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Reviews
My film and television reviews, for outlets including Empire, Stylist, The New Arab, Time Out, i paper, IGN, The New Scientist, among others, can be found via my Tomato-meter approved profile on Rotten Tomatoes.
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In 2020, I was welcomed into the Film Section of the London Critics' Circle, joining the awards committee. As well as advocating for better diversity inside the circle, I set up the LFF Critics Support Fund to provide financial aid to critics from low-income backgrounds and outside of London.
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Below is a selection of critical essays and reports on cinema.
 Why Women Behaving Badly Are Dominating Our Screens |  The Fall Guy shows why stunt people are severely undervalued in cinema |
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 Are two-part movies ripping audiences off? |  American Fiction: The Oscar nominee wading into the US culture wars |
 Asthma portrayals on screens are problematic. It's time for change. |  For Hollywood, scary AI is an old trope. It's now a true threat. |
 Why 'Renfield's narcissistic count fits perfectly into Dracula's film history |  Jeremy Strong and Hollywood's most extreme actors |
 Cannibalism is consuming pop culture |  She Said and the films taking on abusive men |
 Avatar 2: What is the future for visual effects? |  Why Lady Macbeth is literature's most misunderstood villain |
 BFI video essay on Jean Renoir's The River |  Inside Cinema: Strong Female Characters for BBC iPlayer |
 Introduction to The Arbor for BFI Player |  In The Heights And The New Golden Age Of Musicals |
 The Mauritanian: Exposing Life Inside The World's Most Notorious Prison |  White Fang: The Timeless Appeal of One-Man-And-Dog Movies |
 African Apocalypse: The Real Heart of Darkness |  Chadwick Boseman: A Film Icon Who Changed Hollywood |
 Easy A: How Teen Movies Became Hooked On Classic Lit |  How The MCU Helped Comfort Me Through My Grief |
 Love & Basketball: The Film That Changed How We See Sport |  Goodfellas: The Making of One Of Cinema's Greatest Shots |
 How Clueless Transformed The Movie Makeover |  Misbehaviour: Can Beauty Pageants Ever Be Empowering? |
 Is It Time The All-White Period Drama Should Become Extinct? |
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