​Selected Reviews & Articles

Reviews

"The Adam Project" is a rare Netflix Blockbuster Done Mostly Right. FSR, Mar, 2022 Someone Gets Ravaged by a Polar Bear and Against the Ice is Still Boring. Paste, Mar 2022.
Naomi Watts Thriller The Desperate Hour is too Desperate to Entertain. Paste, Feb 2022. 
The Lost Boys. Screen Slate. Feb, 2022
There's Enough Excitement (and Champagne) to Fill Death on the Nile's Gaps. Paste, Feb 2022.
Dystopia Master Jean-Pierre Jeunet Disappoints with Dark Comedy Bigbug. Paste Feb, 2022.
Tall Girl 2 Falls Short. Paste, Feb 2022
Lunar Disaster Moonfall is a Ridiculous Amount of Fun (Duh). Paste, Feb 2022.
The Tinder Swindler is Netflix's Next Big Thing. Paste, Feb 2022
Munich - The Edge of War Turns a Historical Event into a Character Study. Paste, Jan 2022
For Better or Worse, How I Fell In Love with a Gangster Has Everything you Could Want from a Gangster Film. Paste, Jan 2022
​A Lack of Nuance Makes Sex Appeal an Unappealing Teen Comedy. Paste, Jan 2022. 
Juliet of the Spirits. Screen Slate, Jan 2022.
In His New Netflix Special, Jim Gaffigan Talks About the Pandemic in a New Way. Paste, Jan 2022. 
Post Apocalyptic Robot Thriller Needs an OS Update. Paste, Dec 2021.
Good-Looking Wrestling Creature Feature Rumble is Entirely Forgettable. Paste, Dec 2021.
The Lost Daughter Understands That Womanhood is Profoundly Complicated. Paste, Dec 2021
​A Castle for Christmas Made Me Really Want to Buy a Scottish Castle. Paste, Dec 2021. 
In Her Christmas Special, Dr. Pimple Popper Gives Us Sickos What We Really Want. Paste, Dec 2021
Ambitious Nun Horror isn't Convent-ional or Entirely Successful. Paste Dec, 2021. Timely and Engaging, Silent Night's Holiday at the End of the World is Still Distractingly Inconsistent. Paste, Dec 2021.
Licorice Pizza is a Romantic Summery Reminder of Just How Good Movies Can Be. Paste. Dec, 2021.
​Lin-Manuel Miranda Does Justice to a Legend in tick, tick...BOOM! Paste. Nov, 2021
Beguiling Yet Hollow, Spencer reduces Princess Diana to Cultural Currency. Paste, Nov, 2021
Edgar Wright Flexes his Signature Style for Bold and Chic Psyco-Thriller Last Night in Soho. Paste. Oct, 2021
Bergman Island is a Heartfelt Ode to Finding Yourself as an Artist. Paste, Oct 2021
"Maid" Emphatically Shines a Light on the Harsh Realities of Poverty. FSR, Oct 2021
​"The Chair" Strikes a Perfect Balance Between Funny and Earnest. FSR, Aug 2021
"Bo Burnham: Inside" Redefines the Internet Age. FSR, June 2021
"The Fallout" is an Ode to a Paralyzed Generation. FSR, Mar 2021
"Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil" Loses its Voice. FSR, Mar 2021
"I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking)" Works as a Pandemic-Era Film. FSR, Mar 2021
"I Care A Lot" Review. The Film Magazine, Mar 2021
"Moxie" Wants so Badly to Fit into Teen Comedies. FSR, Mar 2021
"Butchers" Fails to Execute. Screen Queens, Feb 2021
A Story About Communist Russia Finds a Home in the 21st Century in "Dear Comrades!" Screen Queens, Feb 2021
Grief on Trial in "Pieces of a Woman" FSR, Jan 2021
"The Sisters Brothers" Review: A Loving Look at the Western. FSR, Oct 2019
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Articles

"Y Tu Mama Tambien" as a Coming of Age Movie. FSR, March 2022
The "Euphoria" Season 2 Final Presents A Tangled Web of Abuse. FSR, Mar 2022.
How Lexi Howard Psychoanalyzes the Characters of "Euphoria" Better than Anyone. FSR, Feb 2022.
12 Movies to Watch if you Like "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." FSR, Feb 2022.
Nate Jacobs is the Evil Heart of "Euphoria." FSR, Feb 2022.
Rue's Epic Drug Odyssey marks an Important Character Shift on "Euphoria." FSR, Feb 2022.
"Euphoria" Reexamines the Love Triangle. FSR, Feb 2022
Need Proof that Gen Z is One of the Greatest Generations of Surrealist Comedians? Just Watch Their Tik Toks. Paste. Jan 2022
The Fantastical Style of "Euphoria" Captures the Realities of Modern Teendom. FSR, Jan 2022
Every Paul Thomas Anderson Music Video Ranked. Paste, Dec 2021
Why Do TV's Leading Men Have Such Horrifying Birthdays? Paste, Dec 2021.
How Young Adult's Deconstructed Cringe Comedy Subverts Schadenfreude. Paste, Dec 2021.
Succession and the Corporate Bromance. Paste, Dec 2021
​How Props Tell the Story of The Power of the Dog's Decaying Masculinity. Paste, Nov 2021
How Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear Subverts the Narrative of Christian Crime and Punishment. Paste, Nov 2021
​How Costume Design Plays with Fate in Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge! Paste, Nov, 2021.
The Last Picture Show's Meditation on Masculinity. Paste, Oct 2021.
How the Netflix series "You" Brings the Horror with Food. FSR, Oct 2021
The Guilty's Ending and What it Really Means to Americanize a Film. Paste, Oct 2021
​The Optimistic Nihilism of the Coen Brothers' Biblical and Mythological Adaptations. Paste, Oct 2021.
V/H/S/94's Best Segment Asks What Would Happen if Someone Replaced Your Brain With a Camcorder. Paste, Oct 2021
Malignant and the Possessions of James Wan. Paste, Sept 2021
Reclaiming the Feminine Narrative in Found Footage. The Final Girls, July 2021
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: How the "Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant" Subverts Early German Cinema. FSR, July 2021
"AI: Artificial Intelligence" and the Question of Robotic Love. FSR June 2021
The Ending of "Mad Men" Explained. FSR June 2021
The Expression of Inanimate Objects in Wong Kar Wai's "Happy Together." FSR June 2021
Back to the Movies. "Mission: Impossible 7" Reminds Us Why We Need Movie Theaters. FSR, May 2021
"The Tree Of Life" Teaches Us How to Live. FSR, May 2021
Back to the Movies: Projected on Film. FSR, May 2021 
"What About Bob?" is a Comedic Critique of the Mental Health Care System. FSR, May 2021
 "Bridesmaids" Perfected Gross-Out Humor. FSR, April 2021
"Whiplash" is an Exhilarating Oscar-Worthy Drum Solo. FSR, April 2021
"The Elephant Man" is the Most Empathetic Film to Lose Best Picture. FSR, April 2021.
The Hidden Monsters of "The Mist." FSR, Mar 2021
"Memento" and the Unreliable Image. FSR, Mar 2021
The Powerful Simplicity of Cary Joji Fukunaga's "Jane Eyre" (2011). FSR, Mar 2021
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "Gone Girl," and the Look of Revenge. Film Cred, Mar 2021.
Searching for the American Dream in "Minari" and "Nomadland." FSR Feb 2021.
The Ending of "Saint Maud" Explained. FSR, Feb 2021
"Margaret" Gets Teendom Right. Screen Queens, Feb 2021
Using Costume to tell a Story in "In the Mood for Love." Screen Queens, Jan 2021
The Cathartic Power of "Sense and Sensiblity" FSR, Dec 2020
Landscape as a Metaphor in "Brokeback Mountain." FSR, Dec 2020
"Zodiac" and Setting the Scene for a Serial Killer. FSR, Dec 2020
Fritz Lang's "M" and the Aesthetics of Justice. FSR, Nov 2020
"Brighton Rock" and the Iconography of Film Noir. FSR. Nov 2020
The Power of Jeon Do-yeon's Silence in "Secret Sunshine." FSR. July 2020
It's Time to Rewatch "Breaking Bad." FSR, Mar 2020
The Suspense of Off-Screen Action in "Night Moves." FSR, Feb 2020
The Endurance of the Bromance in 2021. FSR, Feb 2020
The Sacred Frog Storm in "Magnolia." FSR, Jan 2020
Reframing the Two Love Stories in "The Souvenir." FSR, Jan 2020
How "Parasite" Uses Architecture and Landscape to Tell a Story. FSR, Nov 2019
"Misery" Investigates the Horror of the Obsessed Fan. FSR, Oct 2019
How "Solaris" Uses Colors to Tell a Story. FSR, Sept 2019

Book Reviews

"Weather": an Upbeat Ode to the End of the World. April 2020
"How My Voice Memos Changed Literary History." April 2020
"Happy Birthday Alexander Pope: The First Influencer." May 2020