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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Colson Whitehead: Harlem Shuffle review - period piece speak...
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For most Bruckner fans, the multiple editions and revisions...
Anuvab Pal, Soho Theatre review - Empire and Bollywood colli...
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Leeds International Piano Competition Finals, Leeds Town Hal...
It’s easy to forget that what you see in a competition final isn’t always the full story, the jury members’ votes in this case based on what had...
theartsdesk on Vinyl 66: Etta James, BABii, George Harrison,...
As the summer folds away on itself, theartsdesk on Vinyl returns. Beset by backlogs at pressing plants and delayed by COVID, it's...
Album: Public Service Broadcasting - Bright Magic
Public Service Broadcasting’s latest addition in their on-going string of concept albums could reasonably be described as an impressionistic...
Reissue CDs Weekly: Help Yourself - Passing Through, The Com...
“Reaffirmation” is the sound of a San Francisco ballroom in 1968. The 12-minute long track opens mysteriously with what might be a Mellotron on...
The Story of Looking review – bedside musings on how and wha...
Mark Cousins, the multi-award winning director...
Podium odes to joy: conductors at the 2021 BBC Proms
They must have been especially overjoyed to be back in front of (or with back to the greater part of) a live audience. But inspiring musicians is...