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.
Articles By Emma Simmonds
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Prom 10, Van der Heijden, BBCSSO, Ryan Wigglesworth review -...
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Lady in the Lake, Apple TV+ review - a multi-layered Baltimo...
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Album: Meshell Ndegeocello - No More Water: The Gospel of Ja...
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Twisters review - satisfyingly cataclysmic storm-chaser saga
“Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!” urged King Lear, accompanied by the Fool, on the blasted heath. But that’s not quite snappy enough for the...
The Echo review - a beautiful but confusing look at life in...
El Eco (The Echo) is a small village in Mexico’s central...
Album: Isabell Gustafsson-Ny - Rosenhagtorn
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About Dry Grasses review - warts and all portrait of an unha...
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Album: 137 - Strangeness Oscillations
Something of a jazz supergroup this one: with drum virtuoso, the...
Prom 6, Verdi's Requiem, BBCNOW, Bancroft review - runn...
Returning after ten months to the unique vasts of Albert’s colosseum, especially for a Verdi Requiem as powerful as this and a packed hall, felt...
10 Questions for DJ-producer Dave Clarke
Dave Clarke (b. 1968) is, arguably, Britain’s greatest techno...