follows up Stranger by the Lake with another alluring and elliptical thriller.

Café Society – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Despite an effervescent Kristen Stewart, Woody Allen’s frothy period comedy fails to deliver a coherent message.

Deniz Gamze Ergüven: ‘Women are perceived through a filter of sexualisation’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The director of Mustang on why women must fight against conservative oppression.

Mustang

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

An extraordinary modern fairy tale about femininity and sisterhood from Turkey’s Deniz Gamze Ergüven.

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Evolution

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This opaque, gorgeous mystery movie is Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s follow-up to 2004’s Innocence.

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Christian Bale: ‘Terrence Malick is a great destroyer of vanity’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Wales’ finest son sheds his batsuit to search for God and transcendence in Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups.

Tales of Cinema No. 5 – Troma’s Exploding Car

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

One of the founders of the maverick movie studio tells the story behind its famous trademark.

A practical guide to making your first short film

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Five emerging filmmakers offer essential first-hand advice for how to bring your creative vision to life.

Sensual queer shorts from before Stonewall

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center has curated a season dedicated to early explorations of LGBT themes.

Is Oslo, August 31st the coolest film ever made about being sad?

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Before you see Louder Than Bombs revisit director Joachim Trier’s haunting meditation on depression.

Adult Life Skills – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Rachel Tunnard’s impressive debut feature takes a lighter look at the stresses of modern living.

I Am Belfast

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A lyrical ode to the Northern Irish capital from writer/director Mark Cousins.

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Nasty Baby

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sebastián Silva directs and stars in this astonishing queer drama about adult infertility.

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Sebastian Schipper: ‘I’m so fed up with people trying to sugarcoat everything’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The German director of Victoria reveals the craziest thing he’s ever done for love.

Court

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This detailed and fascinating insight into India’s justice system throws up plenty of surprises.

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Alice Winocour: ‘I put all of my fears into this film’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A female director making a tense action thriller is a rare beast. We meet a new and great one.

Marguerite

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

American socialite and soprano Florence Foster Jenkins is the subject of this elegant French drama.

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Why are there no openly gay Premier League footballers?

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

BFI Flare’s opening film, The Pass, is about a prominent footballer who represses his sexuality. We explore why this is still happening for real.

How to make a film out of personal experience

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

An aspiring filmmaker reveals how she set about channelling real-life struggles into her first script.

Why should we engage with films about suffering?

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A new film, PS Jerusalem, asks some difficult questions about the way we consume stories of socially marginalised people.

Anomalisa

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Beauty and tragedy abound in Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s melancholic stop-motion treasure.

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Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson: ‘We didn’t know if we were ever going to finish this movie’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

One of America’s most lauded screenwriters and a maestro of stop-motion animation have teamed up for Anomalisa.

The Witch

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Something wicked this way comes... Robert Eggers’ New England folk tale is steeped in magic and menace.

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László Nemes: ‘I wanted recreate the experience of Auschwitz’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The Hungarian director reveals how personal obsession fuelled his award-winning Holocaust drama, Son of Saul.

BAFTA Shorts 2016

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Who Framed Roger Rabbit animator Richard Williams is one of seven directors featured in this excellent short film compendium.

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How to Be Single

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Dakota Johnson and Rebel Wilson shine in this progressive comedy about sex and singledom.

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Does Sexy Beast contain cinema’s best description of love?

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Jonathan Glazer’s 2000 film mixes in a sweet, lilting romance with all the violence and swearing.

Janis: Little Girl Blue

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The iconic American singer-songwriter gets a fitting tribute from doc heavyweights Amy Berg and Alex Gibney.

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Six reasons Why Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet still rocks

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Twenty years on, Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes are as irresistible as ever in this swooning melodrama.

Kathryn Bigelow throws her hat into the race ring

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The director is shelving her Bowe Bergdahl project for a new film about the 1967 Detroit race riots.

The art of truthful storytelling

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Boston Globe journalist Mike Rezendes, played by Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight, reveals how to speak the truth.

Michael Caine: Every Bloody Thing

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The British screen icon reflects on his remarkable career ahead of his starring role in Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth.

Want to be a member of the jury at an international film festival?

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

My French Film Festival, now in its sixth year, is a new form of film festival that is accessible to all.

RIP Alan Rickman – One of the good (bad) guys

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The late British actor was a star of both stage and screen, but what was it that made him such a compelling movie villain?

Letters to Leo

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A self-confessed Leonardo DiCaprio fangirl pens a series of passionate letters describing how she fell in and out of love with The Revenant star.

Meet the teenage girl directing her way to cult success

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

First-time filmmaker Kansas Bowling talks us through the weird world of cult production house, Troma.

Will filmmakers’ visions have authority in an online future?

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Xavier Dolan’s open letter to Netflix highlights a wider issue concerning the way movies are consumed in the digital age.

A vital new film tells the story of 86 women killed by their male partners

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Love You To Death immerses the viewer in the powerful and revealing stories of bereaved families and friends.

Sisters

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are good value in this fun but forgettable sibling-based comedy.

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Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson and the moving power of artificiality

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The filmmaking duo discuss their beautiful, bewildering fever dream.

Is love a conservative force?

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A talk on queer melodrama in cinema introduced a Freudian idea that has blown our minds.

Terence Davies: ‘I’ve got a huge amount of anger inside me’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The British maestro on bringing his bucolic passion project, Sunset Song, to the big screen.

My Skinny Sister

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Anorexia as seen from all vantages within the nuclear family is the subject of this impressive drama.

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Carol

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Todd Haynes’ period romance starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara is a beaming masterpiece.

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Watch this short film about a man trying to open a bank account

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Discover this rarely seen animated gem by a one-time Buster Keaton collaborator.

The Russian Woodpecker

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Ukrainian artist Feder Alexandrovich serves as a key witness to the untold story of the Chernobyl disaster.

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My Nazi Legacy

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Two German men confront the sins of their fathers in this exceptional documentary.

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Can Xavier Dolan save Taylor Kitsch’s film career?

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The True Detective star joins Jessica Chastain and Kit Harrington in the director’s first English language project.

Watch this amazing Michael Caine masterclass on film acting

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The veteran British actor discusses his craft in this essential archive interview.

The pros and cons of watching a 13 hour film at the cinema

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Help our writer to decide whether she should take on the ultimate cine-challenge: Jacques Rivette’s Out 1

The Lady in the Van

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Alan Bennett’s hit autobiographical play from 1999 receives a mild but quietly magical screen adaptation.

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The final roll of the dice for Katniss and crew sadly doesn’t match previous instalments.

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Brief Encounter (1945)

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Rural train platforms were transformed forever by this high peak of screen romance from David Lean.

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He Named Me Malala

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This cagey documentary portrait fails to do justice to its inspiring subject, Malala Yousafzai.

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Burnt

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Bradley Cooper as an egomaniac master chef makes for unintentionally hilarious viewing.

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Saoirse Ronan: ‘I felt a huge responsibility making this film’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The Brooklyn star on stepping back into 1950s New York and how Colm Tóibín’s source novel affected her.

Make More Noise! Suffragettes in Silent Film

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A collection of early Suffragettes films – some great, some not so much.

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Why I love Louis Theroux

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

LWLies sings the praises of one of Britain’s most intrepid and endearing film journalists.

The Geena Davis brand of feminism is irresistible

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The actor brought us to tears at her recent London Film Festival symposium.

Carey Mulligan: ‘I don’t have the guts to endure what these women did’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The British actress describes the brutal realities of the Suffragette movement.

What makes a feminist porn film?

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Erika Lust is a Swedish porn director informed by sex-positive, feminist, art-film values.

Dressed as a Girl

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This episodic jaunt through east London’s drag scene offers colour a-plenty though lacks cohesion.

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Orion: The Man Who Would Be King

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Don’t miss Jeanie Finlay’s portrait of an enigmatic Elvis impersonator.

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The seven provocations

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A London panel event looked to ask questions about how best to achieve gender equality in the film industry.

Tangerines

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Estonia’s first Oscar-nominated feature gleefully exposes the inherent absurdity of war.

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In Cold Blood (1967)

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Richard Brooks’ adaptation of Truman Capote's seminal work is well worth revisiting.

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Can movies be a form of medicine?

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Do films like Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and The Wolfpack examine how cinema can help us to understand life?

45 Years

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay are on top form in Andrew Haigh’s devastating relationship drama.

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Why the sex scene in 45 Years is a modern classic

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Andrew Haigh captures the timeless terror, trepidation and humour of sex in his brilliant new film.

Addicted to Sheep

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

If you love staring at sheep for long periods of time, this may be your Citizen Kane.

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Andrew Haigh: ‘I try to make my characters as complex and messy as possible’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The director of Weekend and 45 Years talks to LWLies about how he creates authentic, lived-in characters.

The Forgotten Kingdom

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This Lesotho-set drama of family reconnection is the enemy of dramatic originality.

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Gemma Bovery

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This quaint French farce brings the best out of its star, Gemma Arterton.

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52 Tuesdays

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Gender reassignment surgery is the MacGuffin in this Australian time-lapse family drama about growing up.

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Greta Gerwig: ‘I’ve never felt successful at being someone who looks perfect’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The writer and star of Mistress America opens up about how she learned to love her flaws.

Inside Out

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Pixar are firing on all pistons with this wonderful, colour-coded exploration of a child’s inner psyche.

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A letter to a teenage girl

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The BBFC says that the target audience for The Diary of a Teenage Girl shouldn’t be able to see it.

Should cinemas programme screenings for avid phone users?

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Getting annoyed with socially maladjusted idiots could soon be a thing of the past.

Watch this short film about sex from a female perspective

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Check out this choice cut from director Signe Baumane’s brilliant The Teat Beat of Sex series.

A 10 point guide to saving 35mm

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Director of the Close-Up Film Centre Damien Sanville offers a possible route to a 35mm revival.

Amy

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Asif Kapadia’s intimate portrait of the late soul singer is too set on driving its own narrative agenda.

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Five reasons to celebrate male objectification in Magic Mike XXL

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Channing Tatum and co’s triumphant return is an endorsement for sexual empowerment, not exploitation.

Magic Mike XXL

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Channing Tatum leads a troupe of sensitive male strippers in this explosively sexy road trip movie.

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Why The Land Before Time is one of the greatest kids’ movie ever made

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

In the wake of his untimely death, we remember James Horner’s vital contribution to this family classic.

Les Combattants

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Adèle Haenel’s ingenue allure elevates Thomas Cailley's sweet-natured survivalist romance.

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A guide to being a minority in the film industry

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A recent interview with Marianne Jean-Baptiste has inspired our angry sarcastic side.

Can films change the world?

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

It’s possible for a movie to have a positive impact on society and the individual.

The Look of Silence

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Joshua Oppenheimer’s bloodcurdling and brilliant follow-up to his doc smash, The Act of Killing.

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The Supreme Price

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This rousing documentary provides a personal, feminist entry point to Nigeria’s pro-Democracy movement.

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Marguerite et Julien – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Anaïs Demoustier and Jérémie Elkaïm are perfectly cast in this rewarding tale of forbidden love.

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This monochrome Iranian vampire skater movie announces its director Ana Lily Amirpour as an exciting but wayward talent.

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Youth – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The director of The Great Beauty returns with a gorgeous, flippant comedy on mortality with Michael Caine in the lead.

Inside Out – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Pixar’s delightful and sophisticated latest takes us on a dazzling journey into the mind of a child.

Mia Madre – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Nanni Moretti’s chronicle of the death of a filmmaker’s mother is continuously out of thematic focus.

Amy – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Asif Kapadia’s melodramatic portrait of the late jazz singer fails to hit all the right notes.

One Floor Below – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Romanian New Waver Radu Muntean delivers a superlative twist on the murder mystery genre.

Standing Tall – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Emmanuelle Bercot kicks off this year’s Cannes in blistering style with this sensitive delinquent drama.

James Horner reveals the story behind five of his classic film scores

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The lauded movie composer goes deep on Steven Spielberg, Terrence Malick and Rick Moranis.

Avengers: Age of Ultron

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Joss Whedon has once again assembled a creamy cast to have a whole lot of fun with the blockbuster template.

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Adam Driver: The Limits of Control

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

LWLies talks to the actor whose star is currently in swift and unstoppable ascent.

The Voices

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Talking household pets are the source of a murderous rampage in Marjane Satrapi’s wicked, comic-tinged slasher movie.

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Xavier Dolan: ‘I’ve never experienced love as something calm and tender’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The mercurial Mommy writer/director talks candidly about love, life and superheroes.

Kim Longinotto: ‘I’m bewildered by the way we don’t talk about things’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The acclaimed British documentarian on Dreamcatcher and why we all need to start standing up to child abuse.

Hinterland

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A distractingly contrived two-hander from newcomer Harry Macqueen boasts some robust lead performances.

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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A return to that sunny outpost for the elderly and infirm ushers lightly diminishing returns.

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The Duke of Burgundy and the mysterious language of love

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Despite its lesbian and lepidoptera themes, Peter Strickland’s relationship drama is anchored by universal truths about domestic role-play.

Fifty Shades of Grey

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A femme-driven cumming-of-ager with ripe dialogue, nudie montages and a feisty lead in Dakota Johnson.

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Knight of Cups – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This glistening pearl from Terrence Malick is a heady, transcendent treatise on love.

Whiplash

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Shake, rattle and brawl. A student drummer faces off with his psycho teacher in Damien Chazelle’s pulsating drama.

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Kon-Tiki

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

An enjoyable men-at-sea adventure yarn that falls short of capturing the drama of its true story Scandinavian source.

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Concerning Violence

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A timely and powerful exploration into the history of uprising in Africa as seen through the eyes of white liberals.

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Winter Sleep

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Much philosophically-inclined gabbing make this Palme d’Or-winning latest from Nuri Bilge Ceylan something of snooze.

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Could this satire on the power of propaganda be the greatest third part to a film franchise ever?

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The Imitation Game

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Benedict Cumberbatch’s pitch perfect turn as Alan Turing isn’t enough to decipher this remarkable true story.

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Mr Turner

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Timothy Spall grunts his way to glory in Mike Leigh’s elegantly composed portrait of JMW Turner.

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Mike Leigh: ‘I’m interested in the space between words’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

LWLies sits for the British cinema icon who doesn’t mince his words to talk Mr Turner.

How women can improve their lot in the film industry

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Bleak stats aside, women are making positive steps towards equality.

Think Like a Man Too

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The cast of Think Like a Man decamp to Las Vegas with unimaginative and borderline offensive results.

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The Boxtrolls

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A delightful, comic animation with sophisticated social themes from the makers of ParaNorman and Coraline.

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Pride

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Stranger-than-fiction events power this affirmative, funny and well-cast social drama about solidarity.

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Robert Pattinson: ‘I want to do a Godard movie’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The Rover star reflects on his swift transformation into an actor who's always up for a challenge.

Chinese Puzzle

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Cédric Klapisch rounds off his star-spangled, globe-hopping serial in the Big Apple, with mildly amusing results.

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Blue Ruin

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This hard-boiled, unironic revenge thriller is held together by a mesmerising lead performance from Macon Blair.

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A Story of Children and Film

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The itinerant and inquisitive cinephile delivers this moving child-based addendum to his mammoth The Story of Film.

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Why ‘Under the Skin’ author Michel Faber is one of the best writers around

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Celebrating the reclusive author whose words have been transformed into one of the year’s most beguiling movies.

The Invisible War

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A tough, traumatic investigation into widespread rape in the US army by veteran documentarian Kirby Dick.

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Alain Guiraudie: ‘I’m dealing with my own experience of sexuality’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The French director has finally reached the mainstream with a murder mystery set on a gay nudist beach. LWLies met him.

Spike Jonze: ‘I try to make everything I make personal’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

LWLies gets up close and (too?) personal with the cherished Her director.

All Is Lost

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Robert Redford gives it his all in director JC Chandor’s sedate seafaring drama.

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Blue is the Warmest Colour

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Abdellatif Kechiche’s passionate lesbian love story is a screen romance that’s built for the long-haul.

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Gloria

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This burnished gem from Chile is a rich and poetic character study of a woman on the look out for love.

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The Deep

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A noirish Icelandic agains-all-odds survival drama about a man who swims away from an epic shipwreck.

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Nymphomaniac

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Lars von Trier’s two-part psychosexual epic makes for invigorating, profound and occasionally baffling viewing.

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