This is vampire season at the Final Girls podcast. I was lucky enough to be invited on to chat about…
Marlene Dietrich at BFI Southbank
This was not the year in which I expected to programme my first film season, but I am delighted to…
The Lady in The Ladykillers
For Studiocanal’s beautiful new DVD/Blu/UHD edition of The Ladykillers, I was lucky enough to write an essay about the fantastic…
Luxor in S&S
I reviewed Zeina Durra’s intensely rewarding romantic drama Luxor for Sight & Sound.
Sweet Charity
Delighted to have contributed a booklet essay to this stunning Indicator Blu-ray edition of Sweet Charity.
Asta Nielsen in S&S
For the December 2020 issue of Sight & Sound, I wrote about Danish film star of the silent era, Asta…
Flipbooks and lost films
I have co-written a book about a fascinating research project, which managed to identify lost films by early filmmakers from…
Rhonda Fleming
The “queen of Technicolor” Rhonda Fleming died this week. I appeared on Radio 4’s PM on Saturday to discuss her…
Joan Harrison in Sight & Sound
In the November issue of Sight & Sound, I reviewed Phantom Lady, Christina Lane’s biography of Hollywood producer Joan Harrison.…
Film titles
I wrote this video essay for Amazon Prime’s Wrap Party series to celebrate the art of great title design, specifically,…
