Jennie Kermode

A full time writer, part time academic and human rights advocate, Jennie is content director at Eye For Film, which often means that she has to pick up the awful stuff nobody else wants to review. The good side of this is that it gives her the chance to identify undiscovered gems.

Jennie enjoys a wide range of different genres and would probably say that her favourite film is Picnic At Hanging Rock or Vertigo. Before coming to Eye For Film, she spent two years with Movie Gurus. She has worked as Arts & Culture Editor at KaleidoScot and written on film for the likes of The Independent, Studio Magazine and the Directory of World Cinema. She also writes books, the most recent of which is Growing Older as a Trans and/or Non-Binary Person.

Jennie is a member of the Online Film Critics Society and Cherry Picks and Criticwire. She is also a Rotten Tomatoes registered Tomatometer critic. You can find her on Twitter at @jennie_kermode, on BlueSky at @jenniekermode.bsky.social or on Mastodon at @jennie_kermode@toot.community

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Latest Film Reviews

Blind Cop 2
When an influx of illegal weapons trafficking explodes onto the scene, a grieving blind police officer must purge the city streets or risk mass chaos breaking loose.
Summer Vacation 1999
Summer vacation has emptied a Japanese boys' school of all but three boys. They have no families to return to for the summer, so they spend their days in the empty school. A darkness hangs over the three however: the suicide, three months earlier, of a classmate.
The Complex Forms
There is an ancient villa where desperate people have the opportunity to solve their fate by selling their body to a mysterious entity in exchange for money. When enormous, centuries-old creatures emerge from the deep woods surrounding the villa, a series of strange and sinister events pushes three unlikely guests to band together to attempt a desperate escape.
I Am What I Am
Kasumi doesn't know what love is and she doesn't have any feeling of romance. Due to her sister's marriage, her mother arranged a formal marriage arrangement without her permission. At the meeting, she finds a man who is just seeking a friend.
Dark My Light
Mitchell Morse's investigation into a serial killer in a sleepy beach town is complicated by a severed foot on the beach, his fracturing relationship with his wife, and his own slipping sanity.
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, sets off on a treacherous journey to the Kingdom of Burgundy to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the beautiful Princess Kriemhild.
Puddysticks
A burned out young woman joins a secret society of traumatised adults who heal through childlike play.
Orlando, My Political Biography
Docufiction interpretation of Virginia Woolf's novel.
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
Kora and surviving warriors prepare to defend Veldt, their new home, alongside its people against the Realm. The warriors face their pasts, revealing their motivations before the Realm's forces arrive to crush the growing rebellion.
The Coffee Table
Black comedy about a young couple facing a tricky moment in their relationship.

Features

Interview with Austin Andrews and Andrew Holmes about The Island Between Tides, part two
25 Apr 2024
Austin Andrews and Andrew Holmes on shooting in remote locations for The Island Between Tides
Interview with Sébastien Vanicek about Infested
24 Apr 2024
Sébastien Vanicek on suburban life in France, spiders and Infested
Interview with Will Gilbey and Chris Reilly about Jericho Ridge
23 Apr 2024
Will Gilbey and Chris Reilly on storytelling and action in Jericho Ridge
Interview with Austin Andrews and Andrew Holmes about The Island Between Tides
20 Apr 2024
Austin Andrews and Andrew Holmes on Paloma Kwiatkowski, Donal Logue, David Mazouz and The Island Between Tides
Interview with Chris Cronin about The Moor
14 Apr 2024
Chris Cronin on the ancient legacy behind The Moor

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News Stories

Edinburgh looks forward to Folk Film Gathering
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Musical extravaganza planned for 10th anniversary
New film studio announced for Stirling
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Over 4,000 jobs could be created
Inaugural Muslim International Film Festival set for London
17 Apr 2024
Full programme announced
Docs Ireland marketplace ready to go
16 Apr 2024
Irish documentaries to bid for international attention
Louis Gosset Jr dies at 87
29 Mar 2024
Oscar-winning star had a screen career spanning 66 years

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Galleries

EIFF 2011 Gallery
25 Jun 2011
The Raid - Promotional Gallery
17 May 2012
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