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Katie Smith-Wong

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Katie Smith-Wong is a freelance film journalist and critic specialising in documentaries and narrative features. She is a member of the London Film Critics' Circle and the Online Film Critics Society. You can find her @katiesmithwong on X and Muckrack.

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Still from Rule Brakers (2025)

Society

Terrific drama shows the battle for girls' education in Afghanistan

Culture

Film still from Orca - Black and White Gold.

Life

Tense docu-thriller exposes the cruelties of commercial whale trade

Culture

Icon Film Distribution handout film still: Heart Of An Oak

Life

Intimate nature documentary is an ode to an oak

Culture

Handout film still from Signature Entertainment. The End We Start From starring Jodie Comer.

Comment

The End We Start From review: Jodie Comer is gripping in climate drama

Culture

MY EVEREST Film Distributed by Bohemia Media My Everest is in cinemas 27 April

Comment

My Everest review: A horseback journey to the world's highest mountain

Culture

Cady Coleman appears in The Longest Goodbye by Ido Mizrahy, an official selection of the World Documentary Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. | Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls. All photos are copyrighted and may be used by the press only for the purpose of news or editorial coverage of Sundance Institute programs. Photos must be accompanied by a credit to the photographer and/or 'Courtesy of Sundance Institute.' Unauthorized use, alteration, reproduction or sale of logos and/or photos is strictly prohibited.

Space

The Longest Goodbye review: A poignant documentary on space psychology

Culture

Awaiting clearance

Environment

The Blaze (En Plein Feu) review: A taut eco-thriller about a wildfire

Culture

The Loneliest Whale review: A moving search for an elusive beast

Humans

The Loneliest Whale review: A moving search for an elusive beast

Culture

A still from Fire of Love by Sara Dosa, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. All photos are copyrighted and may be used by press only for the purpose of news or editorial coverage of Sundance Institute programs. Photos must be accompanied by a credit to the photographer and/or 'Courtesy of Sundance Institute.' Unauthorized use, alteration, reproduction or sale of logos and/or photos is strictly prohibited.

Humans

Fire of Love review: An intimate account of life, death and lava

Culture

Signs along River road on the Delta waters of the Sacramento River, Calif., as seen on Wednesday July 30, 2014., near Rio Vista, Calif. The Bay Institute, a well-regarded environmental group, has determined the the Bay Delta Conservation Plan to construct tunnels to send water south would cause two salmon species to die out and would

Humans

River's End review: Inside the battle for California's water

Culture

Bakelite made the 20th century, but the plastic's legacy is sobering

Technology

Bakelite made the 20th century, but the plastic's legacy is sobering

Culture

Fathom review: What happens when humans try to talk to whales

Humans

Fathom review: What happens when humans try to talk to whales

Culture

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