Writing and editorial freelancer. Features on film, music and TV found in @FTLifeArts
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26 Feb 2021
Can you survive as a filmmaker who speaks truth to power? I spoke to three of the biggest names in the genre, @aiww, @TheDissidentMov director Bryan Fogel, and Gianfranco Rosi, to discuss the state of the documentary today for @ftweekend
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27 Aug 2021
The Nest, an exquisite domestic drama that plays out like a thriller is out today. I spoke to the director Sean Durkin for the FT on the horror of family.
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22 Mar 2021
It was a real pleasure to speak with Best Picture and Best Director nominee Lee Isaac Chung about his beautiful film @MinariMovie for the FT. #Oscars
20 Mar 2021
Director Lee Isaac Chung almost quit the business before making his new film Minari — now it is nominated for six Oscars on.ft.com/3vEFVn3
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This week, @einav_dan asks whether docmakers can speak truth to power in the age of Netflix for @FinancialTimes, @Sohonet dives into the Ken Burns-directed doc on Ernest Hemingway, @UCIrvineIPAT reviews #fairuse over the last 2 years, and more.
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3 Mar 2021
Great @FTLifeArts @einav_dan feature on the struggle to speak truth to power in the age of streaming w/ @aiww & @bryanfogel.
“The message that has been sent is clear: you cannot survive if you question power.” ft.com/content/3b2c539c-76fd…
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Will political documentary survive the age of Netflix? ft.com/content/3b2c539c-76fd… via @financialtimes
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27 Feb 2021
Very interesting look by @einav_dan at the future of political documentaries when streaming giants are wary of angering China other authoritarian regimes.
Netflix’s refusal to distribute The Dissident - about Khashoggi’s murder - isn’t encouraging. google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.ft.co…
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26 Feb 2021
Does music become tainted when its creator has done terrible things? 'Be My Baby' producer Philip Spector went to prison for murder – does his crime run the joy elicited by the indelible beats that open the song? Read here to find out more: on.ft.com/3smQ9Ws
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25 Feb 2021
Will political documentary survive the age of Netflix? | Financial Times ft.com/content/3b2c539c-76fd…
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19 May 2020
'"Famous Blue Raincoat" offers up perhaps the clearest synthesis of Cohen the poet-novelist and Cohen the singer-songwriter.' Dan Einav on Leonard Cohen's tale of adultery, regret and loneliness on.ft.com/2XbJPDz
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30 Sep 2019
To be fair to my landlord here, he's taken a run-of-the-mill complaint about a leak in my room and elevated it to a metaphysical debate. #londonliving #landlords #generationrent
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7 Aug 2019
I wrote about the ultimate road trip song, CCR's electrified anti-privilege anthem "Fortunate Son", for this week's @FTLifeArts "Life of a Song".
7 Aug 2019
It was the lavish wedding of Nixon’s daughter and Eisenhower’s grandson – while thousands of American soldiers were being sent to their deaths in Vietnam – that was the final straw for Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty. So he wrote Fortunate Son on.ft.com/2KBh90n
13 Jul 2019
Another plug for my interview with the excellent @sharonvanetten in today's @FTLifeArts
12 Jul 2019
For the best part of a decade, the American singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten has penned achingly beautiful, heartbreaking records. But her latest album has surprised reviewers and fans alike on.ft.com/32kEc7O
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10 Jul 2019
I met with one of the best singer-songwriters working today, @sharonvanetten, for this weekend's @FT to talk about her latest album (for me, the best of 2019 so far), personal growth and mental health. Give it a read here:
10 Jul 2019
For the best part of a decade, the American singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten has penned achingly beautiful, heartbreaking records about her experiences of heartbreak. But her latest album has surprised reviewers and fans alike on.ft.com/2NHXosB
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25 May 2018
Bob Dylan wrote it, Jimi Hendrix turned it into a rock anthem. Here's my piece about the story behind "All Along the Watchtower" x.com/FTLifeArts/status/9999…
25 May 2018
Who performed it better? Bob Dylan or Jimi Hendrix? on.ft.com/2IGdqR3
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29 Apr 2018
I interviewed the brilliant British director Andrew Haigh for the FT about his new film @LeanOnPeteMovie out in the UK on 4 May. Give it a read here: ft.com/content/b9b093be-46fe… x.com/FTLifeArts/status/9904…
29 Apr 2018
'[Charlie] Plummer is wise beyond his years; he considers his scenes and tries to feel them in the moment' on.ft.com/2I3fIpR