I am a film historian and a professor of film studies at Hofstra University in New York. I grew up in the suburbs of New York City, in the shadow of the Dragon Coaster, and was introduced to the love of movies by my uncle, who still goes to more or less every movie that screens in his town. I studied film as an undergrad at Wesleyan University (working over the summers as a journalist and proofreader for a business newspaper), and, after a few years in Minneapolis, continued my studies at the UW-Madison.
I am co-owner of the cutest dog in the world.