Journalism
Finalist for 2025 LA Press Club Award for Criticism of Film (Under 1000 Words; Each Review)
Festival coverage
Sundance Film Festival 2025 - Ampersand LA
‘Tears and smiles all mixed up’: ‘Rebuilding’ is a case for hope
‘Twinless’ and the plague of piracy
‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ is a disjointed yet poignant tale of motherhood
‘Middletown’: a Quixotic quest in environmental justice
Rules for mourning: ‘Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears)’ review
New York Film Festival 2024 - Ampersand LA
‘Universal Language’ is the heartwarming, absurdist comedy you didn’t know you needed
‘All We Imagine As Light’ gives working Indian women the depth they deserve
‘Queer’: It’s not unrequited, ‘It’s a love story’
See also:
LA’s Rich & Successful Film Festival rings in its third year — Ampersand LA (2024)
Selected criticism & journalism
I saw Avan Jogia at the L.A. Times Festival of Books — Substack (2025)
Revisiting ‘The Fall,’ nearly two decades on — Ampersand LA (2025)
The name of the game is ‘adaptation’ — Ampersand LA / USC Annenberg Media (2025); audio story
In ‘Warfare,’ the truth is not enough— Ampersand LA (2025)
‘No Other Land’ is nominated for an Oscar, but that’s not why you should watch it — Ampersand LA (2025)
How the pop-punk singer Aminta Skye is finding herself in LA’s music scene — Keke Magazine (2024)
All British Films Are About Class — Periphery Magazine (2023)
Men and Medusa: Aidan Close Steps Into the Underbelly of the Internet in “Incels and Other Myths” — Medium (2023)
