Emma Simmonds
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- Bio
- Emma is a film and TV critic whose words have appeared in Time Out, Little White Lies, The List, The Spectator 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 blogs as The Perpetual Picturehouse.
Articles by Emma Simmonds
Stoker
Friday, 01 March 2013
It's about time the world got to know South Korean director Park Chan-wook. His "vengeance" trilogy (and its middle segment Oldboy in particular) made an indelible impression on many but Stoker, Park... Read more... |
Oscars 2013: Best Actor/Actress/Director
Saturday, 23 February 2013
Given the quantity of uncertain outcomes, this year's Academy Awards guarantee excitement, and there's nothing better than an Oscars ceremony filled with surprises. Furthermore, the selection of... Read more... |
To The Wonder
Friday, 22 February 2013
No your eyes don't deceive you - Terrence Malick has directed another film, released not even two years after his last offering The Tree of Life. If you've no idea why that's worth remarking on, the... Read more... |
BAFTAs 2013: Argo, Skyfall and Day-Lewis trump Les Mis
Monday, 11 February 2013
Presented a clear fortnight ahead of the Oscars, while the BAFTAs might have little, if any, bearing on the decision making there, they at least provide an opportunity for the Brits to have a go at... Read more... |
Wreck-It Ralph
Friday, 08 February 2013
A colourful confection which is certain to satisfy both the young and young at heart - and above all, gamers - Wreck-It Ralph is the conceptually fabulous, aesthetically various tale of a brick-... Read more... |
I Give It a Year
Wednesday, 06 February 2013
Although I Give It a Year seems to have more than a whiff of a Richard Curtis rom-com about it, don’t be fooled as this is the debut of British writer-director Dan Mazer, the co-writer of the... Read more... |
theartsdesk at the London Comedy Film Festival 2013
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Proving that laughter is the only sure-fire cure for the January blues, this year's London Comedy Film Festival took place over four days from Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th January. Known commonly and... Read more... |
Zero Dark Thirty
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Zero Dark Thirty could have easily gone by the name of the Danish thriller from last year, The Hunt, it’s so furiously single-minded. As it is, the film's striking title is a military term for half-... Read more... |
Django Unchained
Thursday, 17 January 2013
With its exuberant blood-spray, rambunctious dialogue and generous running time, Django Unchained is writer-director Quentin Tarantino’s first full foray into Westerns. Although it’s not a remake, it... Read more... |
Gangster Squad
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Jean-Luc Godard once said, "All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl". Aside from upping the ante to include a formidable arsenal of the former, Ruben Fleischer's Gangster Squad hangs its fedora... Read more... |
10 Films to Get Excited About in 2013
Thursday, 03 January 2013
We've pondered and pored over the films of 2012 and, while 2013 might have a lot to live up to, thankfully there's plenty of excitement on the horizon. So here are our picks of the coming months.... Read more... |
Film: The Best of 2012
Tuesday, 01 January 2013
With poorly heads and nostalgic hearts it’s time to look back over the year that’s passed. And what a year in film it was! For those who like their movies monolithic or miniscule, epic or slender,... Read more... |
Grabbers
Friday, 28 December 2012
“It’s always the quiet places where the mad shit happens,” observes Garda Lisa Nolan (Ruth Bradley) in Northern Irish director Jon Wright’s creature feature. And, credit where it’s due, the... Read more... |
Pitch Perfect
Friday, 21 December 2012
Cinemagoers with an aversion to musicals need not fear, as in Pitch Perfect most of the singing is in a sane context, rather than its characters breaking into lavish routines in the street. After the... Read more... |
12 Films of Christmas: Bad Santa
Thursday, 20 December 2012
A film for those who see the festive period as a never-ending trudge from bar to bed via a shedload of booze, Terry Zwigoff’s delightfully deviant offering from 2003 gives us a trash-talking, beer-... Read more... |
12 Films of Christmas: Black Christmas
Sunday, 16 December 2012
Flanked by the wonderfully weird tagline, “If this picture doesn’t make your skin crawl…it’s on TOO TIGHT”, 1974’s Black Christmas is amongst the first fully formed slasher pics. Based on a series of... Read more... |
How to contact Emma Simmonds
- http://twitter.com/emmasimmonds
- personal website
- http://theperpetualpicturehouse.wordpress.com
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