Fear of the dark

For Bristol Ideas’ forthcoming book Film2021, which will be published in October, I wrote about the anxiety I experience in…

Moira Redmond for Indicator

I make an appearance on the new Hammer: Volume Six box set from Indicator, with a short video appreciation of…

A pleasure to join John Bleasdale on his Writers on Film podcast to talk about silent cinema, Pandora’s Box, and…

I reviewed Marco Pontecorvo’s film Fatima for Empire magazine.

I recorded a video piece on the wonderful character actor, director and educator Nina Foch for this excellent box set…

I spoke up for Hindle Wakes in this BFI list of 10 Great British Silents.

Dorothy Arzner’s wonderful Merrily We Go To Hell is released in the UK on the Criterion Collection this week. So…

In the new, bumper-sized issue of Sight & Sound, I wrote two contributions to the Hidden Heroes cover feature, on…

Asked to choose my favourite musical for a Guardian roundup, I plumped for Gold Diggers of 1933. Of course!

There are a few wonderful Lois Weber films streaming on the Criterion Channel right now, which are not to be…