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

Red Path
After two young shepherds are attacked on a mountainside, Achraf, 14, is ordered to take the severed head of his cousin Nizar back to their family as a macabre message.
Holloway
Six former inmates revisit HM Prison Holloway in the period between its closure and its destruction.
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
A documentary about Liza Minelli and the key individuals who influenced her career.
Protein
A traumatised ex-squaddie and serial killer returns to South Wales to escape his demons. There he becomes workout and gym-obsessed and eats a local drug dealer for their protein. Compelled to kill again, he sends shockwaves through the local criminal underworld.
In The Lost Lands
A queen sends the powerful and feared sorceress Gray Alys to the ghostly wilderness of the Lost Lands in search of a magical power.
Juliet & Romeo
A pop musical version of the story of Verona's legendary star-crossed lovers.
Little Deer
Two indigenous girls run away from a Canadian residential school at Christmastime.
The Haka Party Incident
The last New Zealand War happened in 1979. It lasted three minutes. This documentary tells the story.
Singing Back The Buffalo
Indigenous visionaries, scientists and communities are rematriating the buffalo to the heart of the North American plains they once defined, signaling a turning point for Indigenous nations, the ecosystem, and our collective survival.
We Were Dangerous
Three friends attend an institution for delinquent girls on an isolated island In 1950s New Zealand. The trio rail against the system, finding strength in their bond. This is challenged when the school’s matron divides them.

Features

Interview with Sam Locke about 28 Years Later
17 Jun 2025
Sam Locke on his passion for acting, representing Wales and 28 Years Later
Interview with Tasha Hubbard about Singing Back The Buffalo
14 Jun 2025
Tasha Hubbard on indigenous recovery and Singing Back The Buffalo
Interview with Craig Russell and Tony Burke about Protein
09 Jun 2025
Craig Russell and Tony Burke on Welshness, masculinity and Protein
Interview with Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu about We Were Dangerous
07 Jun 2025
Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu on a different way of exploring history in We Were Dangerous
Interview with Martyn Robertson about Make It To Munich
06 May 2025
Martyn Robertson on the challenge of cycling while filming Make It To Munich

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News Stories

Terrestrial, Influencers and Mononoke The Movie: Chapter II to screen at Fantasia
09 May 2025
First tranche of titles announced
Hamdan Ballal released
25 Mar 2025
No Other Land director badly beaten but returning home
No Other Land director attacked in West Bank
24 Mar 2025
Hamdan Ballal's whereabouts unknown
Emilia Pérez is Golden Eddies winner
15 Mar 2025
Jon M Chu named Filmmaker of the Year
Spilt Milk wins GFF Audience Award
10 Mar 2025
Longstanding festival director says farewell

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Galleries

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