Philip French Memorial Lecture 2021

I delivered the 2021 Philip French Memorial Lecture on criticism at the Watershed Cinema in Bristol in July, as part … More

S&S Summer 2021

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

This month, the Criterion Channel is streaming a slate of films written by the wonderful Frances Marion. I wrote this … More

For the BFI website, I wrote this short guide to starting to explore the work of the first female film … More

In the March 2019 issue of Sight & Sound, I interviewed director Nadine Labaki about her wonderful film Capernaum. I … More

I’m attending TIFF for the first time this year, and I’ll list the links to my coverage below as they … More

The BFI’s Woman with a Movie Camera Summit was an incredibly inspirational day. I filed this report for the Guardian, … More

I popped up briefly on Radio 4’s The Film Programme to argue for Lois Weber’s inclusion in its A to … More

The great news that Rachel Morrison has become the first woman to be nominated for a Cinematography Oscar prompted a … More

I was one of several women no doubt equally delighted to nominate a title for a new female film canon … More