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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 @[email protected]

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Latest Film Reviews

American Doctor
When three American doctors — Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian — enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.

The Revisionist
A novelist struggling for inspiration tries to weave real people into her narrative, but the complications of reality threaten to overwhelm her.

Human Tide
Each year, millions of Muslims embark on the sacred pilgrimage of Hajj. This documentary provides an intimate look at this spiritual journey through the eyes of six diverse groups of pilgrims.

Ghost School
Rabia, a ten-year-old Pakistani girl, sets out to find why her only school in the village is closed.

Roqia
After a car crash, a man returns home to his family with his face covered in bandages, suffering from amnesia. As mysterious and threatening events accumulate, he fears that he is possessed.

Displace: The Battle For Dublin
As the city shifts beneath their feet, communities of all kinds endure the trauma of developer-led change, yet slowly rediscover their collective power as they refuse to be pushed out.

Rise Of The Conqueror
As the Mongol Empire crumbles, a battle-scarred Timur Barlas must confront a haunting destiny, and renounce his loyalties, to protect the fate of the Silk Road.

Meadowlarks
Four siblings, torn apart by the Sixties Scoop, reunite for one week.

Et Tu
A director is driven to madness during a regional production of Julius Caesar.

Immrám
For one full year between the harvest festivals of Samhain, Immrám follows a charismatic family who are at the centre of a growing movement that aims to reclaim indigenous Irish identity, customs, religion and language. In a post-Catholic, neo-liberal Ireland, they are attempting to propagate new cultural and religious roots in tune with nature.