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A young woman with curly hair wearing a dark jacket stands with her arms crossed, surrounded by other people in the background.
Festivals

120 Beats Per Minute – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Robin Campillo’s rous­ing drama­ti­sa­tion of ​’90s AIDS activism in France is a sure-fire Palme d’Or contender.
Muscular man standing shirtless in a grand dining hall, surrounded by seated formal-attired guests.
Festivals

The Square – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

This barbed satire of art world pom­pos­i­ty ques­tions the core beliefs of civilised society.
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Festivals

Let the Sunshine In – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

The art of flirt­ing and flirt­ing as art are the sub­jects of this extra­or­di­nary rom­com from Claire Denis.
Shadowy figure in beige coat beside glass block wall.
Festivals

Loveless – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A war­ring cou­ple reunite to find their miss­ing son in this blunt dra­ma from Leviathan direc­tor Andrei Zvyagintsev.
Two adults, a man and a woman, carrying bags and boxes in an outdoor setting with greenery in the background.
Review

The Last Face

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Direc­tor Sean Penn drops an almighty clanger with this tepid war zone dra­ma star­ring Char­l­ize Theron and Javier Bardem.

1
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
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.