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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

T.S. Spivet

Monday, 09 June 2014 Read more...

22 Jump Street

Saturday, 07 June 2014 Read more...

Grace of Monaco

Wednesday, 04 June 2014 Read more...

Miss and the Doctors

Monday, 26 May 2014 Read more...

Heli

Wednesday, 21 May 2014 Read more...

A Touch of Sin

Wednesday, 14 May 2014 Read more...

In Secret

Monday, 12 May 2014 Read more...

Blue Ruin

Wednesday, 30 April 2014 Read more...

Sundance London 2014: They Came Together

Monday, 28 April 2014 Read more...

Sundance London 2014: Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

Saturday, 26 April 2014 Read more...

Sundance London 2014: The Voices

Friday, 25 April 2014 Read more...

Exhibition

Tuesday, 22 April 2014 Read more...

10 Questions for Director Lukas Moodysson

Friday, 18 April 2014 Read more...

The Raid 2

Wednesday, 09 April 2014 Read more...

Calvary

Tuesday, 08 April 2014 Read more...

Divergent

Wednesday, 02 April 2014 Read more...

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