Articles by Sophie Brown
What to watch at LFF
Perception diving: 3 films about changing the way we think
By Sophie Brown
Perception diving: 3 films about changing the way we think
Reviews
Ammonite discovers romance beneath the Victorian palaeontologist’s hard exterior
By Sophie Brown
Festivals
Sundance Film Festival 2021 blog
By Sophie Brown, Thomas Flew and others
Reviews
Simple Passion shows us a woman in the thrall of love
By Sophie Brown
Festivals
In the Same Breath: the Covid-19 pandemic goes under the microscope
By Sophie Brown
Festivals
Homeroom: a turbulent but triumphant year for Oakland High’s seniors
By Sophie Brown
Festivals
Cusp: a shocking, poetic portrait of a group of Texan teen girls
By Sophie Brown
Festivals
Ailey: a celebration of Alvin Ailey’s choreography and the African-American experience
By Sophie Brown
Reviews
A Glitch in the Matrix: a chilling exploration of simulation theory
By Sophie Brown
Festivals
Try Harder!: Asian-American high-schoolers bid for college success
By Sophie Brown
Festivals
Users: a stunning exploration of modern motherhood
By Sophie Brown
Festivals
Rebel Hearts: Hollywood nuns fight for social justice
By Sophie Brown
Festivals
At the Ready: El Paso students lay down the law
By Sophie Brown
Best of 2020
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets is an intoxicating immersion in a bar’s last stand
By Sophie Brown
Features
What to watch at LFF: Joining the dots between David Byrne, Delia Derbyshire and a dive bar in Las Vegas
By Sophie Brown
Reviews
Strong Island review: a haunting memento of institutional racism and personal grief
By Sophie Brown
Features
The system is broken: 5 conversation starters in Debate at the LFF
By Sophie Brown
Features
“May God burn their livers”: nonfiction Furies in Shooting the Mafia, The Disappearance of My Mother and Honeyland
By Sophie Brown
News
Documentaries without borders at Mexico’s roving Ambulante 2019
By Sophie Brown
News
Seven takes on truth and transparency at Hot Docs 2019
By Sophie Brown
News
Dreaming an altered future at True/False 2019
By Sophie Brown
Interviews
Erick Stoll on América: “We all have a responsibility to care for one another”
By Sophie Brown
Reviews
Casting JonBenet review: an uncanny quest
By Sophie Brown
News
Film highlights of Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018
By Kelli Weston, Ben Nicholson and others
News
Podcast: Six highlights of Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018
By Kelli Weston, Sophie Brown and others
News
Virtual Reality installations at Sundance 2017
By Sophie Brown
Interviews
Steady on the wing: how Ramia Suleiman completed Leonard Retel Helmrich’s The Long Season
By Sophie Brown