Writing
I currently work in culture and lifestyle at The Guardian, where I recently hosted the internet culture podcast Saved for Later. I’ve also contributed film and music criticism, profiles, and essays to The Saturday Paper, The Monthly, Sydney Review of Books, ABC Arts, Australian Book Review, Liminal Magazine, The Age, and many more. I host a weekly show on FBi Radio in Sydney, where I live. Formerly, I was the Culture Editor at Netflix Australia.
To get in touch for freelance opportunities, drop me a line! Or check out a sample of my writing below:
Interviews
Cate Blanchett: ‘Saviour is such a dangerous word’ (The Guardian)
Lulu Wang: ‘I would love it if white men were asked the same questions as me’ (The Guardian)
‘I missed out on being a kid’: The Kid Laroi on fame, fans and coming home to Australia (The Guardian)
James J. Robinson (The Saturday Paper)
Josh Thomas on autism, his podcast and being honest to a fault: ‘Why am I telling you this?’ (The Guardian)
Lee Isaac Chung's Minari transposes intimate tale of Korean American immigrant family into grand narrative of hope and risk (ABC Arts)
Kore-eda Hirokazu on directing Catherine Deneuve in ‘The Truth’ and making a film in a language he can’t speak (ABC Arts)
‘A hallucinatory moment’: Goran Stolevski on his unlikely rise in Australian film (The Guardian)
Essays
On cycling and self-delusion (Sydney Review of Books, ‘I Will Be the Most Esoteric Person on the Bus’)
On not reading (Liminal Magazine, ‘No Thoughts Head Empty’)
On dreams (Liminal Magazine, ‘Every Dream is a Dream of the Apocalypse’)
On Nan Goldin (The Guardian)
On Jason Reitman’s Young Adult (The Guardian)
On the politics of livestreaming (The Monthly)
On teen film and coming out (Overland)
On queer cinema and the dancefloor (Kill Your Darlings)
On The Virgin Suicides and the suburbs (Kill Your Darlings)
Humour
Australia’s gay era (The Guardian)
Getting bogged up a mountain (The Guardian)
BeReal (The Guardian)
Ugly homes (The Guardian)
True crime (The Guardian)
Year in review (The Guardian)
Frazzled English woman (The Guardian)
A Twitter alternative (The Guardian)
Reviews
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (ABC Arts)
Lukas Dhont’s Close (ABC Arts)
Noah Baumbach’s White Noise (ABC Arts)
Claire Denis’ Stars at Noon (ABC Arts)
Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling (ABC Arts)
Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love (ABC Arts)
Alex Garland’s Men (ABC Arts)
Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool (ABC Arts)
Maggie Rogers’ Surrender (The Saturday Paper)
Goran Stolevski’s Of An Age (The Guardian)
Lorde’s Solar Power (The Monthly)
Billie Eilish, live (The Guardian)
Armağan Ballantyne’s Nude Tuesday (The Guardian)
Elite (The Guardian)
Riverdale (The Guardian)
Pablo Larraín’s Ema (The Monthly)
Azazel Jacobs’ French Exit (The Monthly)
Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari (The Monthly)
Alma Har’el’s Honey Boy (The Monthly)
Bi Gan’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Running Dog)
Lina Maria Mannheimer’s Mating (Running Dog) — with Claire Cao
Archive
‘Isle of Dogs’ is a White Man’s Fantasy of Japan (VICE)
‘Annihilation’ is Proof that Women-Led Sci-Fi is Better (Junkee)
Curiouser and Curiouser: Kate Miller-Heidke’s suburban fairy tale (Double J)
“Goat-ish”: the bizarre serendipity of Xylouris White (SMH)
Mount Eerie on Grief, Loss, and Self-Flagellation (SMH)
Women in Art Study Reveals 50% Gender Pay Gap (SMH)
It’s Time We Stop Tolerating the Royals (SMH/Daily Life)
When Chris Met Felix: Sydney Festival's unlikely fusion of beatbox and classical (SMH)
Just Dance (Emerging Writers’ Festival)
From ‘Sixteen Candles’ to ‘Love, Simon’: How teen Soundtracks have evolved (Double J)
Classic Album: Cypress Hill — Black Sunday (Double J)
Classic Album: The Presidents of the United States of America — Self-titled (Double J)
The Story of Badu Gili (Sydney Opera House Backstage)
10 Books to Read Before Antidote 2018 (Sydney Opera House Backstage)
Moving and Shaking: Embracing the uncertainty of teen sexuality in ‘Giant Little Ones’ (Rough Cut)
On Reinvention and Harry Styles (Honi Soit)
Lorde’s ‘Green Light’ is a Call to Arms for Apathetic Youth (Honi Soit)
Melina Marchetta Inspires 25 Years On (Honi Soit)
Beyond Beatlemania: How technology has changed modern music fandoms (Honi Soit)
Flash Fiction: Two Autobiographical Short Stories & One Not-So-Autobiographical One (Subbed In)
To get in touch for freelance opportunities, drop me a line! Or check out a sample of my writing below:
Interviews
Cate Blanchett: ‘Saviour is such a dangerous word’ (The Guardian)
Lulu Wang: ‘I would love it if white men were asked the same questions as me’ (The Guardian)
‘I missed out on being a kid’: The Kid Laroi on fame, fans and coming home to Australia (The Guardian)
James J. Robinson (The Saturday Paper)
Josh Thomas on autism, his podcast and being honest to a fault: ‘Why am I telling you this?’ (The Guardian)
Lee Isaac Chung's Minari transposes intimate tale of Korean American immigrant family into grand narrative of hope and risk (ABC Arts)
Kore-eda Hirokazu on directing Catherine Deneuve in ‘The Truth’ and making a film in a language he can’t speak (ABC Arts)
‘A hallucinatory moment’: Goran Stolevski on his unlikely rise in Australian film (The Guardian)
Essays
On cycling and self-delusion (Sydney Review of Books, ‘I Will Be the Most Esoteric Person on the Bus’)
On not reading (Liminal Magazine, ‘No Thoughts Head Empty’)
On dreams (Liminal Magazine, ‘Every Dream is a Dream of the Apocalypse’)
On Nan Goldin (The Guardian)
On Jason Reitman’s Young Adult (The Guardian)
On the politics of livestreaming (The Monthly)
On teen film and coming out (Overland)
On queer cinema and the dancefloor (Kill Your Darlings)
On The Virgin Suicides and the suburbs (Kill Your Darlings)
Humour
Australia’s gay era (The Guardian)
Getting bogged up a mountain (The Guardian)
BeReal (The Guardian)
Ugly homes (The Guardian)
True crime (The Guardian)
Year in review (The Guardian)
Frazzled English woman (The Guardian)
A Twitter alternative (The Guardian)
Reviews
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (ABC Arts)
Lukas Dhont’s Close (ABC Arts)
Noah Baumbach’s White Noise (ABC Arts)
Claire Denis’ Stars at Noon (ABC Arts)
Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling (ABC Arts)
Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love (ABC Arts)
Alex Garland’s Men (ABC Arts)
Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool (ABC Arts)
Maggie Rogers’ Surrender (The Saturday Paper)
Goran Stolevski’s Of An Age (The Guardian)
Lorde’s Solar Power (The Monthly)
Billie Eilish, live (The Guardian)
Armağan Ballantyne’s Nude Tuesday (The Guardian)
Elite (The Guardian)
Riverdale (The Guardian)
Pablo Larraín’s Ema (The Monthly)
Azazel Jacobs’ French Exit (The Monthly)
Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari (The Monthly)
Alma Har’el’s Honey Boy (The Monthly)
Bi Gan’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Running Dog)
Lina Maria Mannheimer’s Mating (Running Dog) — with Claire Cao
Archive
‘Isle of Dogs’ is a White Man’s Fantasy of Japan (VICE)
‘Annihilation’ is Proof that Women-Led Sci-Fi is Better (Junkee)
Curiouser and Curiouser: Kate Miller-Heidke’s suburban fairy tale (Double J)
“Goat-ish”: the bizarre serendipity of Xylouris White (SMH)
Mount Eerie on Grief, Loss, and Self-Flagellation (SMH)
Women in Art Study Reveals 50% Gender Pay Gap (SMH)
It’s Time We Stop Tolerating the Royals (SMH/Daily Life)
When Chris Met Felix: Sydney Festival's unlikely fusion of beatbox and classical (SMH)
Just Dance (Emerging Writers’ Festival)
From ‘Sixteen Candles’ to ‘Love, Simon’: How teen Soundtracks have evolved (Double J)
Classic Album: Cypress Hill — Black Sunday (Double J)
Classic Album: The Presidents of the United States of America — Self-titled (Double J)
The Story of Badu Gili (Sydney Opera House Backstage)
10 Books to Read Before Antidote 2018 (Sydney Opera House Backstage)
Moving and Shaking: Embracing the uncertainty of teen sexuality in ‘Giant Little Ones’ (Rough Cut)
On Reinvention and Harry Styles (Honi Soit)
Lorde’s ‘Green Light’ is a Call to Arms for Apathetic Youth (Honi Soit)
Melina Marchetta Inspires 25 Years On (Honi Soit)
Beyond Beatlemania: How technology has changed modern music fandoms (Honi Soit)
Flash Fiction: Two Autobiographical Short Stories & One Not-So-Autobiographical One (Subbed In)