Milne wrote for Sight & Sound, the Monthly Film Bulletin, The Observer and The Times during his career.
His book length studies of film directors include monographs on Joseph Losey (1968) and Rouben Mamoulian (1969) in the Thames & Hudson Cinema One series, the former comprising a series of extended interviews with the director.
[3][4] He also wrote a short study on the Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer (1971) and edited and translated an anthology of interviews and writings on Jean-Luc Godard (1972).
[5][6] In addition, Tom Milne oversaw the translation and subtitling of French films for television screenings.
[7][8] An archive of over 3000 novels that were the personal collection of Tom Milne is held at Lancaster University Library.