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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

Meek's Cutoff

Thursday, 14 April 2011 Read more...

Little White Lies

Monday, 11 April 2011 Read more...

Passenger Side

Friday, 01 April 2011 Read more...

DVD: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Monday, 28 March 2011 Read more...

Submarine

Wednesday, 16 March 2011 Read more...

Archipelago

Wednesday, 02 March 2011 Read more...

Confessions

Tuesday, 15 February 2011 Read more...

Biutiful

Sunday, 23 January 2011 Read more...

127 Hours

Tuesday, 04 January 2011 Read more...

Chatroom

Thursday, 23 December 2010 Read more...

Enemies of the People

Thursday, 09 December 2010 Read more...

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