My video essay work has reached millions of viewers across branded channels via the BFI, Curzon, Little White Lies and Arrow.
I also co-edited the Sight & Sound Best Video Essays poll in 2023 and 2024, and organise the Tales from the Essay Library genre collaboration, with previous editions on horror, rom-coms and summer camp movies. I devised and taught a videographic criticism workshop series for the Leytonstone Loves Film festival in 2023.
Here’s a selection – view more essays on my YouTube channel.
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A Beginner's Guide to Bong Joon-ho
Innovative blockbuster auteur has been creating exciting work in South Korea for years, but rose to Western audience attention in 2019 with his smash hit Parasite. This video, part of a series created for film magazine Little White Lies, gathered over 150k views. Watch here.
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Nihilism and Violence in Sonatine
Takeshi Kitano pivoted on his reputation as a TV comedian to deliver three chilling crime films back to back. In this video created for the BFI to celebrate their restoration of these films, I dive into the absurdity and violence of Kitano’s film Sonatine. Watch here.
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Poliziotteschi: Violence and Justice in the Years of Lead
During the politically tumultuous period of Italian history known as the Years of Lead, a wide range of B-movies were created reflecting the corruption and moral ambiguity of the times: poliziotteschi. This longform video essay was released by Arrow on their Years of Lead boxset.
