@heavier_things

Writer and film critic. Read me in The Guardian, The New York Times, New Statesman, GQ, Dazed & Confused etc.

 London
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Went for a Turkish breakfast on Green Lanes with Deborah Levy, for the New York Times. Truly a dream assignment. Thank you also to Vicky Krieps, Xiaolu Guo and @HamishH1931 for speaking to me for this profile nytimes.com/2023/06/02/arts/…

With a Doppelgänger Novel, Deborah Levy Embodies Strangeness (Published 2023)

The author writes about “the body in the world.” In her new book “August Blue,” she explores the split self via the story of a woman confronted with her double.

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Mike Leigh is the only person who could make me break my silence #OnHere I AM SEATED AND READY TO WRITE ABOUT THIS FLM
Bleecker Street
@bleeckerstfilms4 Sep 2024
For the first time since their award-winning "Secrets & Lies," legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh and Oscar-nominated actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste reunite for HARD TRUTHS, a compassionate story about family and the thorny ties that bind us. Coming soon to theaters. #HardTruths
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I need to see the Annie Baker movie this is a SIMRAN EMERGENCY
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I see there are still tickets to see TÓTEM on Monday at LFF, IMO it is a stunner whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Onlin…
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Monocle on Culture: @RobertBound is joined in the studio by @heavier_things and @Willjhodgkinson to discuss the new @A24 4K restoration of ‘Stop Making Sense’ and if it is the greatest concert movie of all time monocle.com/radio/shows/mono…

‘Stop Making Sense’ and the enduring appeal of the concert movie

We celebrate the 40th anniversary of ‘Stop Making Sense’ – Jonathan Demme’s film with Talking Heads – which is often regarded...

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Also wtf why didn't anyone tell me how good EILEEN is
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Popping in for a brief stroll over the coals of this platform's dying embers... If you see me around the London Film Festival, say hello! I am still writing about movies just not #onhere :)
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Wrote this piece for @nytimes on the lovely SCRAPPER, talking to the v talented Charlotte Regan, Lola Campbell and Danny Leigh also 🔧 nytimes.com/2023/08/18/movie…

Kitchen-Sink Drama, With the Color Turned Up (Published 2023)

Charlotte Regan’s debut feature “Scrapper” is part of a lineage of British social-realist films, but its pastel palette and surreal humor resist the genre’s dreariness.

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EXCITED FOR THIS
Invisible Women@IW_Archives10 Aug 2023
1 week to go until the opening night of the Yvonne Rainer retrospective at @ICALondon! The season runs from 17- 27 Aug, kicking of with Lives of the Performers (1972) + Q&A with Rainer herself. UK wide tour to follow ica.art/yvonne-rainer/lives-…
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I have a review of the gorge PAST LIVES in this issue
Sight and Sound magazine
@SightSoundmag4 Aug 2023
Hi Barbie! 👋 Greta Gerwig’s smash hit takes the cover of a packed (pink) issue, out on Monday Find out what's inside here and in the 🧵 below: buff.ly/3qifhm0 Order your copy now: buff.ly/3qm9Ouk
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I took part in a watch party of the adorable new series of HEARTSTOPPER with a group of brilliant and whip-smart teens I met via @TheMosaicTrust. Then we discussed. For @nytimes, one of my fave stories I’ve done in AGES nytimes.com/2023/08/04/arts/…

L.G.B.T.Q. Teens on ‘Heartstopper’: ‘I’m Fine With It Not Being Perfect’ (Published 2023)

Three British 16-year-olds took an advance look at Season 2. There was popcorn, giggling and more than a little eye-rolling.

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This broken app is blocking links from a certain newsletter platform but @jemjemdesi on Sinead O'Connor, the pain we inherit and carry, and the people who do and don't hold us is so beautiful and vulnerable, a tribute to the artist in the spirit of her linktr.ee/iamjemmadesai

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Very good piece by @ManiLazic about how critical thinking and film criticism have been devalued and de-incentivised. It has changed SO much since I started writing about movies 10 years ago
Guardian US
@GuardianUS1 Aug 2023
Who needs film critics when studios can be sure influencers will praise their films? theguardian.com/film/2023/au…

Who needs film critics when studios can be sure influencers will praise their films?

A shift from knowledgable writers to those simply in search of free tickets devalues cinema – and audience experience

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Jessica DeFino on BARBIE, beauty culture, 'awareness' and 'empowerment' jessicadefino.substack.com/p…
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Despite sending Anna three separate voice notes telling her all the things that annoyed me about BARBIE, I do quite like it, especially the jokes, and Margot Robbie's performance, and this specific outfit. The Billie Eilish song is deployed with cynical precision and it works.
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The speechifying is fucking grating, however, I am not convinced Greta Gerwig's feminism has evolved beyond the specific moment FRANCES HA was released into, a problem for me unforch!
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ALSO I am frankly shocked at how many people in my COMMUNITY have forgotten about LIFE SIZE youtube.com/watch?v=uw12Hnzy…
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Told mum I didn’t get Eras tour tickets and she said “Well at least you’ve seen Beyonce” and tbh SHE’S RIGHT
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So good and TRUE
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Fantastic start to the @WhileWeWatched Q&A tour! Heartening to see the response. Next stop with @ravishndtv & Vinay: @riocinema, Wed 12 July, moderated by @heavier_things. 🎟️: riocinema.org.uk/movie/while…
MetFilm Distribution
@MetFilmDistrib10 Jul 2023
A full house at Curzon Soho for our first @WhileWeWatched Q&A tonight! Book now for special events this week in London, Bristol, Lewes, Birmingham & Manchester metfilmdistribution.co.uk/wh…
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This brought me so much joy 🥹
Cursed Objects@CursedObjectsUK10 Jul 2023
📢 NEW EPISODE 👨‍🍳 -- everybody's feeling warm and bright because we have @demarionunn and @BizK1 on to discuss whether our biggest celeb chef is PUKKA or just cringeworthy, school dinners, dodgy Jamaican accents, New Labour and so much more open.spotify.com/episode/0Wu…
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