Contributions from Sophie Monks Kaufman | Little White Lies

Contributor Sophie Monks Kaufman

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Interviews

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.
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Interviews

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.
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Review

Lady Bird

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

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

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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First Person

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.
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Interviews

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.
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Interviews

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.
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Review

Thelma

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

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

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Festivals

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.
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Review

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.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Festivals

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.