Contributions from Sophie Monks Kaufman | Little White Lies

Contributor Sophie Monks Kaufman

A woman in a black dress and jacket standing in a supermarket aisle, examining a product on the shelf.
Festivals

Lady Bird – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Saoirse Ronan whirl­winds her way through Gre­ta Gerwig’s sub­lime direc­to­r­i­al debut.
Young woman in long brown dress, sitting on a gravestone and reading a book.
Festivals

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.
A woman with dark hair wearing a green jacket is seated at a table in a dimly lit room, with several white objects, possibly eggs, in front of her.
Festivals

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.
A young woman's face, with piercing blue eyes and crystals decorating her hair against a pale, ethereal backdrop.
Festivals

Thelma – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Some­thing dis­turb­ing lies beneath the sur­face of Joachim Trier’s head-scratch­ing latest.
A group of nuns in traditional black and white habits standing in a church.
Festivals

Novitiate – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Mar­garet Qual­ley plays a con­flict­ed nun-in-train­ing in this sen­su­ous dra­ma from direc­tor Mar­garet Betts.
Two men with dark features facing each other intently, set against a blurred rural background.
Queer Cinema

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.
Two people, a man and a woman, wearing formal attire and standing in a lavish, ornate setting with a candelabra.
Review

The Beguiled

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

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

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Monochrome image of a woman with curly hair singing into a microphone on stage, wearing a sleeveless sequinned dress.
Review

Whitney: Can I Be Me

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

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

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Pink and grey motel with palm trees and "Sofia Songs" sign in the sky.
Film Music

Listen to a compilation album of covers from Sofia Coppola films

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

‘Sofia Songs’ is released by Super Fan 99 Records to coin­cide with the release of The Beguiled.
Trailers

Watch the criminally good first trailer for Logan Lucky

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Daniel Craig, Chan­ning Tatum and Adam Dri­ver team up for Stephen Soderbergh’s heist caper.