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Selected Writing
“Martin Eden,” Reverse Shot. 16 October 2020.
“Difference and Repetition: The Filmmaking of Marguerite Duras,” MUBI Notebook. 8 September 2020.
“Known Unknowns: Francis Savel’s Équation à un inconnu,” Cinema Scope 84. Fall 2020.
“Western Fidelity: The Cinema of Don Siegel,” MUBI Notebook. 27 April 2020.
“Pedagogy and Play: The Films of Abbas Kiarostami,” MUBI Notebook. 26 July 2019.
“Edward Yang’s Yi Yi,” Film Comment. 13 June 2019.
“Lines of Flight—Christian Petzold’s Transit,” MUBI Notebook. 28 February 2019
“Sorry Angel,” The A.V. Club. 11 February 2019.
“The House That Jack Built,” Reverse Shot. 14 December 2018.
“Climax,” Cinema Scope 75. Summer 2018.