Reviews

My film and television reviews, for outlets including Empire, Stylist, The New Arab, Time Out, i paper, IGN and others, can be found via my Tomato-meter approved profile on Rotten Tomatoes.

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.

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
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?