Writings
Reviews, Essays, Articles, Etc.
"Follow Him Quietly: Richard Fleischer and the Consideration of Metters-en-scène"
Overview of Fleischer's work and place in film culture for The Film Journal's Fleischer symposium.
"Consciousness and Social Conscience in the Films of Robert Mulligan"
Examination of To Kill a Mockingbird ('62) and Clara's Heart ('88) for The Film Journal's Mulligan symposium.
"Brief Thoughts on La Libertad"
Originally destined for 24fps, it amounted only to a few stray paragraphs.
Slant Magazine reviews for 100 Essential Films: The Crime of M. Lange (Jean Renoir, 1935),
Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks, 1939),
The Lickerish Quartet (Radley Metzger, 1970),
Lancelot du lac (Robert Bresson, 1974),
The Ballad of Narayama (Shohei Imamura, 1982),
and Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995).
One can find some more of my writing by looking at the 24fps archive. I co-edited 24fps with its founder, Gabe Klinger, from 2002 until 2004.
I wouldn't recommend a whole lot of my own writing in the archive, but we ran several fantastic pieces by others.
Undergraduate Coursework
"Capitalism, Genre and Humanity at the New Rose Hotel: A Textual Analysis"
Presented March 26, 2005 at NYU Cinema Studies Student Conference.
"Floating Amidst the Indeterminacy of Recall: Reconciling Memory and History in Last Year at Marienbad"
Written for Spring 2005 Cinema Studies course, 'History/Memory/Authorship.'
"How to Police Youths When They Get Furious"
Written for Spring 2005 Cinema Studies course, 'American Youth Spaces.'
"Character, Viewer Sympathy and Social Acquiescence in the Films of Yasujiro Ozu"
Written for Fall 2003 Cinema Studies course, 'Ozu.'