Emma Simmonds
Bio
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.
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Moses und Aron, Komische Oper Berlin, OperaVision review – c...
Barrie Kosky’s production of Moses und Aron was staged at the Komische Oper...
Theatre Unlocked 3: Signs of activity after a long siesta
After a weeklong hiatus due to an absence of noteworthy material, this column is back heralding the return, as well, of something resembling live...
An American Pickle review - sweet and sour screwball comedy
Seth Rogen offers up double the laughs by taking on both lead roles in a time-hopping, Rip-Van-Winkle screwball...
The Deceived, Channel 5 review - who's fooling who?
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again, except somebody had renamed it The House at Knockdara. This was the title of the first...
Young Ahmed review - jihadist drama misses the mark
Belgian filmmaking duo the Dardenne Brothers have long been darlings of Cannes Film Festival, winning awards for hardhitting...
Album: Conrad Schnitzler & Frank Bretschneider - Con-Str...
When does the avant-garde become folk? Both of the...
Little Birds, Sky Atlantic review - decadence and intrigue i...
Diarist, novelist and writer of erotica Anaïs Nin lived a brilliantly-...
Hiromi Kawakami: People From My Neighbourhood review - deft...
Deft and funny prose, in a feather-light translation by Ted Goossen, is the signature of...
New Music Unlocked 4: The Streets, heavy metal, punk rock an...
This week would have been peak summer event antics but not in 2020. However, the game is far from up; the punks and the metallers are making a...
The Talk, Channel 4 review - coping with the legacy of racis...
Shall we talk about racism? Currently we seem to be...