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PUBLISHED WRITING
FILM REVIEWS:
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‘1-800-ON-HER-OWN’ Review: Dull Ani DiFranco Doc Sheds Little Light on a Music Legend
(The Hollywood Reporter, June 2024)
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‘Witches’ Review: Self-Serious Doc Links Women’s Mental Health With the Ethereal
(The Hollywood Reporter, June 2024)
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‘Sabbath Queen’ Review: Awe-Inspiring Doc Examines the Life of a Radical Queer Rabbi
(The Hollywood Reporter, June 2024)
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‘Glitter & Doom’ Review: Indigo Girls Jukebox Musical Is Prosaically Quirky
(The Hollywood Reporter, March 2024)
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‘Let the Canary Sing’ Review: Cyndi Lauper Doc Is Slight But Serviceable
(The Hollywood Reporter, June 2023)
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‘Another Body’ Review: Intriguing Deepfake Porn Doc Is Not as Deep as You’d Think
(The Hollywood Reporter, March 2023)
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The Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 15 Best Films of Sundance 2023
(The Hollywood Reporter, January 2023)
‘It’s Only Life After All’ Review: The Indigo Girls Look Back in a Heartfelt Doc
(The Hollywood Reporter, January 2023)
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‘Birds of Paradise’: Film Review
(The Hollywood Reporter, September 2021)
‘He’s All That’: Film Review
(The Hollywood Reporter, August 2021)
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Netflix’s ‘The Kissing Booth 3’: Film Review
(The Hollywood Reporter, August 2021)
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The Most Life-Affirming Movie of 2020
(Amherst magazine, April 2021)
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"‘To All the Boys: Always and Forever’: Film Review"
(The Hollywood Reporter, February 2021)
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"‘All My Life’: Film Review"
(The Hollywood Reporter, December 2020)
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"‘Godmothered‘: Film Review"
(The Hollywood Reporter, December 2020)
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"‘Shawn Mendes: In Wonder’: Film Review"
(The Hollywood Reporter, November 2020)
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"They Went on the Record"
(Amherst magazine, October 2020)
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"‘Holidate‘: Film Review"
(The Hollywood Reporter, October 2020)
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"‘The Opening Act‘: Film Review"
(The Hollywood Reporter, October 2020)
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"‘A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting’: Film Review"
(The Hollywood Reporter, October 2020)
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"‘American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules’: Film Review"
(The Hollywood Reporter, October 2020)
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"‘The Kissing Booth 2’: Film Review"
(The Hollywood Reporter, July 2020)
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"Votes for Women"
(Amherst magazine, June 2020)
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"‘A Secret Love’: Film Review"
(The Hollywood Reporter, April 2020)
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"'Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story': Film Review"
(The Hollywood Reporter, April 2020)
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"Poison Ivins"
(Amherst magazine, March 2020)
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“‘To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You’: Film Review“
(The Hollywood Reporter, February 2020)
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“‘Between Two Ferns: The Movie’: Film Review“
(The Hollywood Reporter, September 2019)
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“‘Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce’: Film Review“
(The Hollywood Reporter, April 2019)
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“‘Nappily Ever After’: Film Review“
(The Hollywood Reporter, September 2018)
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“A New Doc Asks Why There Are So Few Black Women Doctors in America“
(The Village Voice, August 2016)
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“Queer Rom-Com(ish) Drama ‘Front Cover’ Is an Ambitious Breakthrough“
(The Village Voice, August 2016)
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“Vibrant Documentary ‘Author’: The JT LeRoy Story Questions How We Invent Identities“
(The Forward, June 2016)
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“Slick Climate-Change Doc ‘Time to Choose’ Presents Hope Without Measuring Its Cost“
(The Village Voice, June 2016)
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“Cloying Indie ‘Welcome to Happiness’ Dreams Up Therapeutic Magic for Sad Grown-Ups“
(The Village Voice, May 2016)
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“Bolivian Political Doc ‘A Moment of Silence’ Gives Voice to Those Who Had Power“
(The Village Voice, May 2016)
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“Satisfying Workers’ Doc The Market Basket Effect Might Make You Feel the Bern“
(The Village Voice, April 2016)
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“You Can’t Deny Winsome Dance Drama High Strung Once the Music Starts“
(The Village Voice, April 2016)
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“Nora Ephron’s Son Takes Mom’s Advice in Everything is Copy“
(The Forward, April 2016)
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“Living Lost“
(LA Weekly, March 2016)
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“Feminist Delinquents Face Ghosts – and Macbeth – in Creepy A Haunting in Cawdor“
(The Village Voice, March 2016)
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