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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

Out Laws
A documentary following one gay Namibian man's battle to stand up for the rights of same-sex couples.

Empire Of Lies
When a mysterious young woman comes to interview a paranoid man living in rural isolation, he is forced to confront the truth about his daughter's murder.

The Snake
When an ungovernable fortysomething wild child collides with her venomous mother, her life blows up spectacularly, leaving her evicted and single.

Don't Be Prey
A man trying to recover his reputation and his confidence after a financial scandal decides to take on the Oceans Seven marathon swimming challenge.

Abode
Five stories on the theme of home.

The Land Of Sometimes
Twins Alfie and Elise find a magical watch on Christmas Eve and are swept by the Wish Collector into the musical Land of Sometimes, where they learn that wishes have consequences.

Crash Land
Three friends have spent their childhoods drinking, wreaking havoc, and filming crude stunts in their small town. Everyone hates them. Wanting to finally prove their lives have meaning, they decide to make a 'real movie'.

Fifteen
A reimagining of the quinceañera as a chaotic mix of comedy and creature horror.

Pizza Movie
It’s a Friday night and two college students plan to do drugs and order pizza. But when the home-made drug they ingest turns out to be wilder than expected, the simple journey down two flights of stairs becomes a mind-bogglingly transformative quest.

Their Town
When Abby’s boyfriend drops out of the high school play, she finds herself helping a school outlier step into the role opposite her. They spend a long night wandering around their town, examining their futures and unearthing surprises from their past.