Hi - I'm Jessica, the founding editor-in-chief of Wasteland Arts, writer, critic, and Oxford postgraduate.
In 2020 I completed a BA in English with first-class honours and graduated with a Humanities Rotary Prize, an award conferred to the two highest-ranking students in the cohort. In 2022 I completed an MSt in Film Aesthetics at Oxford, finishing with distinction. My literature background has eminently shaped my current research interests, which include the philosophy of film, narratology, narrative editing, and film presence, all of which subtend my editorial writing.
work
editor-in-chief of Wasteland Arts
September 2018 - Present
newsletter editor of Wasteland Arts
March 2020 - Present
designer for Wasteland Arts
December 2021 - Present
freelance writer (MUBI, Obscur, etc)
August 2020 - Present
staff critic at Cineccentric
August 2020 - Present
section editor of Cherwell
June 2021 - December 2021
press delegate for BFI's 64th and 65th London Film Festival, BFI Flare, and Long Distance Film Festival
October 2020 - October 2021
pre-selector for Cornwall Film Festival
May 2021 - August 2021
staff writer at Unpublished Magazine
August 2020 - June 2021
selected writing
essays / articles
Looking Beyond Borders with Arms Outstretched - The Isis, May 2022
Stella Dallas - Wasteland Arts, March 2022
Duel - Wasteland Arts, December 2021
Let's Scare Jessica to Death - Wasteland Arts, October 2021
Zola - Cherwell, September 2021
The Age of Innocence - Wasteland Arts, September 2021
The Woman with Two Heads - Wasteland Arts, September 2021
Clotheslines - Wasteland Arts, July 2021
Robert Altman's '3 Women' and the Allure of Imitation - Obscur Magazine, June 2021
Fake Fruit Factory - Wasteland Arts, June 2021
1968 - Wasteland Arts, May 2021
Close-Up - Wasteland Arts, March 2021
Wanda - Wasteland Arts, March 2021
Slouching Towards Nowhere: The Graduate - Cineccentric, February 2021
Betty Blue - Wasteland Arts, February 2021
Synthetically Eroded: the Femme Fatale in Double Indemnity and Chinatown - Wasteland Arts, January 2021
Visualizing Liberation in "But I'm a Cheerleader" - MUBI Notebook, December 2020
Eyes Wide Shut - Wasteland Arts, October 2020
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Wasteland Arts, June 2020
collaborations
The Films of Abbas Kiarostami - Cineccentric, June 2021
Discussing Vagabond - Cineccentric, March 2021
Short Films from the BFI London Film Festival - Cineccentric, November 2020
designs
contact info:
I am available to hire for editorial work and freelance writing, get in touch at