My online and print writing portfolio. I cover films, TV shows, books, and comment on issues in higher education.
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Reports and interviews “Second ‘Lift the Ban’ Demo Raises More Questions About Policing and the Far-Right in Manchester,” Reel News, July 31, 2025. “Opposing Genocide in Manchester: The Reality of Protest Under Starmer’s Government,”Reel News, July 21, 2025. “Greening Film and Television to Save Our Blue Planet,” OpenLearn, November 30, 2022 - read it here. “LFF in VR: Asif Kapadia's Ode to A Dog in Space,” Sight & Sound 31, no.10 (2021): 9-10. “Exploring Virtual Realities at the BFI London Film Festival 2021,” Sight & Sound, October 28, 2021 - read it here. “I Went to Hoth to Go Behind the Scenes of The Empire Strikes Back at 40,” The Mary Sue, December 24, 2020 - read it here. “Co-ordinating Intimacy: Making Sex Scenes Safe,” Sight & Sound, October 14, 2019 – read it here. “Cannes: Bull Director Annie Silverstein on Rodeo Culture and the Realities of On-Set Childcare,” Women & Hollywood, May 24, 2019. “Alienation and the Limits of Access at Edinburgh 2018,” Sight and Sound, July 11, 2018 - read it here. “From Ocean’s 8 to #MeToo: Why the Gender Bias in Film Criticism Matters,” ProspectMagazine, June 21, 2018 - read it here. “Raze the Red carpet: Cannes 2018 Responds to #MeToo,” Sight and Sound, May 21, 2018 - read it here.
Features “Queer Empire: On the 40th Anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back,” LA Review of Books, May 21, 2020 - read it here. “The Rise of Skywalker Achieved Gender Parity, Still Needed More Women of Color,” The Mary Sue, May 4, 2020 - read it here. “I Know Because It's Me: Women and Archiving in Star Wars,” Contingent, December 8, 2019 - read it here. “How the Lighthouse Makes a Monster of Capitalism,” LA Review of Books Blog, November 11, 2019 – read it here. “Ad Astra: An ‘Angstonaut’ Journey into a Spaceman’s Psyche,” Birth, Movies, Death, September 24, 2019 – read it here. “Why is Star Wars' Inclusiveness Getting So Much Hate Now When It Was Celebrated in the Past?” The Mary Sue, September 10, 2018 - read it here. “On Brilliance: Making Light of Women's Creative Labour,” MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture, May 1, 2018 - read it here. “Why I Decided to Cut All the Men Out of Star Wars, and What it Showed Me,” Women and Hollywood, June 11, 2018 - read it here.
Comment “Is 'Barbenheimer' Going to Save Cinema?,” OpenLearn, August 14, 2023 - read it here. “Gender-Based Violence: A Call to Action for FE and HE,” UCU Commons blog, March 21, 2023 - read it here. “Athena SWAN is an Ugly Duckling,” Times Higher Education Supplement, May 3, 2018 - read it here.
Film, TV & book reviews “2073: Asif Kapadia’s Genre-Bending Vision of a Bleak Future Deflates Rather than Mobilises,” Sight & Sound, January 6, 2025 - read it here. “A Place Without Fear,” Sight & Sound, Winter, 2024. “Back to Black: Amy Winehouse Biopic Fails in its Aspirations to Focus on the Music,” Sight & Sound, April 10, 2024 - read it here. “Cat Person: This Messy Adaptation of Kristen Roupenian's Short Story is Devoid of Nuance,” Sight & Sound, October 24, 2023 - read it here. “Celluloid Underground: A Lyrical Tribute to the Material Beauty of Film,” Sight & Sound, October 16, 2023 - read it here. “Shabu,” Sight & Sound, Summer 2023, p.127. “Polite Society: A Genre-Jumping Debut with an Anarchic Sense of Fun,” Sight & Sound, April 27, 2023 - read it here. “Get Out” and “The Red Shoes,” Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2022 - read comments here and here. “Little Women,” Sight & Sound 32, no. 10 (2022): 86. “She Said: A Powerful Call to Arms in the Struggle Against Patriarchy,” Sight & Sound, October 17, 2022 - read it here. “Meet Me in the Bathroom: A Nostalgic Indie Rock Theme-Park Ride,” Sight & Sound, October 14, 2022 - read it here. “Call Jane: A Powerful, Timely Pro-Choice Drama,” Sight & Sound, October 14, 2022 - read it here. “Girls Can't Surf: A Bittersweet Story of Women in the Waves,” Sight & Sound, August 19, 2022 - read it here. “A League of Their Own: Stirring Baseball Drama,” Sight & Sound, August 18, 2022 - read it here. “Bullet Train: Mind the Gap Between Its Ears,” Sight & Sound, August 4, 2022 - read it here. “The Railway Children Return: A Big Hearted Yet Nostalgic Railway Ride,” Sight & Sound, July 15, 2022 - read it here. “Faithless,” Sight & Sound 32, no. 5 (2022): 93. “True Things: An Uneasy Psychological Character Study,” Sight & Sound, April 1, 2022 - read it here. “Pam & Tommy is an Entertaining But Ultimately Hypocritical Take on 90s Celebrity Culture,” Sight & Sound, February 1, 2022 - read it here. “The Mad Women's Ball,” Sight & Sound 31, no. 10 (2021): 82. “House of Gucci: A Tragi-Comic Triumph,” Sight & Sound, November 25, 2021 - read it here. “Curse of the Chippendales Explores Gender Dynamics of Stripping in the 1980s,” Sight & Sound, October 18, 2021 - read it here. “The Chair Studies the Absurdities of Academia,” Sight & Sound, August 27, 2021 - read it here. “The Mandalorian Season 2 Seeks Hope in a Bruised and Battered Galaxy,” Sight & Sound, December 21, 2020 - read it here. “Industry Doesn't Work For Us,” Sight & Sound, December 2, 2020 - read it here. “Limbo Gives a Scottish Welcome to Four Far-Flung Refugees,” Sight & Sound, October 15, 2020 - read it here. “Tenet is a Fast-Forward Blockbuster Worth a Rewind Viewing,” Screen Queens, August 26, 2020 - read it here. “Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker Review: New Hope Springs Eternal,” Sight & Sound, December 19, 2019 - read it here. “LFF Review: Love, Life and Laughter,” Silent London, October 28, 2019 – read it here. “Our Ladies Review: Catholic Lasses Go Wild,” Sight & Sound, October 11, 2019 – read it here. “Make Up Review: A Thrillingly Queer Tangle in a Cornish Campsite,” Sight & Sound, October 10, 2019 - read it here. “I Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story is an Important Look Beyond the Shrieking Stereotypes,” Mary Sue, September 23, 2019 – read it here. “Cannes 2019 Review: Lux Æterna Reveals the Eternal Darkness of Cinema Made by Men,” Birth, Movies, Death, May 20, 2019 – read it here. “Cannes 2019 Review: Pain And Glory is a Bittersweet Journey to the Heart of a Cinephile,” Birth, Movies, Death, May 20, 2019 – read it here. “Too Old to Die Young first look: Nicolas Winding Refn Depopulates the Small Screen,” Sight & Sound, May 18, 2019 – read it here. “Rocketman review: An Out and Proud Elton John Musical Biopic,” Sight & Sound, May 17, 2019 – read it here. “Bull first look: A Bucking Portrait of a Rodeoing Odd Couple,” Sight & Sound, May 16, 2019 – read it here. “Book Review: Star Wars: Queen’s Shadow Is the Padmé Story Her Fans Deserve,” The Mary Sue, March 9, 2019 - read it here. “Book Review: Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds Puts Hawkins’ Past in a New Perspective,” The Mary Sue, February 13, 2019 - read it here. “George Michael: Freedom First-Look Review,” Little White Lies, June 26, 2018 - read it here. “Cannes First Look: Little Tickles is an Unflinching Exploration of Abuse and Therapy,” Sight and Sound, May 24, 2018 - read it here. “Cannes First Look: My Favourite Fabric Unwraps Women's Lives in the Arab Spring,” Sight and Sound, May 16, 2018 - read it here.
Theatre programmes ‘Who Were Mack & Mabel?’ Mack & Mabel theatre programme, Chichester Theatre and UK touring editions, 2015.