A film critic for the Independent on Sunday. He also writes for Sight & Sound, Film Comment, Screen International, and Art Review among other important publications. His books include a study of Atom Egoyan; Short Orders, Collected Writing on Film; and Celluloid Jukebox, On Film and Pop Music (edited with Adrian Wootton). He is program advisor on French cinema for the London Film Festival and this year was named Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government.
A film critic for the Independent on Sunday. He also writes for Sight & Sound, Film Comment, Screen International, and Art Review among other important publications. His books include a study of Atom Egoyan; Short Orders, Collected Writing on Film; and Celluloid Jukebox, On Film and Pop Music (edited with Adrian Wootton). He is program advisor on French cinema for the London Film Festival and this year was named Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government.
