One of the world’s greatest living cinematographers, Roger Deakins, with his wife and frequent collaborator James, began recording the Team Deakins podcast during the first COVID-19 lockdown. Through dialogue with each other and interviews with many veterans in the industry (among the most recognizable are actors Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, and Joel Edgerton and directors Denis Villeneuve, Sam Mendes, and Joel Coen), the couple often place a spotlight on some of the less gl

I am extremely pleased to announce that I will be receiving the Toronto Film Critics Association’s Cineplex Emerging Critic Award this year. My passion for film and criticism has for a long time been rather obscure and written for an audience of one (i.e. me) but film criticism has been my dream career since I first took my first film studies course in university. This award and professional acknowledgement is a big encouragement for me to keep writing and watching movies. Th