Contributions from Sophie Monks Kaufman | Little White Lies

Contributor Sophie Monks Kaufman

Two women in 19th-century dresses and parasols walking on a path in a park.
Review

A Quiet Passion

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

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

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Three people in a room, two men reading books and one woman looking at them.
Long Read

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.
Two women hugging in front of a lake and forested landscape.
Festivals

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.
Woman in ornate floral blouse, standing against red background.
First Person

Anna Biller on The Love Witch and how she crafts spellbinding female fantasies

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

The Amer­i­can film­mak­er talks sex, love and every­thing in between.
Two women, one holding a camera, in a classroom setting with books and US flag.
First Person

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.
Monochrome pencil sketch of a woman's face, with distinct features and expressive eyes.
Interviews

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.
Two people, a man and a woman, sitting at a wooden table in a kitchen with a turquoise-coloured stove in the background.
Review

20th Century Women

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

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

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
An image of a woman with long wavy brown hair, red lips, and a vivid blue background with yellow shapes.
Interviews

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.
Two adults, a woman in a red coat and a man in a grey coat, sitting on a bench in a garden setting with trees in the background.

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.
Woman in red dress standing in an ornate room with furniture and artwork.
Review

Jackie

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

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

3
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect