About

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, CherwellTAKE 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.

Writing

Friday Film Farces: The Other Guys

According to ye olde search engine, a farce involves ‘buffoonery’, ‘horseplay’, ‘crude characterisation’ as well as ‘ludicrously improbable situations’. So I’m basically just using that term as an excuse to discuss various moments of film that have provided me with some major league lols. First up…the opening sequence from The Other Guys, a hella underrated …

Review: 28 Years Later/28 Days Later: The Bone Temple Double Bill

The original 28 Days Later was a gamechanger in the zombie apocalypse.  It introduced the fast zombie, a beast that’s just as interested with getting its infectious blood on your skin as getting its teeth into those tasty, tasty brains. It’s a concept that’s summarised succinctly in the opening act when an environmental group’s attempts to …

Contact

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