She has contributed to the BBC, Sky News, Time Out, the Guardian and The Film Review.
[1][2] Smith studied journalism at the University of Wales Cardiff, worked on various magazines in the 1990s, including being launch editor of a dance music magazine called Wax, and started to do film reviews while assistant editor of Minx.
After Minx closed in July 2000, Smith focussed on freelance film writing.
[6] Smith started the Girls on Film podcast in 2018.
[7] Guests have included Caitlin Moran and Coky Giedroyc,[8] Kitty Green,[9] Haifaa al-Mansour,[10] Gurinder Chadha[11] and Brie Larson.