Philippa Snow

Philippa Snow is a writer based in Norwich, UK. Her reviews and essays have appeared in The New Republic, Sight & Sound, The White Review among others. She was shortlisted for the Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize.

Long Live the New Flesh

Philippa Snowartreview.com24 September 2024

In The Substance, it’s old versus young; hot versus not; Demi Moore versus Margaret Qualley; the film versus its viewer – and no one wins

“Please, I’m a Star”: ‘Maxxxine’ Wants Your Love

Philippa Snowartreview.com16 July 2024

Does Ti West’s B-movie trilogy have any “A ideas” hidden underneath its sexy nurse’s outfit?

The Cult Masochism of ‘Kinds of Kindness’

Philippa Snowartreview.com02 July 2024

If ‘Poor Things’ was a little coy about its quasi-feminist, pseudo-paedophilic subject matter, Yorgos Lanthimos is now fully back in sicko mode

Would You Kill for Kristen Stewart?

Philippa Snowartreview.com13 March 2024

‘Love Lies Bleeding’ features Stewart as a loser falling for a bodybuilder in a gonzo, lesbian, neo-noir, erotic thriller – dig in

Yoko Ono: Stopping Time, Punching Through

Philippa Snowartreview.com15 February 2024

No longer the butt of an old joke, Ono’s works on show at Tate Modern can be seen for what they’ve always been: an intrusion of artificiality and performance into everyday reality

The Watchful Eyes of ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

Philippa Snowartreview.com27 October 2023

Martin Scorsese’s forensic telling of the Osage murders at the hands of white Americans closes in on history

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Barbie

Philippa Snowartreview.com25 July 2023

A blend of silliness and seriousness is Barbie’s calling card – and adulthood, as seen by a child, can seem simultaneously dumb and intense, too