Sofia Coppola Has Never Been Afraid to Confront the Father
The director's many paternal figures are neither homage nor rejection — which is exactly what makes them so compelling
Christina Newland is the lead film critic at the i Newspaper and writer for VICE, Sight & Sound, Criterion and others. Her first book, an edited anthology called She Found it at the Movies: Women Writers on Sex, Desire, and Cinema, was published in 2020 by Red Press.
The director's many paternal figures are neither homage nor rejection — which is exactly what makes them so compelling