As a critic-broadcaster

My cover story for Guardian Guide, December 2020, on crap films.

Cover story for Guardian Guide, December 2020, on crap films.

Film journalism is where I started.

I’ve written for Variety, Sight & Sound and the Guardian, amongst others, and appeared on BBC One’s Film Show, Radio 4’s Film Programme, and The Arts Hour with Nikki Bedi.

I select four Saturday Guardian magazine Film Picks every week, and in 2021 launched a personal film site, Film of the Week, with my friend and colleague Guy Lodge. Our email newsletter has over 1400 subscribers.

In 2021, I hosted a 10-part podcast series for Lionsgate about the horror franchise Saw, which reached over 1 million minutes listen-time. The series returned in 2023 to mark the release of Saw X.

I host Q&As and have been invited to speak at conferences and universities including Oxford (where I gave the Regent’s Park College graduation address 2020), Warwick and NFTS.

One 2023 highlight was profiling Joanna Hogg for the Guardian Saturday magazine. You can read the piece here.

BBC One’s Film 2013 with Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh (both lovely)

One from the archive: BBC One’s Film 2013 with Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh

Outlets include or have included

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme
BBC World Service - Arts Hour
BBC Radio 4 - Front Row
BBC Radio 4 - Today
BBC Radio 3 - Free Thinking
The Guardian Guide
The Guardian Film
Sight & Sound
Variety
Film4.com
BBC One - The Film Show
Little White Lies
Empire