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Emma Simmonds

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Emma is a film and TV critic whose words have appeared in Time Out, Radio Times, The Observer, Empire, Total Film, Little White Lies, The Spectator, Virgin Movies, MovieMail and Popmatters, amongst many others. She is also a contributor to the London, New York and Glasgow volumes of the World Film Locations book series. She is The List magazine's current Film Reviews Editor and The Arts Desk's former Film Editor.

Articles By Emma Simmonds

The Homesman

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Fury

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LFF 2014: Listen Up Philip

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LFF 2014: Thou Wast Mild and Lovely

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Life After Beth

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Maps to the Stars

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Ida

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Million Dollar Arm

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Two Days, One Night

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We Gotta Get Out of This Place

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Joe

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Boyhood

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Goltzius and the Pelican Company

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Tammy

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Miss Violence

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Belle

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