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UK-based film critic and culture journalist. Bylines: BFI, Sight and Sound, IndieWire, Little White Lies and others. Member of the London Critics' Circle.

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I’m a UK-based culture writer whose work mostly focuses on film, music and TV.

I have contributed to a wide variety of outlets and institutions, including the BFI, Sight & Sound, Variety, Little White Lies, The Face, IndieWire, SciFiNow, Polygon, Hyperallergic, Huck, Another Man, The Skinny, The List, Filmmaker, The Line of Best Fit, MUBI Notebook, Kinoscope, Locarno Film Festival, Glasgow Film Theatre, The Film Stage, VODzilla.co, and others in both print and online.

I have introduced film scr…

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Rick Baker on the past and future of making monsters: "Practical effects are coming back in a big...

Rick Baker on the past and future of making monsters: "Practical effects are coming back in a big...

Makeup legend Rick Baker tells us about "the good" American Werewolf, pulling double Kong duty, defining "Thr…

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Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei on Faces of Death - The Skinny

Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei on Faces of Death - The Skinny

The 1978 gorefest Faces of Death has been retooled, but this is no lazy IP-mining remake. Filmmakers Daniel G…

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10 to watch at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2026

10 to watch at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2026

As this year's Edinburgh Film Festival gets under way, we pick out 10 recommendations from a programme that e…

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'Objet a' Review: Ann Oren's Spellbinding Tale of Kink, Surgery, and Mushrooms Is a Feast for the...

'Objet a' Review: Ann Oren's Spellbinding Tale of Kink, Surgery, and Mushrooms Is a Feast for the...

Locarno: The "Piaffe" director returns with an eye-popping portrait of horny hand surgeons grappling with the…

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'Hearing' Review: Vietnamese Slow-Burn Is a Feast for the Senses

'Hearing' Review: Vietnamese Slow-Burn Is a Feast for the Senses

Locarno: The second feature from writer/director Lê Bảo makes you enjoy the silence, even if its characters d…

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'Donkey Princess' Review: A French Fairytale Gets a Stunning Reimagining from Two Animation Legen...

'Donkey Princess' Review: A French Fairytale Gets a Stunning Reimagining from Two Animation Legen...

Locarno: Chilean directors Cristobal León and Joaquín Cociña once again prove that they belong in the rarifie…

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Rick Baker on the past and future of making monsters: "Practical effects are coming back in a big way"

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By Josh Slater-Williams Verified
| The A.V. Club Verified
Rick Baker has been retired from filmmaking for over a decade, but esteem for the icon of special makeup effects and animatronics has only grown since he stepped back from the freaky faces and memorable monsters. The seven-time Academy Award-winner attributed the shuttering of his studio to Hollywood’s over-reliance on CGI impacting both sides of his business.
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Rick Baker on the past and future of making monsters: "Practical effects are coming back in a big way"

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By Josh Slater-Williams Verified
| Flipboard
3 days ago The 2017 film Kong: Skull Island makes it quite clear that it draws inspiration from Apocalypse Now, but director Jordan Vogt-Roberts has talked about how influential video games were on the film as well. There are references to a lot of Vogt-Roberts' favorite games scattered throughout Kong: Skull Island, meaning the film is one big Easter egg hunt for gamers.
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Family problems and sound issues: 8 of the best films at Frightfest

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By Anton Bitel Festivals, Matthew Barrington, Josh Slater-Williams Verified
| BFI
This year’s FrightFest is nearly upon us – 83 feature films (including documentaries and retrospective titles) and 40 shorts, presented across two Odeon cinemas, five screens in London’s Leicester Square over an extended five-day summer bank holiday weekend. Everything on show falls within the realms of horror, sci-fi and fantasy.
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