Anne Billson (born 1954) is a writer, film critic and novelist who was born in Southport, England. Granta named Billson one of the "Best Young British Novelists" in 1993; her fiction combines horror with satire. She has worked as the film critic of The Sunday Telegraph (1992–2001), and other newspapers. She has written film reviews for the New Statesman & Society (1991–92) and Time Out. Her works of nonfiction include Cats on Film (2017).
Quotes
- The truly radical sub-text, however, is that a heroine can be politically motivated, a good dancer, attractive to the opposite sex, and fat all at the same time.
- From a review of Hairspray, Monthly Film Bulletin (July 1988), as reproduced in "'About as near to family entertainment as John Waters has ever come': Hairspray reviewed in 1988", BFI website (9 June 2023)
Quotes about Billson
- She's less one of the inner echelon of elder statesmen issuing judgement, and more your incredibly well-viewed friend who particularly loves genre movies, but also beer and cats.
- Jane Giles "A pantheon of one's own: 25 Female Film Critics Worth Celebrating", Sight & Sound online (2015, updated 19 June 2018)
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