Ellen E Jones
@ellenejones.bsky.social
Journalist and broadcaster (Guardian, Observer, Empire, Esquire, Elle etc) Author of 'SCREEN DEEP: How film and TV can solve racism and save the world'(Faber, 2024, linktr.ee/Screen_Deep); Co-host of SCREENSHOT on BBC Radio 4 and wherever you get your pods
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Review of the week: Die My Love
Lynne Ramsay’s film featuring a career-best performance from Jennifer Lawrence as an isolated young mother losing her mind is about much more than hormones and ‘mom guilt’, writes @ellenejones.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/review-of-...
Lynne Ramsay’s film featuring a career-best performance from Jennifer Lawrence as an isolated young mother losing her mind is about much more than hormones and ‘mom guilt’, writes @ellenejones.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/review-of-...
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Review of the week: Die My Love
Lynne Ramsay’s film featuring a career-best performance from Jennifer Lawrence as an isolated young mother losing her mind is about much more than hormones and ‘mom guilt’, writes @ellenejones.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/review-of-...
Lynne Ramsay’s film featuring a career-best performance from Jennifer Lawrence as an isolated young mother losing her mind is about much more than hormones and ‘mom guilt’, writes @ellenejones.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/review-of-...
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If you like Japanese crime cinema, surely there’s no label on Earth more exciting than @filmsradiance.bsky.social right now.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
If you like Japanese crime cinema, surely there’s no label on Earth more exciting than @filmsradiance.bsky.social right now.
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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I talked about Frankenstein with the very wonderful @ellenejones.bsky.social for BBC's latest Screenshot podcast. Always a pleasure, not least because - as usual - they cleverly edited it so I sound more intelligent & articulate than I really am.
BBC Radio 4 - Screenshot, Frankenstein
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore the enduring appeal of Frankenstein.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I talked about Frankenstein with the very wonderful @ellenejones.bsky.social for BBC's latest Screenshot podcast. Always a pleasure, not least because - as usual - they cleverly edited it so I sound more intelligent & articulate than I really am.
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TONIGHT! Our LRB Screen series continues its exploration of visions of London created by non-British filmmakers with a screening of 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 (1980).
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
TONIGHT! Our LRB Screen series continues its exploration of visions of London created by non-British filmmakers with a screening of 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 (1980).
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
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“Cinema is liberation”: as more acclaimed films emerge from Palestine, why are many still fighting to reach an audience?
This year’s Oscars triumph for No Other Land should have been a watershed. But new titles still struggle to be seen. @ellenejones.bsky.social reports
This year’s Oscars triumph for No Other Land should have been a watershed. But new titles still struggle to be seen. @ellenejones.bsky.social reports
November 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“Cinema is liberation”: as more acclaimed films emerge from Palestine, why are many still fighting to reach an audience?
This year’s Oscars triumph for No Other Land should have been a watershed. But new titles still struggle to be seen. @ellenejones.bsky.social reports
This year’s Oscars triumph for No Other Land should have been a watershed. But new titles still struggle to be seen. @ellenejones.bsky.social reports
Join us at The Garden Cinema this coming Monday, where I’ll be intro-ing BABYLON (1980) and in conversation afterwards, part of LRB Screen series www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Join us at The Garden Cinema this coming Monday, where I’ll be intro-ing BABYLON (1980) and in conversation afterwards, part of LRB Screen series www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
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Next Monday, our LRB Screen series continues its exploration of visions of London created by non-British filmmakers with a screening of 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 (1980).
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Next Monday, our LRB Screen series continues its exploration of visions of London created by non-British filmmakers with a screening of 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 (1980).
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
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Next Monday, our LRB Screen series continues its exploration of visions of London created by non-British filmmakers with a screening of 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 (1980).
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
October 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Next Monday, our LRB Screen series continues its exploration of visions of London created by non-British filmmakers with a screening of 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 (1980).
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
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This is a really good programme 🙏🏾 Including the discussion contextualising this 1975 telefilm, describing how TV was more radical in the 1950s and 60s than we imagine, setting the stage for these later works (not just setting the stage sorry) @ellenejones.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Screenshot, The Naked Civil Servant
Mark and Ellen celebrate 50 years of the groundbreaking TV drama The Naked Civil Servant.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is a really good programme 🙏🏾 Including the discussion contextualising this 1975 telefilm, describing how TV was more radical in the 1950s and 60s than we imagine, setting the stage for these later works (not just setting the stage sorry) @ellenejones.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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How can culture fight back in a turbulent world?
The Nerve roundtable, featuring @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @carolvorders.bsky.social @ellenejones.bsky.social & Stewart Lee
The Nerve roundtable, featuring @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @carolvorders.bsky.social @ellenejones.bsky.social & Stewart Lee
October 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
How can culture fight back in a turbulent world?
The Nerve roundtable, featuring @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @carolvorders.bsky.social @ellenejones.bsky.social & Stewart Lee
The Nerve roundtable, featuring @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @carolvorders.bsky.social @ellenejones.bsky.social & Stewart Lee
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Did Spotify kill the music biopic?
In the age of streaming and social media, big Hollywood music bios like Scott Cooper's hymn to the Boss feel increasingly old-fashioned, writes @ellenejones.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/bruce-spri...
In the age of streaming and social media, big Hollywood music bios like Scott Cooper's hymn to the Boss feel increasingly old-fashioned, writes @ellenejones.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/bruce-spri...
October 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Did Spotify kill the music biopic?
In the age of streaming and social media, big Hollywood music bios like Scott Cooper's hymn to the Boss feel increasingly old-fashioned, writes @ellenejones.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/bruce-spri...
In the age of streaming and social media, big Hollywood music bios like Scott Cooper's hymn to the Boss feel increasingly old-fashioned, writes @ellenejones.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/bruce-spri...
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Two episodes up this week on Writers on Film A new conversation with Ellen E Jones author of Screen Deep and this one from the archive podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/w...
Writers on Film
TV & Film Podcast · Updated weekly · Writers on Film is the only podcast to focus on film books and to talk to the best authors working in the area of cinema. From Making Of tomes to biographies, stud...
podcasts.apple.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Ellen E Jones the winner of the Kraszna-Krauss Prize talks racism and film and her book Screen Deep
podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/w...
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Writers on Film
TV & Film Podcast · Updated weekly · Writers on Film is the only podcast to focus on film books and to talk to the best authors working in the area of cinema. From Making Of tomes to biographies, stud...
podcasts.apple.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Listening to the new episode of Screenshot on translation with @ellenejones.bsky.social & @kermodemovie.bsky.social. Reminded me of visiting a video rental shop in mid ‘90s, choosing a French movie, & being advised (in a whisper) by the employee that “it has subtitles”
October 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Listening to the new episode of Screenshot on translation with @ellenejones.bsky.social & @kermodemovie.bsky.social. Reminded me of visiting a video rental shop in mid ‘90s, choosing a French movie, & being advised (in a whisper) by the employee that “it has subtitles”
Thank you, Chis Davies, clearly one of the smartest men on Bluesky right now! Here’s the @screenshotpod.bsky.social episode in question, if anyone wants to give it a listen (also on Spotify/ wherever else you get your pods) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
September 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Thank you, Chis Davies, clearly one of the smartest men on Bluesky right now! Here’s the @screenshotpod.bsky.social episode in question, if anyone wants to give it a listen (also on Spotify/ wherever else you get your pods) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Let’s take care of each other over the next 40 days
September 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Let’s take care of each other over the next 40 days
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Louise by George Hommel, 1927.
September 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Louise by George Hommel, 1927.
My Empire mag interv/w with David Jonsson is now live. If you’ve seen him in RYE LANE or ALIEN:ROMULUS or INDUSTRY or the upcoming Stephen King adap THE LONG WALK, you know what a talent he is. If you don’t know, get to know… www.empireonline.com/movies/featu...
August 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My Empire mag interv/w with David Jonsson is now live. If you’ve seen him in RYE LANE or ALIEN:ROMULUS or INDUSTRY or the upcoming Stephen King adap THE LONG WALK, you know what a talent he is. If you don’t know, get to know… www.empireonline.com/movies/featu...
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David Jonsson is a unique human: From Industry to Rye Lane, Alien: Romulus to The Long Walk, there's nobody else who moves and behaves quite like him. Been working on this since March, and love it - an incredible shoot from Sylvain Homo, and a tender interview from @ellenejones.bsky.social. Here:
The Long Walk's David Jonsson is reaching for the stars: the Empire Interview
The star of The Long Walk, Alien Romulus, Rye Lane and Industry talks his huge career ambitions in a major Empire interview. Read more.
www.empireonline.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
David Jonsson is a unique human: From Industry to Rye Lane, Alien: Romulus to The Long Walk, there's nobody else who moves and behaves quite like him. Been working on this since March, and love it - an incredible shoot from Sylvain Homo, and a tender interview from @ellenejones.bsky.social. Here:
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Great edition of #Screenshot on Radio,4 just now. I've admired David Lynch's films (loved Blue Velvet, nightmares from Eraserhead) but not watched #TwinPeaks. That may well have to change. Thanks @ellenejones.bsky.social for and @kermodemovie.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Great edition of #Screenshot on Radio,4 just now. I've admired David Lynch's films (loved Blue Velvet, nightmares from Eraserhead) but not watched #TwinPeaks. That may well have to change. Thanks @ellenejones.bsky.social for and @kermodemovie.bsky.social
Reposting this VERY OBVIOUS advice, but coming from a bloke, in case that helps some people to receive it.
it's fine for straight men to date and hook up and it is a problem that the the right pushes out so much negativity but i think the issue is that advice on 'how to get laid' is actually quite readily available from straight women, it's just that straight men don't listen to or respect straight women
I disagree pretty strongly with this! It's not inherently coercive to casually date or hook up. To me the entire goal is to break men out of thinking this way and teach them how to indicate interest without devaluing women or making them feel uncomfortable.
August 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Reposting this VERY OBVIOUS advice, but coming from a bloke, in case that helps some people to receive it.
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It feels like we should be making a bigger deal of “we actually did in fact find a cure for AIDS”
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine.
www.wired.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It feels like we should be making a bigger deal of “we actually did in fact find a cure for AIDS”
Bet there’s no acknowledgement of the snow-blindingly obvious in the piece, either
August 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Bet there’s no acknowledgement of the snow-blindingly obvious in the piece, either
Carrie’s novel is SO shit, it’s really helping with my writer’s block
August 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Carrie’s novel is SO shit, it’s really helping with my writer’s block