Sex, Gender and Sexuality

The Tango Lesson (1997). wig-wag, vol. 30.

“Bad Romances: Abuse of Weakness.” Crooked Marquee, February 12, 2024.

“Something Intricate and Many-Chambered: On Adapting Virginia Woolf’s Orlando.” Los Angeles Review of Books, November 25, 2023.

“‘A Little Like a Soap Opera’: The Sleaze and Sympathy of Star 80.” Crooked Marquee, November 8, 2023.

“The True Crime Melodrama of I Want to Live!“ Crooked Marquee, October 5, 2023.

“Flawless: Kay Francis’ Jewel Heist Comedies.” Crooked Marquee, August 28, 2023.

“Orlando at 30: Sally Potter’s Winking, Dazzling Allegory of Sexuality.” Crooked Marquee, June 8, 2023.

“‘How Would You Describe our Bonds?’: The Chosen Family Melodrama.” (On All About My Mother and Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train.) Bright Wall/Dark Room, June 28, 2022

“A Reality TV Show’s Visit to Ukraine Tests the Limits of the Form.” (On 90 Day Fiancé). Slate, April 29, 2022.

“Classic Corner: Valley Girl.“ Crooked Marquee, April 28, 2023.

“The Naked and The Damned.” MAYDAY, April 25, 2022.

“Classic Corner: Design for Living.” Crooked Marquee, April 1, 2022.

“If Life Were Only Moments.” (On Now, Voyager.) Bright Wall/Dark Room, March 23, 2022.

“The Complicated Legacy of Russ Meyer.” Crooked Marquee, March 15, 2022.

“Cinema, Theater, and the Art of Perpetual Transformation in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth.” Los Angeles Review of Books, March 11, 2022.

“Pleasure, Cruelty and Arrogance in Glowing Colors.” (On The Scarlet Empress and The Great). Bright Wall/Dark Room. February 28, 2022.

“The Bad Romances of Ruth Rendell.” Crooked Marquee, February 8, 2023

“The Female Gaze of Doris Wishman.” Crooked Marquee, January 11, 2022.

“Perfect Playmates: Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant.” Bright Wall/Dark Room, March 2021.

“For Magdalena Montezuma.” Another Gaze, March 2020.