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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

Gimme Truth
Delve deep into the world of conspiracy theories in North America in this documentary.

Shadows Of Beirut
A young woman decides to return to Beirut to see her estranged dying father after 25 years. Between the struggle to forgive him and building up the courage to face him, she discovers the heart of her homeland through the people she meets.

The Heretiks
A disaffected teenage girl must team up with a renegade witch to protect her little sister from a murderous coven determined to use her as a human sacrifice in an apocalyptic ritual on Halloween night.

Adult Supervision
When three fathers volunteer to chaperone their teenage daughters’ school trip, the initially idyllic getaway quickly reveals brutal social dynamics that have them in over their heads.

Girl In The Night
A lonesome guy desperate for human connection decides to steal the bicycle of the town’s self-appointed vigilante; as the 'sole witness' of the crime, he is inducted into joining her nightly escapades.

I Have Proof
Alex has proof, and he wants you to see it.

Littermates
Amidst the chaos of a mysterious war, two victims of an attack take refuge at a cottage in the English countryside, where an enigmatic caretaker insists they must stick together.

What Happened To Doris?
In 1974 LA suburbs, a single mother faces violent attacks by an invisible entity. When no one believes her, she seeks help from paranormal investigators, sparking a notorious documented supernatural case.

Kylgor In The Grisly Abyss
Grimdark fantasy, an epic quest, buckets of blood… all puppets.

Death Of A Yellow Bird
A dying man returns to his childhood home to film messages for his son when he discovers a supernatural presence haunting the isolated cabin in this emotional ghost movie.