Roger Clarke is a columnist and former film critic for The Independent. He has reviewed for the major film magazines including Screen International and Sight and Sound, written features for Variety and reviewed and contributed to nearly all the national newspapers in the UK. He has sat on international film just panels for the BFI London and Palm Springs Film Festivals and compared notes with Jonathan Ross for the BBC4 World Cinema Awards. His Story of the Scene: The Inside Scoop on Famous Moments in Film was published by Methuen Drama in 2010.