I wrote about Le Chat (1971) for this Guardian group feature about breakup movies pegged to the US release of…
Joanna Hogg on film restoration
I reported for the Guardian on the screening of a freshly restored silent film, and the comments that Joanna Hogg…
Spectacular musicals
In the December 2019 issue of Sight & Sound, I have a feature on the musical as an experimental genre.…
Cinema of doom
For this group feature on the Guardian website, I wrote about the film that scared me the most when I…
The dawn of the musical
For the BFI website, I wrote about the very first movie musicals, from The Jazz Singer to Love Me Tonight.
A musical a year
I contributed some capsules to this BFI feature celebrating the history of the movie musical.
Singin’ in the Radio
I am among some very illustrious company on the Radio 4 Film Programme today, discussing the many splendours of Singin’…
S&S November 2019
In the November 2019 issue of Sight & Sound I wrote a short feature about how ageing film stars are…
Life and death in San Sebastián
After returning from the San Sebastián International Film Festival, I wrote this piece for the Fipresci website on the theme…
A time for musicals
For the Financial Times, I pondered whether musicals can ever be more than escapism and whether the time is right…
