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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.
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Festivals

Lady Bird – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Saoirse Ronan whirl­winds her way through Gre­ta Gerwig’s sub­lime direc­to­r­i­al debut.
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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.
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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.
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Festivals

Thelma – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Some­thing dis­turb­ing lies beneath the sur­face of Joachim Trier’s head-scratch­ing latest.
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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.