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, 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 was released in September 2025.

Writing

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Films About Filmmaking

With Jane Schoenbrun‘s horror love-letter Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma out in cinemas and Pedro Almodóvar’s Bitter Christmas just arriving, films about films seem to be a hot topic recently, so I thought I’d take a look at a few other flicks where directors start bringing a bit of meta into the screenplay.

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Friday Film Fight: Spider-Men

Brand New Day’s bringing in the big bucks at the box office, but quantity doesn’t necessarily equal quantity. Here’s my ranking of the friendly neighbourhood dude’s best and worst offerings.

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Begbie and the Bad Guy

I watched the 30th anniversary screening of Trainspotting a few days ago, and it made me reconsider the importance of creating a cinematic character that people love to hate. Here are a few thoughts on Robert Carlisle’s big bad. And some other evil folks, too.

Contact

Email: nancyepton@icloud.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NancyEpton

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