Anna Smith is a prominent British film critic and broadcaster and the former President of the UK Critics’ Circle. She is a regular film expert on radio and TV, previously presenting the BBC News Film Review. Anna started her journalism career as an editor of music and women’s magazines, before devoting herself to film and becoming a reg...
Read MoreAnna Smith is a prominent British film critic and broadcaster and the former President of the UK Critics’ Circle. She is a regular film expert on radio and TV, previously presenting the BBC News Film Review. Anna started her journalism career as an editor of music and women’s magazines, before devoting herself to film and becoming a regular contributor to Rolling Stone UK, Deadline Hollywood, The Guardian, Sight & Sound, Time Out London and Metro UK Newspaper. She co-founded and hosts the ground-breaking podcast Girls On Film, which was nominated at the British Podcast Awards in 2022 and 2023, the International Women's Podcast Awards in 2023 and 2024 and the Independent Podcast Awards in 2024. Over the years, she has hosted hundreds of Q&As with actors and filmmakers, and has sat on many juries including the British Independent Film Awards, Sky Arts Awards and the EE BAFTA Film Awards. She is a BAFTA, BIFA and LFCC voter and is on instagram @annasmithfilmcritic
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