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

Our Planet, The People, My Blood
A documentary about the lasting effects of nuclear tests on nearby people and their descendents.
Our Hero, Balthazar
Satire sees wealthy NYC teenager Balthy make dramatic gun control videos to impress his activist crush. When an online troll targets his content, Balthy becomes convinced he's communicating with a potential school shooter and embarks on an ill-advised journey to Texas to confront him.
The Yeti
When a rescue party sets out in search of a vanished exhibition in remote Alaska forest, its members soon realise that something big is on their trail.
What Is Dyslexia?
A young girl is distraught when she looks up dyslexia and sees it described as a lifelong disability, but a magical adventure teaches her to look at it differently.
Castration Movie Anthology I: Traps
A production assistant slides toward inceldom as his relationship falls apart, and a trans sex worker mentors her newly-out friend while pursuing motherhood in Vancouver.
Köln 75
The true story of Vera Brandes, teenage patron saint of the 1970s Cologne music scene, who risked everything to organise the greatest solo jazz concert in music history: Keith Jarrett’s legendary Köln Concert.
I've Seen All I Need To See
After the sudden death of her estranged sister, an actor leaves Los Angeles and returns to her hometown in search of answers.
Tony Odyssey
Tony and his best friend, Ivy, decide to rob the bar where he works to steal a new drug that will take them on a journey to meet God.
The North
Two old friends set out to walk 600 kilometers through the Scottish highlands, hoping to reconnect with each other, nature and parts of themselves that they've lost.
Rose Of Nevada
A mysterious boat returns to a village 30 years after vanishing. Two men join its crew hoping for better fortune. After one voyage, they find themselves transported back in time, mistaken for the original crew.

Features

Q&A with Nigel Santos about Open Endings
10 May 2026
Nigel Santos on the messiness of real life romance, and Open Endings
Interview with Park Joon-ho about 3670
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Park Joon-ho on loneliness, North Korean experience, gay life and 3670
Interview with Daniel Everitt-Lock about Our Planet, The People, My Blood
07 May 2026
Daniel Everitt-Lock on experiences of atomic testing and Our Planet, The People, My Blood
Films to watch on telly or stream this week
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Films to watch on telly or stream this week
Article about films exploring Spring, Beltane and Pagan traditions
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We shine our Beltane spotlight on films in which the old ways linger

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Galleries

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