All articles by Sophie Brown
Perception diving: 3 films about changing the way we think
Jacques Cousteau U-turning on the environment. Human connection in a world of technological dependence. Digging into the truth about one’s own parents. Thee films at this year’s festival explore the potency of changing perceptions, says programme advisor Sophie Brown.
By Sophie Brown
Ammonite discovers romance beneath the Victorian palaeontologist’s hard exterior
By Sophie Brown
Simple Passion shows us a woman in the thrall of love
By Sophie Brown
In the Same Breath: the Covid-19 pandemic goes under the microscope
By Sophie Brown
Homeroom: a turbulent but triumphant year for Oakland High's seniors
By Sophie Brown
Cusp: a shocking, poetic portrait of a group of Texan teen girls
By Sophie Brown
Ailey: a celebration of Alvin Ailey's choreography and the African-American experience
By Sophie Brown
A Glitch in the Matrix: a chilling exploration of simulation theory
By Sophie Brown
Try Harder!: Asian-American high-schoolers bid for college success
By Sophie Brown
Users: a stunning exploration of modern motherhood
By Sophie Brown
Rebel Hearts: Hollywood nuns fight for social justice
By Sophie Brown
At the Ready: El Paso students lay down the law
By Sophie Brown
Sundance Film Festival 2021 blog
By Sophie Brown, Thomas Flew and others
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets is an intoxicating immersion in a bar’s last stand
By Sophie Brown
What to watch at LFF: Joining the dots between David Byrne, Delia Derbyshire and a dive bar in Las Vegas
By Sophie Brown
“May God burn their livers”: nonfiction Furies in Shooting the Mafia, The Disappearance of My Mother and Honeyland
By Sophie Brown
Documentaries without borders at Mexico’s roving Ambulante 2019
By Sophie Brown
Dreaming an altered future at True/False 2019
By Sophie Brown
Erick Stoll on América: “We all have a responsibility to care for one another”
By Sophie Brown
Podcast: Six highlights of Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018
By Kelli Weston, Sophie Brown and others
Film highlights of Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018
By Kelli Weston, Ben Nicholson and others
Steady on the wing: how Ramia Suleiman completed Leonard Retel Helmrich’s The Long Season
By Sophie Brown
Austin Lynch and Matthew Booth on Gray House: a film to live in
By Sophie Brown
50 years of Belle de jour: 8 later films exploring transgressive female sexuality
By Sophie Brown
Strong Island review: a haunting memento of institutional racism and personal grief
By Sophie Brown