Sight and Sound: Best Films of 2025 (Winter 2025-2026 issue)

The new issue of Sight and Sound is now available, including the best films of 2025 poll results. I wrote about Ryan Coogler's Sinners for the issue. Full details here and link to the poll here. 

Review of Park Avenue (Sight and Sound, December 2025)

 

My review of Gaby Dellal's new film Park Avenue is in the latest issue of Sight and Sound. More details about the issue here. 

Sight and Sound (April 2025): Woman in a Hat

For the latest issue of Sight and Sound, I wrote about Stanisław Różewicz's Woman in a Hat for the "Lost and Found" column. 

Sight and Sound (March 2025): Bushman Review

 

For the March 2025 issue of Sight and Sound I reviewed the new Blu-ray release of Bushman by David Schickele. 

Sight and Sound (June 2024 issue)

 

The June issue of Sight and Sound is out now. I reviewed Ellen E. Jones's new book Screen Deep for this issue. 

Film Review: American Fiction (dir. Jefferson, 2023)

 

My review of Cord Jefferson's American Fiction is up at the Sight and Sound website. You can read it here. 

Sight and Sound (December 2023)

December's Sight and Sound is out now. I wrote about James Harvey's new book on John Akomfrah for this issue. More details here. 

November 2023 issue of Sight and Sound

November's Sight and Sound is just out out now, including Ashley Clark's beautiful Horace Ové obituary. 

I had fun revisiting Ken Russell's Gothic (just out on Blu-ray) for the "Rediscovery" column, and found the film - made more poignant by time and the premature deaths of Natasha Richardson and Julian Sands - a surprisingly moving experience today, as well.

More details on the issue here. 

Sight and Sound (May 2023 issue)

 

May's issue of Sight and Sound is out now. I wrote about the Arrow Blu-ray of The Last Emperor for this issue. 

Sight and Sound November 2022 Issue

 

The November issue of Sight and Sound is out now. I reviewed the new Criterion Collection Blu-ray of Sidney Poitier's Buck and the Preacher for this issue. More details here. 

Sight and Sound October 2022 Issue

The October issue of Sight and Sound is available now. I wrote about Maya Cade's Black Film Archive project in this issue. More details here. 

Sight and Sound, September 2022 Issue

The September 2022 issue of Sight and Sound is out now. I wrote about Kate Bush's cinema influences and her 1993 film The Line, The Cross & The Curve for the "Lost and Found" column in this issue. More details on the issue here.

Film Review: Benediction (dir. Davies, 2021) (Sight and Sound)

My review of Terence Davies's new film Benediction is up at the Sight and Sound website. You can read it here. 

Sight and Sound Winter Issue 2021-22

 

The Winter issue of Sight and Sound is now availabe. It includes the Top 50 Films of the Year list (individual Top 10s are online here), and interviews with Joanna Hogg, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Paul Thomas Anderson among lots of other features. I wrote a tribute to Melvin Van Peebles and a piece on Nigel Finch's The Lost Language of Cranes for this issue. More details here.