Broadly: The Gruesome Demise of the '90s Erotic Thriller

For Broadly, I wrote about the '90s erotic thriller, its heyday, & why it seemed to disappear. Check it out here.

LWL: In Praise Of...Vera Chytilova's Daisies

For an upcoming LWL screening with ICA London and Mubi UK, I wrote an appreciation of Vera Chytilova's feminist cult classic from 1966, Daisies. It'll be on at ICA London this Saturday! Check it out here. 

BFI: Florida On Film

In time for the release of Sean Baker's The Florida Project, I wrote about films that depict the bizarro world of Florida - from Body Heat to Pain & Gain - for BFI. Check it out here. 

Little White Lies: Threads #4 / The Ladies' Headscarf

For the latest Threads - based on the cover issue for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - I wrote about women's headscarves in film, from the religious to the fashionable. You can pick the mag up on newsstands or here online. 

BFI: Ten Great Thrillers Directed by Women

For BFI's Thriller season, I wrote about 10 great thrillers directed by women, from Ida Lupino to Kathryn Bigelow. Check it out here.

Also, tomorrow is BFI's Big Thrill Day at Southbank. From 7.15, I'll be talking the roles of women in the erotic thriller on a panel called 'Nasty Women: Celebrating the Women in Erotic Thrillers'. Come along! 

Sight & Sound Magazine: Endings Column / American Gigolo & Rushes Interview / Eliza Hittman

For the December issue of Sight & Sound, you can find me near the front of the mag (Rushes) interviewing talented director of new film Beach Rats, Eliza Hittman. At the back of the mag, you can also find me writing about American Gigolo for the Endings column! On newsstands from this week onward - or find out more here. 

Literary Hub: Inside the World of 'Lore': A Spooky Podcast Goes to Page & Screen

    For Literary Hub, where I've been doing a bit of writing around book releases that aren't about film (!), I spoke to Aaron Mahnke, the creator of spooky podcast LORE. It's now a book and an Amazon show, too. Learn all about it here. 

Broadly: The New Female-Led Crime Cinema

  For Broadly, I wrote about the history of female-led crime films, and the new wave of them set for release in the coming year. I also spoke to director Aaron Katz, whose new neo-noir Gemini is among those releases. Check the piece out here. 

Sight & Sound: London Film Festival 2017 and the Crime Throwback

From this year's BFI London Film Festival, I wrote about the crime genre highlights in the programme. There was a wide selection to choose from, including Aaron Katz' female led neo-noir Gemini and David Fincher's new Netflix series Mindhunter. Check my piece out at Sight & Sound online.

Literary Hub: The Prettiest Way to Die

    For my debut at Literary Hub, I delved into a discussion of a new book called Consumptive Chic, and how a deadly disease - tuberculosis - was once considered a fashion and beauty influencer. Check the piece out here. 

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.

Barbican: The Grime & The Glamour: NYC on Film '76-'90

    Barbican's upcoming season of films 'The Grime & The Glamour' will be celebrating a wide variety of New York City directors - from Susan Seidelman to Abel Ferrara. I wrote about the films in the season and NYC at a crisis point for the Barbican site. Check it out here.

Roger Ebert.com: Jeanne Moreau and the Art of Refusal

 In remembrance of the late Jeanne Moreau, the enigmatic star of Jules et Jim, I wrote about her star power and its effect on me for Roger Ebert.com. Check it out here.

Under My Thumb: Songs that Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them

Pleased to announce that I've contributed an essay to this anthology from Repeater Press, 'Under my Thumb: Songs that Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them'. It's available for pre-order here on Amazon UK. My piece is all about 1960's doo-wop, Frankie Valli, and Dion & the Belmonts.

Little White Lies: Feminist Programming at This Year's Cinema Rediscovered

    For Little White Lies online, I wrote about my experience at Bristol's Cinema Rediscovered film fest - and about how independent feminist film programmers and leading the way to a progressive future. Check it out here. 

BFI: Where to Begin With Jean-Pierre Melville

For BFI online, I wrote a beginner's guide to the work of great French crime director Jean-Pierre Melville. There's more to his cinema than cool hats and guns, honest. Check it out.

The Guardian / Frozen in time: the miraculous gold rush movies buried beneath the Yukon ice

   I had the immense pleasure of speaking to filmmaker Bill Morrison about his beautiful film Dawson City: Frozen Time for The Guardian. It traces the history of a Yukon gold rush town that held a secret treasure trove of nitrate silent films under its frozen soil. Check it out here.

Little White Lies: Cinema Rediscovered 2017 / Preview

In preparation for Bristol Watershed's retrospective mini-festival Cinema Rediscovered this weekend, I wrote about a handful of must-see screenings showing there for Little White Lies. Check it out here.

Sight & Sound: Sheffield Doc/Fest 2017 / A Half Century After the Summer of Love

For Sight & Sound Magazine online, I wrote about my time attending the ever-enjoyable Sheffield Doc/Fest, where I saw their strand of counterculture docs and celebration of the Summer of Love in film. See what I thought here. 

Esquire: The Best Episodes of ESPN's 30 for 30 Series

   For Esquire, I got the chance to write about and rank my favourite episodes of the great ESPN 30 for 30 series. Find out what's in the top twenty here. 

Little White Lies: River's Edge & The Troubling Psychosis of '80s Youth

 For Little White Lies online, I wrote about Tim Hunter's bizarre 1987 teen film River's Edge, starring Keanu Reeves and Dennis Hopper. Read it here.

BFI: Swimming Pools on Film

    In time for summer, I wrote about the symbolic purpose of swimming pools on film - from The Graduate to Showgirls. Find the piece here at BFI. 

Little White Lies: Threads #2 - The B3 Aviator Jacket

The second iteration of my new column Threads - on clothes and movies - will be in the July issue of Little White Lies. The issue is dedicated to Christopher Nolan's Second World War film Dunkirk, and accordingly, Threads is all about the iconic B3 Aviator Jacket. Pick up the print mag online or on newsstands. 

Shortlist: French Riviera Style for the Summer

I had a lot of fun making another foray into fashion/style writing over at Shortlist. I talked about how men can achieve the louche playboy style of Alain Delon and other '60s Frenchmen for the summer. Check it out here. 

The Guardian / G2: Director Cate Shortland on her new film Berlin Syndrome

For last Friday's G2 magazine in The Guardian, I spoke to Australian director Cate Shortland about her new thriller Berlin Syndrome. Check it out online here!

BFI: Dustin Hoffman / 10 Essential Films

In anticipation of the upcoming BFI Southbank celebration of Dustin Hoffman's film career, I wrote about his amazing work in 10 of his best movies. Check it out here at BFI. 

Sight & Sound Magazine: Car Car Land / The American Car Chase Movie

For the July issue of Sight & Sound Magazine, I wrote a little feature about the great American car chase films of the 1960's and '70s. This was in addition to the awesome Car Car Land film season being programmed by Edgar Wright at BFI Southbank. You can pick the issue up online or on newsstands from tomorrow, 6 June.

Arrow Films // The Marx Brothers Essay - Animal Crackers

Arrow Films have released an exciting boxset of Marx Brothers movies. I got to write an essay about their early film, Animal Crackers. You can check out the set here. 

Little White Lies: Ian McShane Q+A

  In time for the release of his new boxing drama Jawbone, I spoke to the great Ian McShane about changing masculinity onscreen + a few other things. Check it out at Little White Lies. 

Little White Lies: Clash (Review)

  For Little White Lies, I reviewed Mohamed Diab's Clash, a compact thriller with real human consequences. Check it out here. 

BFI: Martin Scorsese's Depiction of Women

  For BFI, I wrote about Scorsese's portrayal of his women characters across his film career - from period dramas to gangster flicks. Check it out here. 

Racked: How Old Hollywood Manufactured its Beauty

For fashion site Racked, I wrote about Angela Cartwright's new book Styling the Stars, old Hollywood stardom, and how carefully beauty was manufactured in the golden age of movies. There's also a sneak preview of the the book's previously unseen photos from the 20th Century Fox archive! Find the piece here. 

Paste Magazine: The 50 Best Boxing Movies of All Time

   It was a great pleasure to write this master list of 50 boxing films, my favourite specialist sub-genre. Find it in full over at Paste Magazine. 

Roger Ebert.com: David Lynch: The Art Life (Review)

   I gave 3 1/2 stars to the new documentary on David Lynch. You can read my review for Ebert Voices here. 

Roger Ebert.com Women Writers Week: The Crafting of a Legacy in Jackie

 I'm so happy to be taking part in Ebert Voices' Women Writers Week for the first time this year. The lovely Chaz Ebert wrote about the idea here. I wrote about Pablo Larrain's Jackie, the notion of a first lady's duty, and crafting a legacy, here. 

Hazlitt: Whatever Happened to Virginia Van Upp?

   For Hazlitt, I wrote a long-form exploration about the life and career of one of the only women to be a major movie executive in golden age Hollywood. Her name was Virginia Van Upp and you can find the piece here.

Little White Lies Magazine / Threads No. 1: A New Print Column on Film & Fashion!

This month sees the debut of my new print column in Little White Lies Magazine- it's called Threads. It's all about fashion on film, and in honour of the Free Fire issue, the first iteration is all about the '70s wide collar, disco, and masculinity in the movies. You can buy the mag here. 

Paste Magazine: 20 Radical Films to Watch in the Age of Trump

For Paste Magazine online, I wrote about 20 great radical left-wing films to revisit to get you in the protesting mood. Check it out here.

Esquire: Does the Success of 'Hidden Figures' Mean Female-Fronted Biopics are on the Rise?

For my Esquire debut, I wrote about the enormous box office success of Hidden Figures and the rise of the women's biopic. I spoke to Women & Hollywood's Melissa Silverstein, Hidden Figures screenwriter Alison Schroeder, and Monumental Pictures producers Alison Owen + Debra Hayward. Find the piece here!