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Me and Sam Fuller
The Criterion Collection Online Cinematheque, December 30 2008

A personal essay on my ten-year journey researching and writing about the cult director Samuel Fuller

Every Dog Has Its Day: The Muzzling of Samuel Fuller's White Dog
Film Comment, November/December 2008

An examination of the economic and political forces leading to the suppression of Samuel Fuller's most controversial film

“Miramax's Asian Experiment: Creating a Model for Crossover Hits”
Scope, February 2008

An analysis of Miramax’s strategies for acquiring and distributing Hong Kong action films in the United States and their implications for film culture

“Camera Movement”
The Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film, 2007

A discussion of the different types and functions of camera movement in cinema, camera movement and the long take, and the signature camera movements of directors Max Ophuls and Kenji Mizoguchi

“Canon and Canonicity”
The Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film, 2007

A discussion of early attempts to form a film canon, the influence of André Bazin and auteurism on canon formation, and contemporary challenges to the established canon