Freelance writer, critic and film historian
I delivered the 2021 Philip French Memorial Lecture on criticism at the Watershed Cinema in Bristol in July, as part…
In the November 2021 issue of Sight and Sound, I wrote my column on the rights and wrongs of remakes.…
In the October 2021 issue of Sight and Sound, I wrote my column The Long Take on the use of…
For the Independent, I wrote up the incredible story of Europa, an anti-fascist avant-garde Polish film that was looted by…
I reported on the Sarah Maldoror retrospective at IndieLisboa Film Festival for Little White Lies – the new restoration of…
I reviewed Maria Schrader’s smart sci-fi romance I’m Your Man for Empire magazine.
The redesigned/relaunched Sight and Sound magazine is out now, and it’s very exciting. I was involved at the editorial stage…
On Thursday, to mark the launch of the Bette Davis season (Hollywood Rebel) at BFI Southbank, I appeared on Radio…
For the BFI, I took a look at 10 of the greatest Hollywood woman’s pictures of all time. First, fetch…
I delivered the 2021 Philip French Memorial Lecture on criticism at the Watershed Cinema in Bristol in July, as part…
For Bristol Ideas’ forthcoming book Film2021, which will be published in October, I wrote about the anxiety I experience in…
