I wrote a feature for the Guardian about the relative freedoms afforded to female film stars on-screen in the Pre-code … More
Tag: Hollywood
1940s Hollywood melodramas
For the BFI, I took a look at 10 of the greatest Hollywood woman’s pictures of all time. First, fetch … More
Hollywood and history
I wrote this feature for the Guardian’s G2 section about how Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series Hollywood manipulates film history.
Frances Marion for Criterion
This month, the Criterion Channel is streaming a slate of films written by the wonderful Frances Marion. I wrote this … More
Slapstick Alley
For the Guardian, I wrote about the campaign to name an alley in Hollywood after the slapstick directors who filmed … More
Leading men
It’s no secret that I adore Cary Grant. The recent retrospective at the BFI set me to thinking about where … More
Walk of Fame
Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame seems to be besieged by protests and pickaxes. I wrote about … More
Moguls and starlets
In the light of the allegations against Harvey Weinstein and the wave of stories about other film industry professionals that … More
Jeni LeGon
Jeni LeGon was a brilliant tap dancer and the first woman of colour to sign a contract with a … More
Louise Brooks v Hollywood
For the 110th anniversary of Louise Brooks’s birth, I wrote a feature for Little White Lies about her unique approach to … More