1. Where’s your byline?
Arizona Daily Star
2. Education:
BA in business management, U. of Arizona '00
3. Film education:
none
4. Indispensable film books:
Roger Ebert's The Great Movies
5. Favorite film magazines and/or websites:
hollywood-elsewhere.com, www.moviecitynews.com, aintitcool.com, Variety, philmguy.com
6. Describe a typical work week:
Four-five screenings, a few hours of meetings, the rest is research and writing.
7. How many movies did you review in 2006?
300
8. What do you take with you to a screening?
Pen and notebook
9. Movie you lambasted that then got you lambasted, & have you since backpedaled?
Never
10. To what extent do you believe home theatres will make movie theatres obsolete?
As soon as on-demand movies become financially feasible for the majority of the moviegoing public, theaters are done
11. Advice for hitting a film fest; What are your objectives?
Never been
12. Most over/under-rated film fest and why:
N/A
13. What fests did you attend in 2006, and which would you like to attend in 2007?
None
14. How do you fuel yourself during a hectic fest schedule?
N/A
15. Your ideal film fest theme:
Dumb comedies
16. What do you consider the most prestigious non-Oscar film award?
Sundance
17. Movies/genres you can discuss better than anyone else:
Action, comedy
18. If you were locked in a theatre with the work of three directors...
Richard Linklater, Quentin Tarantino, Billy Wilder
19. How often do you watch movies that you aren’t critiquing?
3-4 a week
20. Three favorite sick-in-bed/easy-on-the-head movies:
Dumb and Dumber
21. Surprising turn from one of your least favorite actors/directors:
Matthew McConaughey, Reign of Fire
22. Three essential movies for a proper film-snob library:
Pandora's Box
23. How did you become a film critic?
Luck. Was given the job just nine months out of college after I wrote 7 reviews
24. Career moment you’re most proud of:
Wrote a movie book. My proudest moment will be when it's finally published.