Maz is a small-time film journalist, moonlighting (or should that be daylighting) as a Teaching Assistant. She graduated from the University of Reading with a BA Hons in English Literature (minoring in French Cinema and Film and Theatre in her first year), an experience she feels is best described by Jamie Cullum (a fellow graduate of English at Reading) in the song ‘Twentysomething’:

‘After years of expensive education
A car full of books and anticipation
I’m an expert on Shakespeare and that’s a hell of a lot
But the world don’t need scholars as much as I thought’

- Make of that what you will.

In her time at Reading, Maz wrote for the Film & Television section of the student newspaper Spark*, and received the Union’s award for “Best Reviewer” for her contributions to the newspaper, an honour she feels as proud of as her degree.

She subscribes to Empire Magazine and reads it religiously, but sadly to date has never been able to finish the crossword without a little help from her good friend the IMDb. She feels (somewhat controversially) that Quentin Tarantino has lost his touch and recently discovered that Judi Dench has surprisingly small hands.

Her favourite film of all time is The Lion King closely followed by The Lord of the Rings (trilogy) and Brief Encounter – which she feels is the best British film of all time.

Maz’s Movie Memorandum would not have been possible without the help of her friend Jez, to whom she is very grateful.

Maz can be contacted at marie.claire.hudson@googlemail.com or marie-claire.hudson@hotmail.co.uk and is available for freelance writing.