SAMPLES
REVIEWS:
- Film: The Dark Knight Rises (Flavorwire)
- Film: Rock of Ages (DVD Talk)
- DVD: Harold and Maude (DVD Talk)
- TV: Louie: Season 1 (DVD Talk)
- Book: Pauline Kael- A Life in the Dark (Village Voice)
- Theatre: The Door (Village Voice)
COMMENTARY:
- In Movies with Nudity, What's the Line Between Ogling and Art? (The Atlantic)
- Silent House: One Movie, One Shot (Salon)
- Gangster's Mixtape: The Rock and Roll Cinema of Martin Scorsese (Flavorwire)
- When Spike Lee Became Scary (The Atlantic)
- Politics Goes to the Movies: Margin Call (The Maddow Blog)
VIDEO ESSAYS:
- 135 Shots that Will Restore Your Faith in Cinema (Flavorwire)
- "And Introducing..." Famous Faces in their Film Debuts (Flavorwire)
- How to Pull the Perfect Movie Heist (Flavorwire)
- The Martin Scorsese Film School (Flavorwire)
LISTS:
- 10 Modern Movies that Are Better in Black and White (Flavorwire)
- No More "Sexytime!": The Movies that People Need to Stop Quoting (The Atlantic)
- 25 Must-See Music Documentaries (Flavorwire)
- 10 Memorable Movie Poster Controversies (Flavorwire)
- Mourning for Hollywood: 10 Days the Movies Died (Flavorwire)
PROFILES:
- Wes Anderson (Flavorwire)
- Roger Ebert (Flavorwire)
- Greil Marcus (Village Voice)
- Radley Metzger (Daily Grindhouse)
- Patton Oswalt (Flavorwire)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Flavorwire, New York, NY 2010-present
Film Editor
- Write features, lists, live-blogs, and media commentary for Flavorpill’s pop culture blog (posts here).
- Post galleries, trailers, and other special features.
DVDtalk.com, El Segundo, CA 2008-present
Freelance Reviewer
- Review DVD and theatrical releases for the most widely-read DVD site online (reviews here).
- Arrange and write festival coverage (Sundance 2012, NYFF 2011, Tribeca 2009-2011) and interviews.
EDUCATION
- New York University: MA, Cultural Reporting and Criticism (2010-2012)
- Wichita State University: BFA, Theatre Performance (1994-1998)