1. Where’s your byline?
The Palm Beach Post, www.palmbeachpost.com, WJNO-AM
2. Education:
B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
3. Film education:
Sixth row, slightly left of center
4. Indispensable film books:
Halliwell's Film Guide
5. Favorite film magazines and/or websites:
IMDB.com, metacritic.com
6. Describe a typical work week:
No such thing
7. How many movies did you review in 2006?
120+
8. What do you take with you to a screening?
Notepad, cup of coffee, an occcasional Twizzler
9. Movie you lambasted that then got you lambasted, & have you since backpedaled?
The Passion of the Christ
10. To what extent do you believe home theatres will make movie theatres obsolete?
More and more people prefer seeing films at home, unfortunately. Movie theaters will not disappear completely, but will grow more rare and perhaps non-profit
11. Advice for hitting a film fest; What are your objectives?
To see good films or at least interesting attempts that may never resurface
12. Most over/under-rated film fest and why: --
13. What fests did you attend in 2006, and which would you like to attend in 2007?
Palm Beach International Film Festival, Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival, Delray Beach Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival.
2007: The same.
14. How do you fuel yourself during a hectic fest schedule?
Coffee, Twizzlers, sushi
15. Your ideal film fest theme:
Quality independent films.
16. What do you consider the most prestigious non-Oscar film award?
Palme D'or, Cannes Fim Festival
17. Movies/genres you can discuss better than anyone else:
Musicals, the Woody Allen canon
18. If you were locked in a theatre with the work of three directors...
Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Stanley Donen
19. How often do you watch movies that you aren’t critiquing?
Quite frequently
20. Three favorite sick-in-bed/easy-on-the-head movies:
Singin' in the Rain
21. Surprising turn from one of your least favorite actors/directors:
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
22. Three essential movies for a proper film-snob library:
Citizen Kane
23. How did you become a film critic?
Someone gave me the job
24. Career moment you’re most proud of:
Interviewing Katharine Hepburn at her New York home