Frequently Asked Questions

What's your deal?
I'm an entertainment writer living in Long Island City, NY.

Where might I know you from?
That's a good question. In March of 2005. I co-founded a film blog called Cinematical, and served as its editor and lead contributor for almost exactly a year. During that time, I covered a bunch of festivals, wrote 10 news items a day as well as 3-4 feature stories a week, and wrote, produced, and hosted a short-lived daily video podcast. I also attended film school in Chicago and San Francisco, and recieved a Masters Degree in Cinema Studies from New York University, where I studied with great people like Ed Guerrero, Tom Gunning, and J. Hoberman.

I heard you totally sold out.
I loved blogging for a living. However, I don't miss 16 hour days and no health insurance.

In short, you heard right.

So what are you doing now?
I'm an Anchor at Netscape.com. This means a variety of things, but most interestingly, it means I write about film and culture events.

Netscape? That's still around?
Uh-huh.

So, what, it's like dial-up?
Not exactly. On July 1, we relaunched Netscape.com as a general interest social news portal. Think Google News meets Digg, with some original reporting and a bit of additional Web 2.0-type stuff thrown in. In addition, there is still a Netscape browser and a Netscape-branded low-cost dial-up service, but I'm not involved with either.

I want you to write something for my magazine/newspaper/website/My Space profile.
That's awesome. Email me and we can discuss it further.

I want you to appear on my conference panel/podcast/radio segment/TV show.
That's awesome. Email me and we can discuss it further.

I want to invite you to a screening/event/party/film festival.
That's awesome. Email me and we can discuss it further.

I radically disagree with something you wrote/said/were involved with, and I want to tell you to go to hell.
That's awesome. Email me and we can discuss it further.

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