Selected Literary Criticism
On Leonard Cohen for The Literary Review of Canada … A review of Rachel Cusk’s Transit for the National Post … An interview with Geoff Dyer for Brick … A review of Chris Eaton’s Symphony No. 3 for Quill & Quire … A review of Denis Johnson’s The Largesse of the Sea Maiden for the Globe & Mail … A review of Oliver Sacks’ On the Move for the National Post … A review of Geoff Dyer’s White Sands for the National Post … On Aaron Tucker’s Y for Quill & Quire … On Olivia Laing’s The Lonely City for the National Post … An interview with Paul Auster for Stop Smiling … A review of Emmanuel Carrère’s Limonov for the National Post … A review of André Alexis’ The Hidden Keys for The Globe & Mail … On Silvina Ocampo for the National Post … On André Alexis’ Fifteen Dogs for the Globe & Mail … On Jordan Tannahill for the Literary Review of Canada … A review of Daniel Sada’s Almost Never for The Edmonton Journal … A review of Barbara Gowdy’s Little Sister for the Globe & Mail … A review of Denis Johnson’s The Laughing Monsters for the National Post … A review of Vladimir Sorokin’s The Ice Trilogy for The Edmonton Journal … A review of Roberto Bolaño’s Nazi Literature in the Americas for the Globe & Mail … A review of Alberto Manguel’s All Men Are Liars for the National Post …
Lucretia Martel’s Zama
Selected Film Criticism
Remembering Bruno Ganz for Film Comment … An essay on Ingmar Bergman’s second trilogy for TIFF’s The Review … An essay on Claire Denis’ L’intrus for Metrograph’s Journal … An essay on Trick or Treat, Fastway’s soundtrack, and the plight of then teenage metalhead circa 1986 for Bloodvine … An essay on revisiting the ambient apocalypse of Mike Leigh’s Naked during the pandemic for Long Takes … A review of Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things for Bloodvine … An interview with Carlos Reygadas for Film Comment … An interview with Claire Denis for Cinema Scope … An essay on the 1960s counterculture collective creation behind Christopher’s Movie Matinee for Metrograph … An interview with Deragh Campbell for Long Takes … An essay on Alfonso Cuarón and Roma for Film Comment … An interview with Olivier Assayas for The Believer … An interview with Lucretia Martel for Film Comment … An interview with Kazik Radwanski for Long Takes … An essay on Gastón Solnicki’s Kékszakállú for Cinema Scope … An interview with Peter Mettler for Brick … An essay on David Siegel and Scott McGehee’s Suture for Metrograph’s Journal … An essay on Gerardo Naranjo for Film Comment … An essay on Jim Jarmusch’s Integrity Trilogy for Long Takes … An interview with Peter Strickland for Film Comment … An interview with Gabriel Mascaro for Cinema Scope … An interview with Alfredo Castro for Film Comment … An essay on Wim Wenders for Long Takes … An interview with Trey Edward Shults for Film Comment … An essay on Arturo Ripstein’s Bleak Street for Cinema Scope … A review of Enemy for Film Comment … An essay, co-written with Adam Nayman, on David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis … An essay on Denis Villeneuve for Film Comment … An essay on Ingmar Bergman’s summer films for Moving Image Source … An essay on Carlos Reygadas for Film Comment … An essay on Sara Driver for Long Takes … An essay on Peter Mettler for Film Comment … An interview with Peter Strickland for Cinema Scope … An interview with Guy Maddin for Stop Smiling … A survey of the films of Nicolás Pereda for Now … An interview with Carlos Reygadas for Cineaste … An interview with Matías Piñero for Long Takes … A review of John Schlesinger’s Sunday Bloody Sunday for Cinema Scope …