I live in Brooklyn and write primarily about movies.

From 2004 to 2012 and again from 2014 to 2017 I worked for the shifting conglomeration of entities eventually known as the Northside Media Group, chiefly for The L Magazine, the late and possibly even lamented pocket-sized listings digest and alternative biweekly, as well as for its glossy sister publication Brooklyn Magazine, serving in a variety of editorial capacities but most proudly as Film Editor.

I graduated from NYU in 2006 with a BFA in Cinema Studies, and from 2012-2017 I lived in Reykjavík, Iceland, with my partner, the translator Larissa Kyzer. I received an MA in Literature, Culture and Media at Háskóli Íslands, where I also taught in the English department.

I frequently work as a proofreader and copyeditor — for that, I have a LinkedIn profile.

In addition to writing and teaching, I have guested on podcasts, addressed students, researched and consulted on books and film shoots, introduced films, and conducted post-screening Q&As. A quite fulsome litany of my professional activities can be found on the portfolio page of this website. If you are interested in discussing any similar such collaborations with me, I encourage you to email me.

What else, what else.

I voted in the 2022 edition of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time poll; my ballot can be found here.

I hail originally from beautiful North Yarmouth, Maine.

My physical resemblance to Bill Ayers, formerly of the Weather Underground, has been noted by acquaintances across many years, beginning in the months preceding the 2008 U.S. presidential election and continuing to the present day.