A Woman's Picture

First and foremost, I am a journalist, which means I strive for truthful reporting, and I take responsibility for the accuracy of my work. I hold a graduate degree in cinema studies from City University of New York/College of Staten Island. I began writing film criticism and features for Films in Review and Showbusiness, as well as for anthologies, such as The Motion Picture Annual. My first book, Gender Equity Module: Ensuring Unbiased Behavior in an All-Girl Environment, was published in 1994, and received a notation in the Congressional Record for its ground-breaking content.

 

My second book, Cinematic Quests for Identity: The Hero's Encounter with the Beast (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), mines mythology, folklore and Jungian and feminist thought, to explain the origin of the quest across multiple film genres. 

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My movie reviews, filmmaker interviews, and coverage of international film festivals, have appeared in the LA Times, Film Journal International, Hollywood Reporter, and The Progressive, as well as a in many local newspapers, including The Brooklyn Eagle, and on Biography.com. I am the "Cinema" columnist for the D.C.-based Ambassador; my features and reviews also appear frequently in Cineaste.  I am a native New Yorker whose best childhood memories are of Saturday afternoons with my father at Brooklyn’s ramshackle Happy Hour movie theater.

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