Film critic, author, queer, Jane Campion champion, words for Sight and Sound, BFI, Curzon, Little White Lies, Empire, BBC Culture. ✉️ venninglaura@gmail.com ✍️ lauravenning.com / https://lauravenning.substack.com / https://lnk.to/GretaGerwighttps://bsky.app/profile/lauravenning.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauravenning.bsky.social/post/3muop7hzmp224the testament of ang lee04 Sep 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:e2oe2bvf3c6rh7wuytee4qu5/app.bsky.feed.post/3muop7hzmp224https://bsky.app/profile/lauravenning.bsky.social/post/3m3htg32qxs27My first book, Icons of Cinema: Greta Gerwig, is out now! Tysm to gorgeous friends, family and colleagues for their support, as well as everyone from Studio Press/Bonnier Books 🎀 If you have a Greta girlie in your life you should get them a copy, it’s cute and well-researched! 🙂‍↕️ lnk.to/GretaGerwig18 Oct 2025 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:e2oe2bvf3c6rh7wuytee4qu5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3htg32qxs27https://bsky.app/profile/lauravenning.bsky.social/post/3mhaz62snxk2dI haven't been on here much lately but I've done some cool stuff I should probably show off about 🫡 for instance for @film.curzon.com / @curzon.com I spoke to the lovely Hlynur Pálmason about this stunning new film The Love That Remains: https://www.curzon.com/journal/the-love-that-remains-a-family-affair/17 Mar 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:e2oe2bvf3c6rh7wuytee4qu5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhaz62snxk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauravenning.bsky.social/post/3m3htg32qxs27My first book, Icons of Cinema: Greta Gerwig, is out now! Tysm to gorgeous friends, family and colleagues for their support, as well as everyone from Studio Press/Bonnier Books 🎀 If you have a Greta girlie in your life you should get them a copy, it’s cute and well-researched! 🙂‍↕️ lnk.to/GretaGerwig18 Oct 2025 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:e2oe2bvf3c6rh7wuytee4qu5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3htg32qxs27https://bsky.app/profile/lauravenning.bsky.social/post/3m3ht5pixgk27Idk what it says about me that I cried at Pillion and Hamnet left me cold,,,,,,that film has Most Acting disease18 Oct 2025 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:e2oe2bvf3c6rh7wuytee4qu5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ht5pixgk27https://bsky.app/profile/lauravenning.bsky.social/post/3m3b4cmbtms2iI had a brilliant conversation with Marc and Seth on @unwatchables.bsky.social about two very nasty Aussie films 🇦🇺 A perverse pleasure!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Oct 2025 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:e2oe2bvf3c6rh7wuytee4qu5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3b4cmbtms2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lauravenning.bsky.social/post/3lzbfosz3bk2kGuys remember bronco henry20 Sep 2025 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:e2oe2bvf3c6rh7wuytee4qu5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzbfosz3bk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lauravenning.bsky.social/post/3lyfwhz6nu22vI'm stepping in last minute to introduce The Breakfast Club at BFI Southbank tomorrow evening, ironic for someone who was too much of a goody two-shoes to have ever been given detention at school 🏫🎒 Tickets here! https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=breakfast-club-intro09 Sep 2025 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:e2oe2bvf3c6rh7wuytee4qu5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyfwhz6nu22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauravenning.bsky.social/post/3lyfrwn6va225I’ll never forget going to Fopp to ask if they had the second sight special edition of The Babadook behind the till and made the mistake of mentioning to the guy that I’d contributed an essay to it only to be met with a stony-faced “does anyone actually read those” 💀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2025 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:e2oe2bvf3c6rh7wuytee4qu5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyfrwn6va225https://bsky.app/profile/lauravenning.bsky.social/post/3lyfppeaqns2hSorry but all these 21 year old guys moaning about not getting the LFF tickets they wanted……..09 Sep 2025 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:e2oe2bvf3c6rh7wuytee4qu5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyfppeaqns2h