Contributor Sophie Monks Kaufman

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Interviews

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.
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Not Movies

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.
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Interviews

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.
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Not Movies

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.
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Festivals

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.
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Festivals

Scarlet – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

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

The Lost Daughter

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

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

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Hand of God

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

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

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

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.
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Review

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.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect

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