Writer. Documentary Programme Advisor for BFI LFF. Writes about film/art/music/writing. @astra_mag @SightSoundMag @Dazed @theQuietus
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Starting tomorrow, I'll be sending out a piece on nonfiction cinema on the last day of every month. If you would like to read them, sign up here tinyletter.com/doctooth
I loved being submerged in Amina Cain’s words for @astra_mag
Not pictured: my well-worn galley copy that travelled through four countries. astra-mag.com/articles/priva…
“Fictional figures have a presence in Cain’s perception as real as nonfictional friends — they are all here, in conversation with her daily habits.” @SBrown400 on Amina Cain’s A Horse At Night astra-mag.com/articles/priva…
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In June we travelled to @showroomcinema to explore 1980s British feminisms w/ Carry Greenham Home + A Question of Choice - big thx to our panellists + @SBrown400 for your power Greenham words:
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Beautiful writing here - @yosoymojo translates a series of poems by Wayuu-Colombian poet Vito Apüshana. ❤️Jieyuu-wuchiirua/Mujeres-aves /Bird Women❤️anmly.org/ap35/maurice-rodri…
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Tickets for #LFF2022 went on general sale today!
My top tip is Ahsen Nadeem's transformative personal journey, CROWS ARE WHITE.
Said beautifully by @SBrown400 "a film about embracing our contradictions & the messy parts where our beliefs, values, truths and desires converge"
They were lining up, but I always knew Brooke Shields would play me.
A Castle For Christmas | Official Trailer | Netflix youtu.be/T_JbFba2i6s via @YouTube
NYC, don’t miss the chance to see Zia Anger’s My First Film! spectacletheater.com/my-firs…
Hoping that film organisations and institutions will also be loud and clear in their solidarity with Palestine against the settler colonialism that continues to oppress, dispossess and destroy.
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These films made me think a lot about consent & boundaries in nonfiction filmmaking and beyond...
Speaking truth to cameras: from Guido Hendrickx’s A Man and a Camera to Alison Kuhn’s The Case You, three new docs at @cphdox cast cold light on the presumption of the cameraman’s licence to probe, writes @SBrown400 ☞ buff.ly/3hDgOMR
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“The Annings’ reticence suggests the guardedness that comes with a hard life.” @SBrown400 on Kate Winslet’s fossil-collector and her mother, making like Grey Gardens’ two Edie Beales in @strawhousefilms’s lovely #Ammonite ☞ buff.ly/39ciSpU
Obsession, desire, Rohmer, Breillat, Carson McCullers, custard
Laetitia Dosch embraces her desire in #SimplePassion, Danielle Arbid’s portrait of a woman in the thrall of love, writes @SBrown400 ☞ buff.ly/3jw6DZ7
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We close our #Sundance coverage with round-ups of the best of the fest: @kelli_weston on US dramas, @SBrown400 on US docs, @thomasflew on world dramas and @csaquinlan on world docs. PLUS over 40 capsule reviews on our blog. Until next year @sundanceorg! bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/r…
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Cusp #Sundance first-look review: "What Cusp captures is the confusing hinterland between childhood and adulthood, but also the shocking, widespread sexual assault that most of them have experienced and come to accept as the norm." – @SBrown400. Read more: bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/r…
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#Sundance first-look review: "All Light, Everywhere sits with the dissonance between expectations, as it invites the viewer to consider the appearance of things." – @SBrown400. Read the latest first-look reviews from #Sundance2021: bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/r…
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Users #Sundance first-look review: "A science fiction of our time, Natalia Almada’s documentary is a standout piece of stunning nonfiction cinema." – @SBrown400. Read the full first-look review and keep up with the latest from #Sundance2021: bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/r…
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Summer of Soul #Sundance first-look review: "Summer of Soul is more than a concert film, it’s the story of a significant galvanising moment, a recovered piece of Black history and a beautiful celebration." – @SBrown400. Read the latest from #Sundance2021: bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/r…
