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Hi! I’m Nancy, and I’m using this website to record previous articles I’ve written as well as post new ones. I am the first student to take the MA by Research course in Film, Theatre and Television at the University of Reading. I have written for The Oxford Student, Cherwell, TAKE ONE Cinema and Screen Daily, and I have also undertaken research for Empire magazine. While I have written several articles about television and gaming, my central interests reside in film reviews and essays.

My debut monograph, The Sound of Silence: Ryan Gosling, Expressionism and the Silent Hero in 21st-Century Film, was released in e-Book format in January 2024, followed by a release in hardback in February 2024. The paperback version will be released in September 2025.

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The Foghorn Leghorn Craig Ranking

I recently saw the latest Knives out entry in cinemas, so I thought it might be an appropriate time to do a good ol’ fashioned round up. Basically a Knives Out round up, but with Logan Lucky in there as well, ‘cause Craig’s sporting a southern accent in that joint too.

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‘Spiritual Vibration’ – The Enduring Appeal of Max Richter’s ‘On the Nature of Daylight’

Director Chloé Zhao announced in an interview with Empire that she’s used Richter’s soulful tune for the emotional denouement in her upcoming adaption of Maggie O’Farrell novel Hamnet. But why is the song so popular on the big (and small) screen, and is it at saturation point with its overuse, or has it become a …

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