I am a regular film critic for Rogerebert.com. My work has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, Sight & Sound, and other outlets. I have written numerous DVD booklet essays for Criterion Collection releases, as well as two video-essays included as special features (one on Gena Rowlands and one on the acting in Raging Bull). I wrote the narration scripts for two Academy Awards’ Lifetime Achievement tribute reels: one for Gena Rowlands (read by Angelina Jolie), and the other for Anne V. Coates (read by Diane Lane). I had a biweekly column on Film Comment called, “Present Tense” (no longer in operation, since Film Comment shuttered its doors in the pandemic. But I am proud of that year-long archive of work). I’m a member of the New York Film Critics’ Circle and the National Society of Film Critics.
An essay about my father ran in the Irish Letters issue of The Sewanee Review, the oldest literary journal in the country.
I received a BFA in Theatre from the University of Rhode Island and a Master’s in Acting from the Actors Studio MFA Program.
My script, July and Half of August has had public readings at Theatre Wit in Chicago and the Vineyard Theatre in New York. In 2015, one of the scenes was made into a short film, which had its premiere at the 2015 Albuquerque Film and Music Experience, and played at Ebertfest 2017.
I’ve been blogging here since 2002. Along the top nav are category listings showing the main subjects I write about here. There are more categories which can be found in a dropdown on the right nav. Also in the dropdown in the right nav is Archives, broken out by month. There’s a little Search box at the top of the right nav. I keep meaning to get this joint re-designed – it’s all very 2006 in design – but whatever, I’m sure you’ll manage. Oh, and at the bottom of every post, I include a bunch of tags. Tags are where things get really granular.
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