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Emma Simmonds

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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

The Homesman

Tuesday, 18 November 2014 Read more...

Fury

Wednesday, 22 October 2014 Read more...

LFF 2014: Listen Up Philip

Saturday, 11 October 2014 Read more...

LFF 2014: Thou Wast Mild and Lovely

Friday, 10 October 2014 Read more...

Life After Beth

Wednesday, 01 October 2014 Read more...

Maps to the Stars

Thursday, 25 September 2014 Read more...

Ida

Monday, 22 September 2014 Read more...

Million Dollar Arm

Thursday, 28 August 2014 Read more...

Two Days, One Night

Tuesday, 19 August 2014 Read more...

We Gotta Get Out of This Place

Monday, 11 August 2014 Read more...

Joe

Monday, 21 July 2014 Read more...

Boyhood

Wednesday, 09 July 2014 Read more...

Goltzius and the Pelican Company

Tuesday, 08 July 2014 Read more...

Tammy

Thursday, 03 July 2014 Read more...

Miss Violence

Tuesday, 17 June 2014 Read more...

Belle

Thursday, 12 June 2014 Read more...

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