Little White Lies: Yance Ford's Strong Island (Review)

For Little White Lies, I reviewed Yance Ford's incredible doc Strong Island. You can find the review here. 

Playboy Magazine: Ken Burns & Lynn Novick's The Vietnam War Series

   In time for the first episode's airing tonight on PBS, I spoke to documentarian Ken Burns about his and Lynn Novick's decade-in-the-making historical series, The Vietnam War. It's essential viewing. You can find the interview here, at Playboy online. 

The Guardian: Outrageous portrayals of Gypsy culture are cinema's last acceptable bigotry

For The Guardian, I wrote an editorial about the casting of Benedict Cumberbatch as a Romany Gypsy in new film 'Gypsy Boy', and why whitewashing of the traveller community isn't being discussed in the film industry. You can find it here.

Little White Lies: Dear Mr. Redford

For the new issue of Little White Lies, I also penned a letter to Robert Redford, writing about female adoration and movie star unattainability. It might be one of my favourite things I've written. Pick up the issue here or on newsstands. 

Little White Lies: Threads #3 / Swimming Trunks

In the new issue of Little White Lies you can find the third edition of Threads, my column on film and fashion! This one, themed around Luca Guadagnino's summertime romance Call Me By Your Name, is all about men's swimming trunks. You can pre-order a copy here  or find it on UK newsstands from 7 September.

 

Roger Ebert.com / Q+A with Yance Ford, Director of Strong Island

Earlier this year, I spoke to documentarian Yance Ford on his film Strong Island, a deeply moving look at the racially-motivated murder of his brother. It's one of my favourite films of 2017. You can find the Q+A with Yance here, on Roger Ebert.com

Sight & Sound: Female Desire at the Movies

   My quasi-manifesto about female desire in the movies can be found in the October issue of Sight & Sound Magazine. Check it out here or on UK newsstands soon.