About

Cinemart was birthed into existence June 2011 and is a place for film lovers, film geeks, film freaks, film anything. Cinema is egalitarian, and, if you think about it, not only a dream world but an alternate universe where all sorts of mad adventures abound. There’s the Mainstream Nebula, the outer reaches of the Horror galaxy, the Planet Experimenta and the Indie/Arthouse solar system. Think of us as a collective Hubble telescope recording our discoveries and impressions on the most beautiful, spellbinding medium there is. Or something like that.

Martyn Conterio – Person in overall charge of things

Martyn holds a deep and abiding passion for horror films, spaghetti westerns, gialli and French flicks. He’s fallen in and out of love with Hollywood down the years but like a callow hearted, needy lover, always lets it back into his life. He worships at the church venerated to St. Martin Scorsese and loves the films of Mario Bava, Powell and Pressburger, Bruno Dumont, Lucio Fulci, Dario Argento, Vincenzo Natali, Claire Denis, Julie Taymor, David Fincher, Francis Ford Coppola, Christopher Nolan, Sergio Leone, François Ozon, Gaspar Noé, and holds a special fondess for the works of William Friedkin. Until quite recently he believed wholeheartedly that Deckard was NOT a replicant but now concedes he is.

As well as striking out into the blogosphere with Cinemart he contributes to top quality publications Little White Lies, Film International, Flux, Scream, Starburst, New Empress, Grolsch Film Works, Scene360.com and contributed to Time Out’s The 100 Best Horror Films Time Out – 100 Best Horror Films. He also co-founded the British Film Bloggers Circle: britishfilmbloggerscircle.

e-mail me: m.conterio[at]cinemart-online.co.uk

Mairéad Roche – Deputy Editor

Such is her love of seeing films where they were made to be seen, the Cinema, Mairéad Roche decided to not turn to the loan sharks to keep paying for her love of cinema. Instead she currently offers her writing efforts as a Features writer and reviewer for Cinemart as a means to keep up with her film needs. Her Two Film Friday project has developed into A Film a Day for a Year via Twitter.

Superhero powers include; audio abilities, remarkable levels of strength, the ability to type really quickly and being Irish, which as everyone knows is a superpower in and of itself.

Twitter: @Merazad

Alan Simmons – Contributing Editor

Alan is a horror head and is also an enormo-fan of the works of Jason Statham and Danny Fucking Trejo, though his favourite film is Amélie. He is also well into anime and is the keeper of Al’s Anime Annex: Cinemart’s monthly manga release round up. If you’re so inclined, you can also find him on the twitter as @v_for_vienetta.

e-mail me: a.simmons[at]cinemart-online.co.uk

Maureen de Sousa – Contributing Editor

Maureen de Sousa is an editor from Toronto, Canada. When not reading, writing, and eating cheeseburgers or ice cream, she spends a significant amount of time watching films and wanting to teleport to other places like Brooklyn, Rome, and the Tannhauser Gate, where C-beams glitter in the dark. Her favourite films include: Blade Runner, The Warriors, Kung Fu Hustle, Old Boy, His Girl Friday, Holiday, The Thin Man, The Third Man, Girl Shy, American Movie, Encounters at the End of the World, and almost everything by Hitchcock, and Wilder. She also defends her right to enjoy B, C, and Z movies – particularly in the disaster and action genres: Godzilla was among her first loves.

Cheryl Carter – Reviewer

Enjoys metal, tea, cats and Transformers. When not moonlighting as a retail worker, she can be found experiencing music in the live setting and occasionally trying to take interesting photographs of the natural world.

Her favourite films range from the clever (Nosferatu) to the ridiculous (Zoolander).

e-mail me: c.carter[at]cinemart-online.co.uk

Leslie Byron Pitt – Reviewer

Leslie is a film blogger (afrofilmviewer) and podcaster (Cinematic Dramatic). He loves movies old and new, Arsenal FC and Modern Warfare 2 online.

His preferred favourite film is House Party. However, he does not trust anybody who has never seen Fight Club.

e-mail me: l.byron-pitt[at]cinemart-online.co.uk

Sam Inglis – Reviewer

Sam became obsessed with movies after hiding under the seat during the ending of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (he was 8). He has been writing about cinema on the internet for twelve years, and now runs 24 Frames Per Second as well as writing regular and guest pieces for a number of other websites. While he loves films of all kinds, Sam has a particular interest in the horror genre and in controversial and censored cinema. His favourite films include Badlands, Fucking Amal and The Princess Bride (yes, really).

Laura Ivins-Hulley – Contributing Editor

On the verge of being a confirmed academic, meaning I’m still writing my dissertation on Jan Švankmajer. I also like to make movies and teach others about them.