March 2010

“How do you know you’re right?” When I was starting out as a critic, I asked this question to a male friend of mine. I really wanted to know the answer. I was 22 years old at the time; despite having three degrees from top universities and some intense training in the arts by then, [...]

The inimitable Henry Jenkins, currently the Provost’s Professor of Communications, Journalism, and Cinematic Art at USC, was my mentor at MIT many years ago. Recently, he interviewed me about my book for his incredible website. The first part of the interview was posted today. Go here to read it.

I feel like I’ve been living out of a messenger bag for months now, ping-ponging around the world. Over the past two months, I’ve been in London, Berlin, Paris, Bordeaux, New York (four times), Cannes, Hamburg, Nice, and who knows where else. Right, Boston, where I live, apparently, though I’m not there much these days. [...]