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Festivals

Vie Priveé – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Jodie Foster stars as a psychiatrist trying to solve a potential murder in Rebecca Zlotowski’s underwhelming drama.
Festivals

New Wave – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Richard Linklater’s homage to the filming of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless brings precious little new to the story of the New Wave.
Festivals

La Petite Dernière – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A young Muslim woman struggles to reconcile her blossoming sexuality with her identity and family expectations in Hafsia Herzi’s adaptation of Fatima Daas’ novel.
In Heaven Everything Is Fine

Dreaming of Lost Highway

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sophie Monks Kaufman recalls a strange vision in the nighttime and the haunting nature of David Lynch’s 1997 neo-noir.
Not Movies

Deciphering Don Hertzfeldt’s ME

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

The latest short film from the independent animation legend is an elusive oddity even by Don Hertzfeldt’s standards.
Review

Kneecap review – energised Irish pride

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A couple of Belfast likely lads set out on a journey of rap-based resistance in Rich Peppiatt’s cheeky pseudo-bio of the band Kneecap.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Festivals

Anora – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A young exotic dancer shacks up with the son of a Russian billionaire, much to the despair of his parents, in Sean Baker’s latest down-and-dirty dramedy.
Festivals

Bird – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Andrea Arnold returns with a flighty kitchen sink reverie that sadly falls from grace in a muddled second half.
Review

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.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Long Read

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.

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