Sophie Monks Kaufman
Inside Diamantino, this year’s strangest political satire
An offbeat debut — We sit down with Portuguese-American filmmaking duo Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt to discuss their endearingly bizarre debut feature – one of the most exciting films to screen at this year’s Cannes.
Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
What we learnt from this year’s Cannes Film Festival
Highs and lows — Urban struggles, queer satires and masculinity in crisis: In our final round-up, we reflect on the most politically charged moments of the 2018 festival.
Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
Inside the teen trans ballerina film that rocked Cannes
Lukas Dhont’s Girl — We speak to director Lukas Dhont about Girl: his new, moving, and richly observed drama about a trans teenage girl who attempts to become a ballerina. ‘The strength of cinema and art more generally is that it makes people understand things they didn't understand,’ he tells Sophie Monks Kaufman.
Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
Art, social justice & activism: Dispatches from Cannes 2018
Part Three — In our final edition of Cannes festival roundups, we spotlight Moroccan teen pregnancy drama Sofia, Spanish LGBT romance Carmen & Lola, and Spike Lee’s hotly anticipated BlacKkKlansman.
Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
Hope, struggle & survival: Dispatches from Cannes 2018
Part Two — In the second instalment of our Cannes’ roundups, Mads Mikkelsen battles earth’s most treacherous elements, Chinese maestro Jia Zhang-Ke gets lost in the mob-ruled underworld, & a trans teenage girl seeks acceptance as a ballerina.
Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
Drugs, drama & forbidden love: Dispatches from Cannes 2018
Part One — From the birth of marijuana trade in Columbia to a doomed LGBTQ romance in Kenya – in the first part of our Cannes 2018 round-up series, writer Sophie Monks Kaufman reviews the must-see movies of the world’s biggest film festival.
Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
Dispatches from Cannes: Jacques Audiard Tackles The Plight of A Tamil Warrier
The French director returns to his theme of the trials of survival. —
Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
Dispatches from Cannes: Alcoholism is still a problem on Indian Reservations
Songs My Brother Taught Me mingles fact with fiction —
Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
Dispatches from Cannes: Ousmane Sembene's Films Are Being Digitally Restored
'The father of African film' recognised via special screenings. —
Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
Dispatches from Cannes: Auschwitz Drama is the Only Feature To Be Shown on 35mm
Style and substance combine in Son of Saul. —
Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
Dispatches from Cannes: Look out for cinematographer James Klopko
Canadian debut Sleeping Giant has one true star —
Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
Dispatches from Cannes: Anarchists in 19th century France
Blue is the Warmest Colour star waves the black flag. — Palme d'Or winning French actress, Adèle Exarchopoulos, is back on the big screen with an anarchist drama set in 19th century France.
Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman