Thrilled to be part of the team on the extras for the 4K UHD + Blu-ray release of BREAK IN THE CIRCLE with the fab @barryf48.bsky.social, @laurajm.bky.social, @sarahbabsmorgan.bsky.social, @balanescumiriam.bsky.social, Gavin Collinson, Richard Holliss, Wayne Kinsey, Adrian Martin and Neil Sinyard.

NR: Chusei Sone Double-Bill of SCARS OF THE SUN 太陽のきずあと BLOW THE NIGHT 夜をぶっとばせ First release of either film outside of Japan! Out July 27 - Order @terracottadist.bsky.social shop.terracottadistribution.com/products/sca... @jaspersharp.bsky.social @jbalmont.bsky.social @balanescumiriam.bsky.social

make sure to catch Hen in cinemas this weekend, a brilliant, hard boiled drama from Hungarian director György Pálfi My review in the latest issue of @empiremagazine.bsky.social! www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...

congratulations to Booker winner Yang Shuang-zi! Was a delight to review Taiwan Travelogue for @prospectmagazine.co.uk earlier this year - my verdict below www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/book...

I reviewed Sarah Gilmartin’s new novel Little Vanities for tomorrow’s @ftweekend.com, pick up a copy! www.ft.com/content/1849...

This week I am joined by Steve Rogers of Hammer Films to look at their new deluxe home video releases. From the 1950s we discuss their 4K presentation of Terence Fisher's sci-fi spy thriller, SPACEWAYS. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

@hammerfilms.bsky.social’s 4K Blu-ray of Mantrap (1953) is fab. Along with commentary buddy @jamesmjharrison.bsky.social, an honour to be part of the extras with @pamhutch.bsky.social, @cerealatmidnight.com, @barryf48.bsky.social, @balanescumiriam.bsky.social et al. hammerfilms.com/products/man...

For my @apollo-magazine.com debut, I wrote about Amelie upon its 25th-year anniversary re-release on how it revolutionised VFX in cinema apollo-magazine.com/amelie-film-...

reviewed the Peaky Blinders movie for @indiewire.com - found it to be a frustratingly middling follow-up, redeemed of course by Cillian and Barry’s performances www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...

great to have taken part again in @ebertvoices.bsky.social Women Writers Week, writing about one of my favourite recent films, The Testament of Ann Lee www.rogerebert.com/women-writer...

the day before the Baftas, I met Rose Byrne in London to talk about If I Had Legs, Asap Rocky, Mary Bronstein being unnerving and Gloria Steinem www.anothermag.com/design-livin...

the day before the Baftas, I met Rose Byrne in London to talk about If I Had Legs, Asap Rocky, Mary Bronstein being unnerving and Gloria Steinem www.anothermag.com/design-livin...

I’m in @ftweekend.com with a review of Amie Barrodale’s very funny but also quite flawed novel Trip www.ft.com/content/1a15...

"Bronstein’s pressure-cooking sophomore feature is perversely enjoyable — as long as you can take the stress." Rose Byrne is Oscar nominated as a mother on the edge in drama If I Had Legs I’d Kick You — in UK cinemas Friday. Read the Empire review: www.empireonline.com/movies...

I’m in the current issue of @empiremagazine.bsky.social with a review of Mary Bronstein’s brilliant, demented sophomore feature - go pick up a copy of the magazine and watch the film! www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...

loved writing for @theguardian.com about why Calamity Jane is my feel good film www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

Amnesty International have put together a handy guide if you're against these hostile environment changes but don't quite know what to say! media.amnesty.org.uk/documents/Am...

I wrote for @lwlies.com about a new wave of documentaries trying to make death less taboo, with Andre is an Idiot in cinemas now lwlies.com/this-just-in...

was a dream to get to talk to Richard Linklater for @anothermag.com about Nouvelle Vague, Godard being ‘a weirdo’ and his thoughts on AI and cinema www.anothermag.com/design-livin...

From The Voice of Hind Rajab to Peter Hujar’s Day, more and more movies seem to be adapted directly from transcripts - I wrote about the trend for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

H is for Hawk is endearing and well-meaning, with some of the best human-real-animal acting since Kes, but didn’t quite cut it for me. My review for @empiremagazine.bsky.social: www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...

"Paying fitting tribute to a photography legend, this slice-of-life film is a delectable treat." Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall star in Peter Hujar's Day — in UK cinemas now. Read our review: www.empireonline.com/movies...

Ahead of Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague, I wrote a little list of some of the best filmmaker biopics for the BFI site www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...

for my first piece this year, I had the pleasure of speaking with Lav Diaz about Magellan. This excellent slow cinema epic is out in US cinemas from today - go watch it! www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

more words from me on Peter Hujar’s Day for @empiremagazine.bsky.social www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...

for my first piece this year, I had the pleasure of speaking with Lav Diaz about Magellan. This excellent slow cinema epic is out in US cinemas from today - go watch it! www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

JFC Heinously underreported that these 3 young people have a) been held without trial for an unacceptably (illegally?) long time and b) all 3 have now passed into the potentially terminal phase of their hunger strikes. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump illegally started a war so his billionaire cronies could access Venezuela’s oil. Now he's sending even more of our taxpayer dollars + men and women in uniform to “run the country”?!? I ran for Congress to make sure we learned the lessons of Iraq. Trump is repeating them.

And there ya have it… Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”

New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

in cinemas now!

very happy to have a little preview of Hamnet in the current issue of Picturehouse Recommends - a very lovely way to finish off the year in film writing

had the great privilege of speaking with Ira Sachs and Ben Whishaw for @wallpapermag.bsky.social about their gorgeous slice of life film, Peter Hujar’s Day (I’ve been told it was Ira’s favourite interview of the lot, so pls do give it a read) www.wallpaper.com/art/film/pet...

my list of the best films of 2025 for @sightsoundmag.bsky.social ! www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

Very happy to have been asked again to contribute to the @filmcomment.com.web.brid.gy best of 2025 poll I had one extra spot (due to technicalities with release dates) which would have gone to Pepe www.filmcomment.com/best-films-o...

reviewed Eternity - one of cinema’s weirdest conceptions of the afterlife - for @sightsoundmag.bsky.social. It unfortunately did not work for me www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

I reviewed Joy Williams’s latest short story collection for tomorrow’s @ftweekend.com - the American eco-gothic novelist is as great as ever and would really recommend a read www.ft.com/content/2f17...

last week was my second time chairing a Romanian Cultural Institute event with Mircea Cartarescu - this time in-person! - for his UK book tour of Blinding/Orbitor: The Left Wing. An amazing evening (and surprisingly hot, which is why my face is so shiny)

have always been curious about the inner workings of London’s cat cafes and had the opportunity to investigate for The Londoner - what I found was a mix of sweet, strange and sometimes even a little disturbing www.the-londoner.co.uk/londons-cat-...

what the fuck

from (fake) flea-ridden Grey Gardens events, nudist director q&as to the occult, I checked out the new @thenickelcinema.bsky.social and talked to Pink Palace @riocinema.bsky.social and the LCVA about London’s underground cinema scene for The Londoner www.the-londoner.co.uk/nudists-sata...

The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

I also talked to Lynne Ramsay (!) for TIME Magazine We chatted about Die my Love’s all-important needle drops, a hopeless Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence feeling ‘empowered’ acting in the role while pregnant time.com/7331657/die-...

in honour of her role in Ronan and Daniel Day-Lewis’s father-son psychodrama Anemone, I talked to Samantha Morton for @anothermag.com about Under the Skin, why she can’t get her second film greenlit (despite winning a Bafta) and acting being triggering www.anothermag.com/design-livin...

I wrote for BBC Culture about Hedda Gabler - a 19th-century character who has had a truly unprecedented afterlife and become a feminist icon - speaking with Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson about their queer new take on Ibsen’s play www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

I recently went on the Klassiki podcast to chat about Eastern European horror in the 1960s-1980s. If you’re looking for lesser-known Halloween movie recs, have a listen! klassiki.online/horror-behin...

“Is there a word that means something is both true and false? I’ve looked, and I’ve yet to find one…" @balanescumiriam.bsky.social reviews "Fire Exit" by @morgantalty.bsky.social

I wrote for BBC Culture about Hedda Gabler - a 19th-century character who has had a truly unprecedented afterlife and become a feminist icon - speaking with Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson about their queer new take on Ibsen’s play www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

I wrote about The Mastermind, why there were so many art heists in the 70s and the robber as heartthrob in pop culture for BBC Culture Didn’t make it into the piece, but Kelly Reichardt said she stole a potato from Whole Foods in the name of research www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...