Freelance film critic. Staff Writer at Screen Queens & One Room With A View. Focuses on literary adaptations and diversity in TV and film. BSc in Biomedical Science, available for science copy.
An Equally Reverential and Original Whodunnit — The Residence (TV Review)
The whodunnit comedy is in fashion, thanks to Knives Out and Only Murders in the Building, and never far behind with what viewers want, Shonda Rhimes' production company presents The Residence.
Change is Good in this Daring Take on Agatha Christie — Towards Zero (TV Review)
My customary review of the latest BBC Agatha Christie update, this sit squarely in the middle of the rankings but tipped over by some supreme casting
Bridget Jones: Mad About A Boy | To A Land Unknown | Divine Intervention (2002)
On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss the return of Bridget Jones in Mad About A Boy and the Palestinian refugee thriller To A Land Unknown. Finally, for film club, we revisit Elia Suleiman’s Divine Intervention.
Joining host Leila Latif are film critics Corinna Antrobus and me, Fatima Sheriff
BFI Panel: The Hijab in Hollywood
A recording of my chat with Jannat Suleman and Ayan Artan on Muslim women's representation on the big and little screen.
Wicked review – Grande and Erivo’s chemistry is unmatched
Wicked good! Pleased to report!
No Other Land review – a microcosm of Palestinian resistance
A review in print and online of documentary No Other Land.
Anticipation.
The occupation is decades long but this new friendship sparks much needed hope.
Enjoyment.
A carefully curated microcosm of Palestinian resistance through family and community.
In Retrospect.
If you weren’t already radicalised… this is the film to watch. Free Palestine.
Paddington 3 | Bird | No Other Land
Reviews of Paddington in Peru, Bird, and No Other Land with David Jenkins and Adam Woodward.
Intense and Interrogative — Dahomey (London Film Festival 2024)
An LFF review of the stunning documentary Dahomey
“It was great to see these women in the realm of joy, not oppression” — Lucie Shorthouse On We Are Lady Parts
After her breakout role in Everyone’s Talking about Jamie, Lucie Shorthouse was quickly cast as the veil-wearing band manager Momtaz in Nida Manzoor’s We Are Lady Parts. Booked and busy, she returns for Series 2, and to boot, is playing DC Siobhan Clarke in a reimagining of the detective Rebus. She spoke to FILMHOUNDS about gear shifting in her career and bringing brown girl magic to the screen.
Banel & Adama review – gorgeous but frustrating cinema as fairytale
Online and in print: Felt like going through nigh endless cycles of unresolved fables, could have just been a short.
30 of our favourite films directed by women
March 8 is International Womens Day, and there’s no better time to learn more about the bold, iconic, diverse works that women have given cinema.
Here’s just 30 of the many female-directed movies that Flicks writers love the best—with picks courtesy of Rachel Ashby, Amelia Berry, Lillian Crawford, Eliza Janssen, Katie Parker, Amanda Jane Robinson, Fatima Sheriff, Katie Smith-Wong and Sarah Thomson.
A ranking of 10 films directed by women turned into a collaborative list in which I provide a blurb for Meshes of an Afternoon
Timestalker marks the triumphant return of Alice Lowe’s direction, deadpan humour, and creative genius
Make a note to see this one in the future – Alice Lowe’s time-jumping comedy Timestalker premiered at SXSW 2024, and you’ll get the chance to see it… some time. You’re likely to be impressed.
Wicked Little Letters delivers a charming mystery with hysterical moments
A return to reviewing at press screenings with the delightful and sharp (though sometimes not sharp enough) Wicked Little Letters
Faithful Almost To A Fault — Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV Review)
Fuelling our fixation with the past, Disney has bought up intellectual property left-right-and-centre in the hopes of striking gold, and a decade after two truly questionable though iconic live-action films with Logan Lerman at the helm, a second iteration of Percy Jackson is here...
‘Eileen’ is a Wild Thriller with a Vintage ‘Carol’-esque Aesthetic, Just in Time for Christmas
Known for her feral female protagonists, Ottessa Mosfegh’s debut novel Eileen is the first of her oeuvre to make it to the big screen.