Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Sight & Sound Magazine: An Interview with Spike Lee on Da 5 Bloods


Via Zoom during lockdown, I had the pleasure of speaking to Spike Lee on his latest film for Netflix, Da 5 Bloods, a Vietnam War epic. You can read the interview in the Summer 2020 bumper issue of Sight & Sound Magazine, available here.

MUBI Notebook: Act Like a Man / Jeff Bridges, the Quintessential Dreamer






For the latest edition of my column on male stars and stardom, Act Like a Man, I wrote about one of my favourite movie stars - Jeff Bridges - and how wonderful he has been in nearly every decade of American cinema since the '70s. Read it here. 

Monday, May 4, 2020

Sight & Sound Magazine: Interview with Yarit Dor, Intimacy Co-Ordinator



For the latest issue of Sight & Sound Magazine, I spoke to the fascinating Yarit Dor, an intimacy co-ordinator who explained how her job on film and television sets is to protect actors and crew during sex scenes and nudity. You can pick up the magazine here.






Empire: Ryan Murphy's Hollywood / Review



For Empire Magazine, I reviewed (& hated) Ryan Murphy's new show, Hollywood, set in the 1940s and reimagining a much nicer history of the dream factory. Read what I thought here.