Miriam Balanescu
@balanescumiriam.bsky.social
Books, film + general culture writer BBC Culture Guardian Sight & Sound AnOther i-D Prospect Mag miriambalanescu(at)outlook(dot)com
last week was my second time chairing a Romanian Cultural Institute event with Mircea Cartarescu - this time in-person! - for his UK book tour of Blinding/Orbitor: The Left Wing. An amazing evening (and surprisingly hot, which is why my face is so shiny)
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
last week was my second time chairing a Romanian Cultural Institute event with Mircea Cartarescu - this time in-person! - for his UK book tour of Blinding/Orbitor: The Left Wing. An amazing evening (and surprisingly hot, which is why my face is so shiny)
October 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
With Honey Don’t! out now, I wrote about this year’s coterie of onscreen cult leaders for @curzon.com
www.curzon.com/journal/why-...
Thanks to @yasminomar.bsky.social for the commission and astute edits
www.curzon.com/journal/why-...
Thanks to @yasminomar.bsky.social for the commission and astute edits
September 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
With Honey Don’t! out now, I wrote about this year’s coterie of onscreen cult leaders for @curzon.com
www.curzon.com/journal/why-...
Thanks to @yasminomar.bsky.social for the commission and astute edits
www.curzon.com/journal/why-...
Thanks to @yasminomar.bsky.social for the commission and astute edits
loved Thomas McMullan’s Groundwater - a departure from his Betty Trask Winner but with the same backdrop: eco-anxiety, global crises and the world’s general precariousness
I reviewed it for @ftweekend.com, in the paper today. Published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/064d...
I reviewed it for @ftweekend.com, in the paper today. Published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/064d...
July 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
loved Thomas McMullan’s Groundwater - a departure from his Betty Trask Winner but with the same backdrop: eco-anxiety, global crises and the world’s general precariousness
I reviewed it for @ftweekend.com, in the paper today. Published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/064d...
I reviewed it for @ftweekend.com, in the paper today. Published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/064d...
had fun writing about the dubious evil orphan trope and Bring Her Back over on @curzon.com
www.curzon.com/journal/horr...
www.curzon.com/journal/horr...
July 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
had fun writing about the dubious evil orphan trope and Bring Her Back over on @curzon.com
www.curzon.com/journal/horr...
www.curzon.com/journal/horr...
July 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I’m in @ftweekend.com mag with a heatwave-appropriate interview with Rebecca Lenkiewicz about her upcoming directorial debut Hot Milk (adapted from Deborah Levy’s novel)
www.ft.com/content/5ab3...
www.ft.com/content/5ab3...
June 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I’m in @ftweekend.com mag with a heatwave-appropriate interview with Rebecca Lenkiewicz about her upcoming directorial debut Hot Milk (adapted from Deborah Levy’s novel)
www.ft.com/content/5ab3...
www.ft.com/content/5ab3...
June 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
have a little review in today’s @observeruk.bsky.social of Rowe Irvin’s Life Cycle of a Moth
June 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
have a little review in today’s @observeruk.bsky.social of Rowe Irvin’s Life Cycle of a Moth
I defy you to find a better email sign-off
June 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I defy you to find a better email sign-off
I wrote for @curzoncinemas.bsky.social about Andrew Ahn’s reimagining of The Wedding Banquet, which also reimagines the queer romcom genre
www.curzon.com/journal/the-...
www.curzon.com/journal/the-...
May 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I wrote for @curzoncinemas.bsky.social about Andrew Ahn’s reimagining of The Wedding Banquet, which also reimagines the queer romcom genre
www.curzon.com/journal/the-...
www.curzon.com/journal/the-...
on the topic of Sinners - Autumn Durald Arkapaw is also the cinematographer behind The Last Showgirl, and I talked to her about shooting the film for a recent Definition Magazine cover story (my first ever!)
definitionmagazine.com/features/the...
definitionmagazine.com/features/the...
April 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
on the topic of Sinners - Autumn Durald Arkapaw is also the cinematographer behind The Last Showgirl, and I talked to her about shooting the film for a recent Definition Magazine cover story (my first ever!)
definitionmagazine.com/features/the...
definitionmagazine.com/features/the...
re Sinners never have I heard a more sinister rendition of Wild Mountain Thyme
April 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
re Sinners never have I heard a more sinister rendition of Wild Mountain Thyme
didn’t spot Ryan Coogler (apparently in attendance) at this Sinners event but it was fun anyway
April 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
didn’t spot Ryan Coogler (apparently in attendance) at this Sinners event but it was fun anyway
was very cool to see Viola Davis at this evening’s screening
April 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
was very cool to see Viola Davis at this evening’s screening
And Sam Taylor-Johnson & Jack Lowden too
March 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
And Sam Taylor-Johnson & Jack Lowden too
Luca Guadagnino in Mayfair this evening !
March 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Luca Guadagnino in Mayfair this evening !
a very impressive range of ways the show’s name was incorporated into food & drink at last night’s Sky Gangs of London event
March 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
a very impressive range of ways the show’s name was incorporated into food & drink at last night’s Sky Gangs of London event
For my Men’s Health Mag debut, I ranked every sad man in space movie - with Mickey 17 arguably adding another 18 to the list
www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...
www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...
March 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
For my Men’s Health Mag debut, I ranked every sad man in space movie - with Mickey 17 arguably adding another 18 to the list
www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...
www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...
The Last Showgirl is out today! I reviewed it for @empiremagazine.bsky.social
www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...
www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...
February 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Last Showgirl is out today! I reviewed it for @empiremagazine.bsky.social
www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...
www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...
having a pretty good run actually
January 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
having a pretty good run actually
For @newscientist.bsky.social I reviewed Robert Zemeckis’ Here, an utter train-wreck of a film
(Amid the AI backlash to The Brutalist, this also feels oddly timely)
(Amid the AI backlash to The Brutalist, this also feels oddly timely)
January 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
For @newscientist.bsky.social I reviewed Robert Zemeckis’ Here, an utter train-wreck of a film
(Amid the AI backlash to The Brutalist, this also feels oddly timely)
(Amid the AI backlash to The Brutalist, this also feels oddly timely)