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Carmen Paddock

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Glasgow, Scotland
As seen in: One Room with a View, Issuu, Letterboxd, Zavvi, Little White Lies, The Skinny, Film Inquiry, Opera Wire, GFT, Bright Wall/Dark Room, VAN Magazine and
Covers:  film, tv, theatre, music
Tragedy enjoyer, opera & film & TV writer, usually thinking about Sondheim. @RottenTomatoes approved, @theOAFFC + @FilmCriticsUK. Views my own, she/her

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Carmen Paddock’s Biography

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Carmen is a culture critic writing on film, television, theatre, and opera. She is a lover of musicals, 1950s and 1960s Hollywood, and late romantic opera – essentially, all things maximalist. Much of her work explores the process of cross-medium adaptation, looking at how the same stories are told and re-told across time and formats.

She was previously Features Editor at One Room With a View and has written for publications such as The Skinny, Bright Wall / Dark Room, Little White Lies, VAN Ma…

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UNIDENTIFIED melds social realism with Hallmark schlock, to its detriment - Moviejawn

UNIDENTIFIED melds social realism with Hallmark schlock, to its detriment - Moviejawn

by Carmen Paddock, Staff Writer Much of this film could be described in terms of what it "almost" is, and unf…

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A Pizza Hut, A Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut by Hannah Levene: Book Review - ...

A Pizza Hut, A Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut by Hannah Levene: Book Review - ...

Hannah Leven's sophomore novel is a wild and witty exploration of queer suburban utopia and the possibility o…

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Köln 75 | TAKE ONE Magazine | Reviews

Köln 75 | TAKE ONE Magazine | Reviews

Performances and occasional wit cannot save KÖLN 75 from being baffling and trying. Unlike the real concert, …

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Building her world: a review of GRETA GERWIG, FILMMAKER - Moviejawn

Building her world: a review of GRETA GERWIG, FILMMAKER - Moviejawn

by Carmen Paddock, Staff Writer Despite these occasional limitations, Greta Gerwig, Filmmaker is a wonderful …

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Erupcja review: Charli xcx stars in slice-of-life drama - The Skinny

Erupcja review: Charli xcx stars in slice-of-life drama - The Skinny

Charli xcx stars in this wry indie by Pete Ohs, as a woman whose city break to Warsaw goes awry when she reco…

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Hen review: bird's-eye-view tale is a mini marvel - The Skinny

Hen review: bird's-eye-view tale is a mini marvel - The Skinny

György Pálfi's Hen follows a plucky barnyard chicken as she tries to survive and thrive in this cruel, unnatu…

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A Pizza Hut, A Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut by Hannah Levene

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Book title: A Pizza Hut, A Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut Author: Hannah Levene Suburbia is reimagined as a space for queer invention, perhaps even utopia, in Hannah Levene’s marvellous second novel. Friends Herb and Lara have found contentment at the Watford Caffè Nero, where Herb scribbles the great gay plays of the future during his breaks and Lucy courts Cynthia, a PhD candidate who seeks to reclaim the overwhelmingly masculine field of robotics in her high femme fashion.
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TAKE ONE Magazine

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Tales of plucky youths and one-night-only performances are both familiar to music history – or perhaps more accurately, music lore. One such occasion was Keith Jarrett’s now-legendary performance in Cologne in January 1975. An entirely improvised one-hour concert at the Cologne Opera House became the best-selling solo jazz album in history, but – as Ido Fluk’s new film KÖLN 75 narrates – it almost did not happen. Key to the true story is Vera Brandes (Mala Emde).
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Erupcja review: Charli xcx stars in slice-of-life drama

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Film title: Erupcja Director: Pete Ohs Starring: Charli xcx, Lena Góra, Will Madden, Jeremy O. Harris, Jacek Zubiel, Agata Trzebuchowska, Maja Michnacka, Jan Lubaczewski Release date: 5 Jun Certificate: 15 Bethany and Rob should be having a lovely romantic holiday – Warsaw is not a conventional couple’s getaway, but Bethany, with her love of 19th-century art and four previous visits behind her, suggested it rather than Paris.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Exepose - the student newspaper at the University of Exeter

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No, but I want to!

How is social media changing news?

It's making news more accessible but also more reactive - a double edged sword
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