How To Succeed In Film Journalism… It is really trying.
You’re reading this because you want to be a film journalist. Or, you’re really, really bored. Hundreds of people have emailed me for ‘How to…’ advice in the decade or so I’ve been writing or editing...
View ArticleThe secret to destroying self-doubt
Received a note the other day from a would-be journalist suffering from self-doubt, wondering if they could ever get over it and if there was a secret to doing so. So, here’s the secret: Everyone...
View ArticleFailure By Degrees
I don’t like Any Given Sunday. At least, I don’t remember liking it. It felt long and bombastic (yes, I know it’s an Oliver Stone movie, but at his best he is truly great). And it’s about American...
View ArticleBond Bombshell
Ten directors have hollered “Action” on a James Bond picture. And in 47 years and 22 movies, they’ve all been blokes. In the equal opportunity 21st century, this begs a question: isn’t it time Bond was...
View ArticleKeep Going
Years ago, when I was a more prominent film journalist than now, a director wrote to me to complain about a review. I hadn’t written it, but he thought I’d edited it (I hadn’t been involved at all, as...
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