Reviews/Criticism/Culture Writing:
Review of Squid Game season two (Washington Examiner, Jan. 2025).
Review of Say Nothing (Washington Examiner, Dec. 2024).
Review of Rivals (Washington Examiner, Nov. 2024).
Review of Bad Monkey (Washington Examiner, Sept 2024).
Review of Hit Man (Washington Examiner, June 2024).
Review of The Dead Don't Hurt (Washington Examiner, June 2024).
Review of John Mulaney's "Everybody's in LA" (Washington Examiner, May 2024).
Review of Girls5eva (Washington Examiner, April 2024).
Review of Netflix's 3 Body Problem (Washington Examiner, March 2024).
Review of Masters of the Air (Washington Examiner, Feb. 2024).
Review of Slow Horses season three (Washington Examiner, Jan. 2024).
"Christmas at Stalag 17" (Substack, Dec. 2023).
Review of Nathan Fielder's The Curse (Washington Examiner, Nov. 2023).
Review of The Mysteries by Bill Watterson and Jon Kascht (Washington Examiner, Nov. 2023).
Review of Werner Herzog's memoir Every Man for Himself and God Against All (Washington Examiner, Oct. 2023).
Review of Radical Wolfe (Washington Examiner, Sept. 2023).
Review of El Conde (Washington Examiner, Sept. 2023).
Review of The Fraud by Zadie Smith (Washington Examiner, Sept. 2023).
Review of the HBO docuseries Telemarketers (Washington Examiner, Sept. 2023).
Review of Abraham Verghese's novel The Covenant of Water (Washington Examiner, May 2023).
Review of Yellowjackets season 2 (Washington Examiner, April 2023).
Review of Party Down season 3 (Washington Examiner, March 2023).
Review of Wanderlust by Reid Mitenbuler (Washington Examiner, Feb. 2023).
"The spies who came in from the grim" (review of Slow Horses in the Washington Examiner, Dec. 2022).
"Tender horror in Bones and All" (film review in the Washington Examiner, Dec. 2022).
"Down and Out in Paradise review – a disservice to Anthony Bourdain" (book review in The Guardian, Oct. 2022).
"Rich and Infamous" (review of HBO's Industry in the Washington Examiner, Aug. 2022).
"Western Promise from AMC's Dark Winds" (review in Washington Examiner, Aug. 2022).
"Nathan Fielder's Cinema Verite" (review of The Rehearsal, Washington Examiner, Aug. 2022).
"Patrick Radden Keefe in Pieces" (review of Rogues, Washington Examiner, Aug. 2022).
"The Great Man Theory, Reviewed" (review of Teddy Wayne novel, Washington Examiner, July 2022).
"The Show that Made Zelensky President" (Washington Examiner, March 2022).
"Anthony Bourdain's Appetites" (Washington Examiner, Aug. 2021).
"Steven Soderbergh's Motor City Mayhem" (review of No Sudden Move, in the Washington Examiner, July 2021).
"Those Who Wish Me Dead is All Smoke, No Fire" (the Washington Examiner, June 2021).
"Small Town Blues" (review of HBO's Mare of Easttown, in the Washington Examiner, May 2021).
"Raoul Peck's Brute-Force Harangue" (review of HBO's Exterminate All the Brutes, in the Washington Examiner, May 2021).
"Daddy Hemingway" (review of Hemingway, a Ken Burns/Lynn Novick documentary, in the Washington Examiner, April 2021).
Review of Taking a Long Look: Essays on Culture, Literature, and Feminism in Our Time by Vivian Gornick, in the Washington Examiner, April 2021.
"Beyond the Grave" (review of Cowboy Graves: Three Novellas by Roberto Bolano, in the Washington Examiner, Feb. 2021).
"In Cold Blood" (review of Snow by John Banville, in the Washington Examiner, Nov. 2020).
"True Grit" (review of Alone: The Arctic, in the Washington Examiner, Sept. 2020).
"Fraternity Blues" (review of Fraternity: Stories by Benjamin Nugent, Washington Examiner, Sept. 2020).
"Codename: Malotru" (review of the television series The Bureau, in the Washington Examiner, Aug. 2020).
"The Joy of Self-Destruction" (review of The Index of Self-Destructive Acts by Christopher Beha, Washington Examiner, June 2020).
"Prep School" (review of Notes from an Apocalypse by Mark O'Connell, Washington Examiner, April 2020).
"All the Sad Young Termites" (review of Apartment: A Novel by Teddy Wayne, Washington Examiner, Feb. 2020).
"Valley Girl" (review of Uncanny Valley: A Memoir by Anna Wiener, Washington Examiner, Jan. 2020).
"James Wood: Literature's Benevolent Taskmaster" (review of Serious Noticing: Selected Essays, 1997-2019, Washington Examiner, Jan. 2020).
Review of Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation by Andrew Marantz (The Guardian, Oct. 2019).
"New Film Shows Jay Maisel Leaving His Masterpiece, a 6-Story Bowery Bank" (Bedford + Bowery, Aug. 2019).
Review of Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump by Robby Soave (The Guardian, July 2019).
"Whit Stillman Reveals Some 'Appalling' Dirty Words of Cinema" (Bedford+Bowery, May 2019).
"Duane Michals Targets Trump in New Art Show, But Does He Hit the Mark?" (Bedford + Bowery, June 2017).
"‘Catholic Anarchist’ Dorothy Day Returns to the East Village Via an Art Show" (Bedford + Bowery, June 2017).
"Remembering Shiva Naipaul" (The New Criterion, Feb. 2016).
"Madame Nhu: Vietnam's Lady Macbeth" (Medium, June 2015).
"Sunless Sketches of a Sprawling City" (Maisonneuve, May 2014; illustration by Barry Blitt).
"The Writings of World War One" (The New Criterion, Feb. 2014).
"In Praise of Quixotism" (The New Criterion, July 2013).
Review of Squid Game season two (Washington Examiner, Jan. 2025).
Review of Say Nothing (Washington Examiner, Dec. 2024).
Review of Rivals (Washington Examiner, Nov. 2024).
Review of Bad Monkey (Washington Examiner, Sept 2024).
Review of Hit Man (Washington Examiner, June 2024).
Review of The Dead Don't Hurt (Washington Examiner, June 2024).
Review of John Mulaney's "Everybody's in LA" (Washington Examiner, May 2024).
Review of Girls5eva (Washington Examiner, April 2024).
Review of Netflix's 3 Body Problem (Washington Examiner, March 2024).
Review of Masters of the Air (Washington Examiner, Feb. 2024).
Review of Slow Horses season three (Washington Examiner, Jan. 2024).
"Christmas at Stalag 17" (Substack, Dec. 2023).
Review of Nathan Fielder's The Curse (Washington Examiner, Nov. 2023).
Review of The Mysteries by Bill Watterson and Jon Kascht (Washington Examiner, Nov. 2023).
Review of Werner Herzog's memoir Every Man for Himself and God Against All (Washington Examiner, Oct. 2023).
Review of Radical Wolfe (Washington Examiner, Sept. 2023).
Review of El Conde (Washington Examiner, Sept. 2023).
Review of The Fraud by Zadie Smith (Washington Examiner, Sept. 2023).
Review of the HBO docuseries Telemarketers (Washington Examiner, Sept. 2023).
Review of Abraham Verghese's novel The Covenant of Water (Washington Examiner, May 2023).
Review of Yellowjackets season 2 (Washington Examiner, April 2023).
Review of Party Down season 3 (Washington Examiner, March 2023).
Review of Wanderlust by Reid Mitenbuler (Washington Examiner, Feb. 2023).
"The spies who came in from the grim" (review of Slow Horses in the Washington Examiner, Dec. 2022).
"Tender horror in Bones and All" (film review in the Washington Examiner, Dec. 2022).
"Down and Out in Paradise review – a disservice to Anthony Bourdain" (book review in The Guardian, Oct. 2022).
"Rich and Infamous" (review of HBO's Industry in the Washington Examiner, Aug. 2022).
"Western Promise from AMC's Dark Winds" (review in Washington Examiner, Aug. 2022).
"Nathan Fielder's Cinema Verite" (review of The Rehearsal, Washington Examiner, Aug. 2022).
"Patrick Radden Keefe in Pieces" (review of Rogues, Washington Examiner, Aug. 2022).
"The Great Man Theory, Reviewed" (review of Teddy Wayne novel, Washington Examiner, July 2022).
"The Show that Made Zelensky President" (Washington Examiner, March 2022).
"Anthony Bourdain's Appetites" (Washington Examiner, Aug. 2021).
"Steven Soderbergh's Motor City Mayhem" (review of No Sudden Move, in the Washington Examiner, July 2021).
"Those Who Wish Me Dead is All Smoke, No Fire" (the Washington Examiner, June 2021).
"Small Town Blues" (review of HBO's Mare of Easttown, in the Washington Examiner, May 2021).
"Raoul Peck's Brute-Force Harangue" (review of HBO's Exterminate All the Brutes, in the Washington Examiner, May 2021).
"Daddy Hemingway" (review of Hemingway, a Ken Burns/Lynn Novick documentary, in the Washington Examiner, April 2021).
Review of Taking a Long Look: Essays on Culture, Literature, and Feminism in Our Time by Vivian Gornick, in the Washington Examiner, April 2021.
"Beyond the Grave" (review of Cowboy Graves: Three Novellas by Roberto Bolano, in the Washington Examiner, Feb. 2021).
"In Cold Blood" (review of Snow by John Banville, in the Washington Examiner, Nov. 2020).
"True Grit" (review of Alone: The Arctic, in the Washington Examiner, Sept. 2020).
"Fraternity Blues" (review of Fraternity: Stories by Benjamin Nugent, Washington Examiner, Sept. 2020).
"Codename: Malotru" (review of the television series The Bureau, in the Washington Examiner, Aug. 2020).
"The Joy of Self-Destruction" (review of The Index of Self-Destructive Acts by Christopher Beha, Washington Examiner, June 2020).
"Prep School" (review of Notes from an Apocalypse by Mark O'Connell, Washington Examiner, April 2020).
"All the Sad Young Termites" (review of Apartment: A Novel by Teddy Wayne, Washington Examiner, Feb. 2020).
"Valley Girl" (review of Uncanny Valley: A Memoir by Anna Wiener, Washington Examiner, Jan. 2020).
"James Wood: Literature's Benevolent Taskmaster" (review of Serious Noticing: Selected Essays, 1997-2019, Washington Examiner, Jan. 2020).
Review of Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation by Andrew Marantz (The Guardian, Oct. 2019).
"New Film Shows Jay Maisel Leaving His Masterpiece, a 6-Story Bowery Bank" (Bedford + Bowery, Aug. 2019).
Review of Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump by Robby Soave (The Guardian, July 2019).
"Whit Stillman Reveals Some 'Appalling' Dirty Words of Cinema" (Bedford+Bowery, May 2019).
"Duane Michals Targets Trump in New Art Show, But Does He Hit the Mark?" (Bedford + Bowery, June 2017).
"‘Catholic Anarchist’ Dorothy Day Returns to the East Village Via an Art Show" (Bedford + Bowery, June 2017).
"Remembering Shiva Naipaul" (The New Criterion, Feb. 2016).
"Madame Nhu: Vietnam's Lady Macbeth" (Medium, June 2015).
"Sunless Sketches of a Sprawling City" (Maisonneuve, May 2014; illustration by Barry Blitt).
"The Writings of World War One" (The New Criterion, Feb. 2014).
"In Praise of Quixotism" (The New Criterion, July 2013).
