I reviewed Harry Wootliff’s heartbreaking romance Only You for Sight & Sound and they made it Film of the Week. It’s…
S&S August 2019
In the August 2019 issue of Sight & Sound, I reviewed the wonderful British romance Only You, as well as…
Festivals on screen
It’s festival season. I wrote about festivals and screens, from Woodstock: the Movie to the fashionistas at Coachella and the…
Toy Story 4
I reviewed the new Toy Story film from Disney Pixar for Sight & Sound magazine. The review is online here.
Gigi in Bologna
Gigi (1958) is screening from a vintage Technicolor print at Il Cinema Ritrovato this year. I wrote the entry for…
Kael on Klute
As part of this epic Guardian tribute to Pauline Kael, I chose one of my favourites from her reviews: her paean…
The Signal Tower in S&S
For the July 2019 issue of Sight & Sound I wrote about the fantastic restoration of Clarence Brown’s The Signal Tower,…
Early women filmmakers
For the BFI website, I wrote this short guide to starting to explore the work of the first female film…
The B word
Inspired by the new BFI Southbank season Playing the Bitch, I looked at the cultural history of the word and…
Lillian Gish
I wrote this for the Guardian about the university in Ohio that has voted to remove Lillian Gish’s name from…
