OBSESSIVE READER

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1. “Devenney’s Bed,” short story, The Journal of General Education, Volume xxx, Fall 1978, no.3

 

2. “The Sale is Not the Most Important Thing,” excerpt from Head Nor Tail, The DeKalb Literary Arts Journal, Fall ‘81-Summer ‘82, Volume XV

 

3. “A Curious Episode,” excerpt from The End of Travel, The Sun, Issue 140, 1988

 

4. “The Anti-Abortion Sect,” Op-ed piece, Philadelphia Daily News May 1988

 

5. “The Sphinx,” short story, The MacGuffin, Volume X Number 1, Spring 1993

 

6. “Dead Mileage,” short story, Lite, Spring/Summer 93

 

7. “Legend of Atlantis,” short story/excerpt from The End of Travel, The Iconoclast, issue # 27, 1995

 

8. “Notice,” excerpt from Head Nor Tail, Timber Creek Review, Volume 2 Number 1, July 1995

 

9. “Some Advice,” short story, Knocked 1, 1996

 

10. “Wisdom of the City,” excerpt from The End of Travel, Curriculum Vitae, Volume 11 No. 11, Summer 1997

 

11. “Just When They Begin to Think It’s You,” short story, Short Stories BiMonthly, August & September, 1997

 

12. “Batman Whatever,” film review, Curriculum Vitae, Volume 11 No 12, Autumn, 1997

 

13. “Bangladesh, My England,” excerpt from The End of Travel, A Summer’s Reading

No 2 1998.

 

14. “The Class Body,” short story/excerpt from Pope Sixtus the Fourth, The Monocacy Valley Review 1998

 

15. “Kubrick’s Ulterior War,” film article (with Steve Donatelli), Film Comment, Sept/Oct 1998

 

16. “DeLillo’s Underworld: Everything That Descends Must Converge,” critical article,

UnderCurrent, March 1999

 

17. “The American Comedy,” three essays: “The Snail Eaters” “Social Pets” and “Obsolete Innovations,” Gadfly, March/April 2000

 

18. “The National Shame,” short story, The Monocacy Valley Review, 2000 NEVER PUBLISHED

 

19. “The League of Non-Voters,” fiction/essay, Gadfly, July/August, 2000.

 

20. “F for Fake: The Ultimate Mirror of Orson Welles,” and “All the Citizen’s Men: A Reflection,” mirror essays, Gadfly (accepted but not published)

 

21. “The Sentimental Trap in Kubrick’s Paths of Glory,” essay, 24 Frames Per Second,

June, 2000.

 

22. “The Brief,” short story, Timber Creek Review, Fall, 2000.

 

23. “Breakfast in Bed,” short story, 3AM Magazine, November, 2000.

 

24. “A Few Good Films: Actors as Directors,” essay, 24 Frames Per Second, January 7, 2001.

 

25. “The Reverend’s Revenge, or Overreactions in the Other Direction,” an excerpt from Head Nor Tail, 3 AM Magazine, February 1, 2001.

 

26. “Victoria Falls,” short story, 5_Trope, March 26, 2001.

 

27. “Good and Bad Cattle: Some Observations on Movie Acting,” essay, 24 Frames Per Second, February 20, 2001

 

28. “Average Nobodies: The Dark Knights of GoodFellas,” essay, Bright Lights Film Journal, April 1, 2001.

 

29. “Waiting for the 20th Century,” essay, Eclectica Magazine, April 22, 2001.

 

30. “Lee Marvin: The Making of a Professional,” essay, 24 Frames Per Second, April 30, 2001.

 

31. “Better Off Dead: The Heroic Ideal in Film Noir,” essay, 24 Frames Per Second, July, 2001.

 

32. “On and Off, On and Off: Riding Through Roger Rabbit’s World,” essay, Bright Lights Film Journal, October 21, 2001.

 

33. “Mate, a story in 42 moves,” novel excerpt, Eclectica magazine, September 27, 2001.

 

34. “They are Alive: JKF to Z,” Metaphilm, November 20, 2001.

 

35. “The Dharma Blues, or how I brooded but did not weep over Kubrick’s bomb,” Bright Lights Film Journal, January 13, 2002.

 

36. “The Dharma Blues,” The Journal of Religion and Film, 6.1. April 2002

 

37. “A World of Stooges,” essay, AugustCutter.com., March 1, 2002 (also accepted by Exquisite Corpse AND 3 AM but not published there)

 

38. “The Heart Keeps Ticking,” story, Fiction Funhouse, February 13, 2002

 

39. “Mate, a story in 44 moves,” novel excerpt, Big City Lit, Summer, 2002

 

40. “The National Shame,” short story, Facets, January, Volume 2, No. 1, 2002

 

41. “The Clinton Syndrome,” Bright Lights Film Journal, April 10, 2002

 

42. “The Dalmy Brothers,” an excerpt from Head Nor Tail, Fiction Warehouse, February 24, 2002

 

43. “The Health Utopia,” story & excerpt from A Sardine on Vacation, Double Dare Press, April 1. 2002

 

44. “Plato’s Protagoras Revisited,” excerpt from Pope Sixtus the Fourth, The Ripple, March 23, 2002. (NOTE: bad magazine; messed up format of dialogue)

 

45. A Sardine on Vacation, 52 feature columns, Unlikely Stories, starting April 21, 2002, until June, 2008 (?). Column 1: “A Sardine on Vacation.”

 

46. “Plato’s Protagoras Revisited,” excerpt from Pope Sixtus the Fourth, Double Dare Press, May 8, 2002

 

47. “The Interpretative Odyssey of 2001,” 24 Frames Per Second, April 28, 2002.

 

48. “Beyond Pangaea,” prose poem, Wilmington Blues, May 6, 2002.

 

49. “Conspiracy Spiral,” short story, Arbutus, June 12, 2002.

 

50. “The Best Places I Never Saw,” travel article, Double Dare Press, June 7, 2002.

 

51. “The Regular,” excerpt from Head Nor Tail, The Sidewalk’s End, July 5, 2002

 

52. “The Welcome-Home Kiss,” excerpt from Head Nor Tail, Double Dare Press,

July 9, 2002.

 

53. “Unwatchable,” film article, Talking Pictures, July 3, 2002.

 

54. A Sardine on Vacation, column 2, “The Isthmus,” Unlikely Stories, July 5, 2002.

 

55. “Double Features,” film article, 24 Frames Per Second, July 31, 2002.

 

56. “Recalling the Dream of Parenthood,” Bright Lights Film Journal, August 5, 2002.

 

57. (tentative) “Desperation to Salvation,” essay, Absinthe Literary Review, January, 2003. NOT PUBLISHING

 

58. A Sardine on Vacation, column 3, “The Real Future,” Unlikely Stories, August 6, 2002.

 

59. A Sardine on Vacation, column 4, “Detecting Inspiration,” Unlikely Stories, September 8, 2002.

 

60. A Sardine on Vacation, column 5, “Social Excretions,” Unlikely Stories, October 2, 2002.

 

61. “From Desperation to Salvation: Revealing and Concealing Nothing in History,” Archipelago, Winter 2002.

 

62. “Fritz Lang’s Assumption Factory,” Bright Lights Film Journal, November 7, 2002.

 

63. “The...Talented Mr. Kaufman,” Bright Lights Film Journal, February , 2003.

 

64. A Sardine on Vacation, column 6, “Inexplicable Things,” Unlikely Stories,

November 8, 2002.

 

65. “Beyond Restraint,” excerpt from Pope Sixtus the Fourth, Octavo, January 13, 2003.

 

66. “Their Dying is His Living: The Violent Offerings of Sam Peckinpah,” The Film Journal, January 1, 2003.

 

67. A Sardine on Vacation, column 7, “Three Hairpieces,” Unlikely Stories, January 13, 2003.

 

68. “Always at Home, excerpt from The End of Travel, The Paumanok Review, January 23, 2003.

 

69. A Sardine on Vacation, column 8, “Love’s Tropisms,” Unlikely Stories, February 8, 2003.

 

70. “Daddy and Father in The Emerald Forest,” Bright Lights Film Journal, February 2003.

 

71. A Sardine on Vacation, column 9, “Modern Tragedy,” Unlikely Stories, March 5, 2003.

 

72. “The Heart Keeps Sticking,” short story, Coelacanth magazine, March 31, 2003.

 

73. “Cellular Sentences,” literary essay, Conspire, (May 2) Spring-Summer 2003

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74. “Passage,” excerpt from The End of Travel, The Paumanok Review, April 23, 2003.

 

75. A Sardine on Vacation, column 10, “Pun Pals,” Unlikely Stories, April 6, 2003.

 

76. “Fellini’s Society Rehearsal,” Bright Lights Film Journal, May 27, 2003.

 

77. “The Poor Doctor,” excerpt from The End of Travel, The Square Table, July 9 2003.

 

78. A Sardine on Vacation, column 11, “League of Non-Voters,” Unlikely Stories,

June 3, 2003.

 

79. “Whence Came the Gift,” short story, The Sidewalk’s End, July 3, 2003.

 

80. “Switch Back Effect,” literary essay, elimae, December 15, 2003.

 

81. A Sardine on Vacation, column 12, “Health Utopia,” Unlikely Stories, July 17, 2003.

 

82. “Creative Restraints,” literary essay, elimae, May, 2003.

 

83. “Lines of Communication,” excerpt from The End of Travel, The Paumanok Review,

November 1, 2003.

 

84. “The Radical Capability of Rashomon,” Film-Philosophy, October 15, 2003.

 

85. A Sardine on Vacation, column 13, “Frank Weathers,” Unlikely Stories, October 27, 2003.

 

86. “A Mobius Universe,” literary essay, elimae, September 2003.

 

87. “Tunes of Mutiny, or Getting the Job Done,” Bright Lights Film Journal, November 28, 2003

 

88. “The Coen Brothers and Kubrick Again: Fargo and The Shining,” Bright Lights Film Journal, November 28, 2003.

 

89. A Sardine on Vacation, column 14, “Social Pets,” Unlikely Stories, December 23, 2003.

 

90. “A Brief History of Las Vegas,” Metaphilm, January 9, 2004

 

91. “Twilight of the Images,” article, Double Dare Press, February 1, 2004.

 

92. “The Most Important James Bond Movie,” Bright Lights Film Journal, Feb. 2004.

 

93. “Philosophical Assumptions in Chaplin’s Modern Times and Lang’s Fury,” Film-Philosophy, February, 2004. (aka “Fritz Lang’s Assumption Factory”) CANCELLED

 

94. A Sardine on Vacation, column 15, “Social Pets (continued),” Unlikely Stories, March 1, 2004.

 

95. “Stupid History, or the Past in Black and White,” essay, Archipelago, Spring 2004, Vol 8, no. 1.

 

96. “Disturbing Movies,” Bright Lights Film Journal, May 2004.

 

97. “Prime Political Choices,” satire, Sedona’s Attic, May 13, 2004.

 

98. “A Good Soldier,” story/excerpt from Pope Sixtus the Fourth, Skive, April 24, 2004.

 

99. “Idle Worship,” essay, Sedona’s Attic, June, 2004.

 

100. “Being There with The King of Comedy,” Cinetext, May 9, 2004.

 

101. A Sardine on Vacation, column 16, “Non-Books,” Unlikely Stories, June 10, 2004.

 

102. A Sardine on Vacation, column 17, “Pun by Ordeal,” Unlikely Stories, July 4, 2004.

 

103. “Animal Mother in Full Metal Jacket: Don’t Follow Leaders,” Bright Lights Film Journal, July, 2004.

 

104. “All the Citizen’s Men,” Bright Lights Film Journal, July 2004.

 

105. “F for Fake: The Ultimate Mirror of Orson Welles,” Bright Lights Film Journal, July 2004.

 

106. A Sardine on Vacation, Column 18, “Death Wishes,” Unlikely Stories, Aug 2, 2004.

 

107. A Sardine on Vacation, Column 19, “The Snail Eaters, Unlikely Stories, Sept 4, 2004

 

108. A Sardine on Vacation, Column 20, “Pursuit of Identity,” Unlikely Stories, October 4, 2004.

 

109. “Cellular Sentences,” reprinted in elimae, ------

 

110. “Seize the Day Off,” first of feature column Half-Baked Ideas,” in The Circle Magazine, December 17, 2004.

 

111. “The Tour Must Continue,” short story, The Paumanok Review, # 20, October 29, 2004. Also appeared in hard copy edition.

 

112. “The Vocabulary of Happiness,” essay, The Potomac, April 25, 2005.

 

113. A Sardine on Vacation, column 21, “The Fortunate Traveler, Unlikely Stories, November 4, 2004.

 

114. “The Interpretative Odyssey of 2001,” Bright Lights Film Journal, November 2004

 

115. A Sardine on Vacation, a novel (non-book), Spuyten Duyvil -- accepted November 11, 2004 -- PUBLISHED November, 2006.

 

116. A Sardine on Vacation, column 22, “The Best Places I Never Saw,” Unlikely Stories, December 2, 2004.

 

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118. A Sardine on Vacation, column 23, “Conversational Leftovers,” Unlikely Stories, January 2, 2005.

 

119. “A Living,” excerpt from Head Nor Tail, Skive magazine, February 1, 2005.

 

120. A Sardine on Vacation, column 24, ‘Planning Ahead,” Unlikely Stories, February 27, 2005.

 

121. “Eighth Period Blues,” excerpt from Pope Sixtus the Fourth, Skive magazine, March 2, 2005.

 

122. The End of Travel, creative nonfiction, Triple Press -- accepted

February 26, 2005 PUBLISHED: February 8, 2006

 

123. “An Eternity,” excerpt from Head Nor Tail, Skive magazine, April 2, 2005.

 

124. “The Classroom Republic,” excerpt from Pope Sixtus the Fourth, Cynic magazine, June 2005.

 

125. “The Worst Movies I Never Saw,” essay, Circle magazine, March 20, 2005.

 

126. A Sardine on Vacation, column 25, “Obsolete Innovations,” Unlikely Stories,

April 2, 2005.

 

127. A Sardine on Vacation, column 26, “Wal-terr,” Unlikely Stories, May 1, 2005.

 

128. “Underworld,” literary essay, elimae, May 2005.

 

129. “Cellular Sentences,” literary essay, republished by elimae, May 2005.

 

130. A Sardine on Vacation, column 27, “Health Utopia, Part 2,” Unlikely Stories, June 1, 2005.

 

131. “The Classroom Republic, continued,” excerpt from Pope Sixtus the Fourth, Cynic Magazine, July 2, 2005.

 

132. A Sardine on Vacation, column 28, “The Honey of the Golden Years of Marriage, Unlikely Stories, July 3, 2005.

 

133. “The Real Future,” essay, The Circle magazine, July 3, 2005.

 

134. “Performance World: the Sociology of The Truman Show,” essay, Bright Lights Film Journal, August, 2005.

 

135. A Sardine on Vacation, column 29, “Conspiracy Theories,” Unlikely Stories, August 2, 2005

 

136. The Commuters, 10-minute play, zygote in my coffee, October , 2005.

 

137. A Sardine on Vacation, column 30, “Increasing Returns,” Unlikely Stories, September 3, 2005

 

138. “Aztec Television,” essay/story, The Circle magazine, Fall 2005.

 

139. A Sardine on Vacation, column 31, “Social Pressures,” Unlikely Stories, October 2, 2005.

 

140. A Sardine on Vacation, Column 32, “The Health Utopia, part 3,” Unlikely Stories, November 3, 2005.

 

141. “Idle Worship,” essay, The Circle Magazine, Winter, 2005

 

142. A Sardine on Vacation, Column 33, “Pursuing Identity, Part 2,” Unlikely Stories, November 30, 2005.

 

143. “Don’t Vote,” essay, The Potomac, issue #4, February 2006.

 

144. “Proust Regained,” Bright Lights Film Journal, February 2006.

 

145. “A Fatal Flaw in the Adaptation of The Human Stain,” Bright Lights Film Journal, February 2006.

 

146. “Democracy,” a play, zygote in my coffee, March 6, 2006.

 

147. Odd Pursuits, a book of short stories, Wild Child Publishing -- January 30, 2006. -- PUBLISHED August 2006.

 

148. A Sardine on Vacation, Column 34, “Parodies of Ourselves” Unlikely Stories, February 4, 2005

 

149. A Sardine on Vacation, Column 35, “‘Non Factors’,” Unlikely Stories, March 1, 2006.

 

150. “Friendship, a postulation,” essay, The Circle magazine, Spring 2006.

 

151. A Sardine on Vacation, Column 36, “Nobody’s Perfect,” Unlikely Stories, April 1, 2006.

 

152. “The Conquest of Mexico,” a play, zygote in my coffee, July 4, 2006.

 

153. A Sardine on Vacation, Column 37, “A World of Stooges,” Unlikely Stories, May 1, 2006.

 

154. “Un-movies,” Bright Lights Film Journal, May, 2006.

 

155. “A Sequel Too Far,” Bright Lights Film Journal, May 2006.

 

156. A Sardine on Vacation, Column 38, “A World of Stooges, part 2,” Unlikely Stories, June 1, 2006.

 

157. A Sardine on Vacation, Column 39, “Pursuit of Identity, part 4,” Unlikely Stories, July 1, 2006.

 

158. A Sardine on Vacation, Column 40, “Non-Books, part 2,” Unlikely Stories, August 1, 2006.

 

159. “The Thought of Being a Borrower,” short fiction, elimae, September 15, 2006.

 

160. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 41, “Melinda’s Leg,” Unlikely Stories, September 1, 2006.

 

161. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 42, “Social Pets, Part 3,” Unlikely Stories, Ocotber 3, 2006.

 

162. “Following the Blind Swordsman: the Zatoichi movies,” Bright Lights Film Journal, November 1, 2006.

 

163. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 43, “Censorship,” Unlikely Stories, November 1, 2006.

 

164. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 44, “Pursuit of Identity, Part 4,” Unlikely Stories, December 1, 2006.

 

165. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 45, “A Non-Column,” Unlikely Stories, January 3, 2007.

 

166. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 46, “,” Unlikely Stories, February 16, 2007.

 

167. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 47, “Pursuit of Identity, Part 5,” Unlikely Stories, March 8, 2007.

 

168. Head Nor Tail, a novel, Casperian Books, February, 2007. CANCELLED

 

169. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 48, “A Matter of Existence,” Unlikely Stories, April 7, 2007.

 

170. “The Mothering of Evil,” Bright Lights Film Journal, May, 2007.

 

171. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 49, “Bundle of Joy,” Unlikely Stories, May 1, 2007.

 

172. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 50, “Don’t Write,” Unlikely Stories, June 1, 2007.

 

173. “Customs,” short-short story, Bent Pin Quarterly, October 2007.

 

174. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 51, “What Friends Really Want,” Unlikely Stories, November 1, 2007.

 

175. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 52, “A Sardine on Vacation, The Movie,” Unlikely Stories, December 1, 2007.

 

176. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 53, “The Universe Like the Internet,” Unlikely Stories, January 1, 2008.

 

177. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 54, “The Power of Paper,” Unlikely Stories, February 3, 2008.

 

178. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 55, “Bitter Rivals,” Unlikely Stories, March 1, 2008.

 

179. “Immoral Wars,” a short play, Bent Pin Quarterly, July 2008.

 

180. “Rules of the Classroom.” essay, Ascent Aspirations, November 2008.

 

181. The Origin of Consciousness, one-act play, FreightTrain, January 2009.

 

182. “Heartburning”, ten-minute play, Oregon Literary Review, Winter issue, January, 2009.

 

183. “Baptism au Jus,” excerpt from Meat People, Opium magazine (7-line finalist), January 3, 2009.

 

184. “Mate: a story in 15 moves,” story, elimae, March, 2009.

 

185. “Historical Cycles,” a short play, Bent Pin Quarterly, May 27, 2009

 

186. “The Ultimate NYC Movie,” Bright Lights Film Journal, August 2009

 

187. “The Inflating of Pelham 123,” Bright Lights Film Journal, August 2009

 

188. “The Right Woman,” short story, The Big Stupid Review, August 2009.

 

189. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 56 “My Camps,” Unlikely Stories, August 7, 2009

 

190. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 57 “The Clapping’s the Thing,” Unlikely Stories, September 10, 2009

 

191. “Perfect Plans and Creative Acts: Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing,” Bright Lights Film Journal, November, 2009.

 

192. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 58 “Plagiarizing Oneself,” Unlikely Stories, November 1, 2009,

 

193. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 59 “The League of Non-Voters” continued, Unlikely Stories, December 2, 2009.

 

194. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 60 “The Clapping’s the Thing” continued, Unlikely Stories, January 3, 2010.

 

195. “Rating Movies, or Seeing Stars,” Bright Lights Film Journal, February, 2010.

 

196. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 61 “The League of Non-Voters, Part three,” Unlikely Stories, February 1, 2010.

 

197. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 62“The Slacker Mentality”, Unlikely Stories, March 1, 2010.

 

198. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 63 “The Slacker Paradox”, Unlikely Stories, April 3, 2010.

 

199. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 64 “Stand-Up and Be Listed ”, Unlikely Stories, May 15, 2010.

 

200. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 65 “The State of the Union,” Unlikely Stories, July 1, 2010.

 

201. “Where There’s a Smoke: An Autobiography Filtered Through Cigarettes,” nonfiction, in Unlikely Stories of the Third Kind. September, 2010.

 

202. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 66 “Process of Elimination”, Unlikely Stories, January 15, 2011

 

203. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 67 “On the Offensive”, Unlikely Stories, September 1, 2011

 

204. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 68 “Can’t Wait to Not Finish it”, Unlikely Stories, October 1, 2011

 

205. A Sardine on Vacation, Episode 69 “Recommendations”, Unlikely Stories, November 1, 2011

 

206. “Carnivals of Our Fathers, Bright Lights Film Journal, February 14, 2012

 

207. Mate: a game of marriage and politics”, InDigest, April, 2012.

 

208. Tales Out of School, “The United States of Entertainment”, Intrepid Media, April 22, 2012

 

209. “Two Visions of the Inca Conquest: Aguirre Wrath of God and The Royal Hunt of the Sun”, Bright Lights Film Journal, May, 2012.

 

210. “Death of a President: The Last Temptation of Anti-Bush critics”, Bright Lights Film Journal, August 9, 2012.

 

211. “The Essence of Television: The Irresistibility of Chauncey Gardner”, Bright Lights Film Journal, August 9. 2012.

 

212. “Drifting Apart”, a story from ODD PURSUITS, Gadfly Online, July, 2013

 

213. “The Fall of a Civilization”, short story, Skive anthology, November 1, 2013.

 

214. “Truman Burbank’s Audiences”, Bright Lights Film Journal, May 21, 2014

 

215. “Modern Tragedy, or parodies of ourselves”, Big Stupid Review, January 10, 2015

 

216. “Watch it Again!” Straw Dogs, Bright Lights Film Journal, May 31, 2017

 

217. “Klaatu’s Police Action: The Day the Earth Stood Still Remembered”, Bright Lights Film Journal, December 16, 2019.

 

218. “Doubles Anyone?: Celebrity Stalking in Strangers on a Train & The King of Comedy”, Bright Lights Film Journal, March 16, 2020.

 

219. “The Thing About The Thing and Some Other Things”, Bright Lights Film Journal, May 11, 2020

 

220. The Hidden Life. A novel. Atmosphere Press. Published

 

221. “Psycho as Comedy”, Bright Lights Film Journal, May 28, 2020.

 

222. “The Birds is Us”, Bright Lights Film Journal, August 18, 2020

 

223. “Fathoming the Phantom”, Bright Lights Film Journal, April 30, 2022

 

224. “Robert Altman’s Wild West Show”, Bright Lights Film Journal, August 25, 2022.

 

225. “Bling Around the Collar: How Do We Get Rid of This Dirty Ring?”, Bright Lights Film Journal, September 25, 2022.

 

226. “Last Laughs,” Et Tu Brute? Volume 1 (Anthology of One-Minute Plays), November 2022.

 

226. “Human Sacrifice in Brigadoon: The Fate of Harry Beaton”, Bright Lights Film Journal, November 22, 2022.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERVIEWS

 

1. Interview for The Caine Mutiny, Extra on DVD, 2005.

 

2. Interview for Kubrick, Episode 2, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Movie Geeks United, Blog Radio, January 9, 2011.

 

3. Interview for Kubrick, Episode 5, The Shining, Movie Geeks United, Blog Radio, February, 2012

 

4. Full interview for Kubrick series, Movie Geeks United, May 24, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KINDLE PUBLICATIONS

 

1. Berthcut & Sons, a novel, July 5. 2013

 

2. Odd Pursuits, a collection of 16 stories, July 25, 2013

 

3. The Interpretive Odyssey of Stanley Kubrick, essays. August 5, 2013

 

4. Fits of Generosity: Short and Long Stories, April 10, 2014

 

5. The Education Battleground, essays, April 10, 2014

 

6. The Lies Commonly Agreed Upon, three novellas, April 14, 2014

 

7. American History in a Flash, a play, January 4, 2018

 

8. Near Death Experiences, very short stories, September 15, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CREATE SPACE publications:

 

1. Berthcut & Sons, a novel, July-August, 2014

 

2. Pope Sixtus the Fourth, a novel, October 20, 2014 (withdrawn in 2020)

 

3. con-Glom-er-a-tion, a novel in the form of a play, December 5, 2017

 

4. A Few Minutes of Your Time: Very Short Plays, January 16, 2018

 

5. American History in a Flash, a play, January 18, 2018

 

6. Half-Baked Ideas: excursions into improbable possibilities, February 20, 2018

 

7. Giving a Damn: Three three-act plays, September 20, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Film Blog: Collingswood Patch

 

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey, April 10, 2012

 

2. The Thing about The Thing and some other things, April 17

 

3. Invasion of the Remakes, April 24

 

4. Double Features: A Chapter in the History of Movie Going, May 1

 

5. Better Off Dead: The Essence of Film Noir, May 8

 

6. Third Hand Smoke: Movies and Cigarettes, May 15

 

7. The American Film Theater, May 22

 

8. Prisoner-of-War Movies, May 29

 

9. Unreliable Narratives in Film, June 6

 

10. Difficult Directors: Terrence Malick, June 12

 

11. Death Sentences and Reprieves: Stephen Hawking and the Universe June 19

 

12. Hidden Remakes: Miller’s Crossing and No Way Out June 26

 

13. Compelling Movies: 12 Angry Men July 3

 

14. Film Class I: Fast and Furious July 10

 

15. Film Class II: Singin’ in the Rain & Sunset Blvd. July 17

 

16. A Chapter in the History of Moviegoing: Seeing Films Abroad July 24

 

17. Difficult Directors: Robert Bresson July 31

 

18. Gore Vidal and Movies August 7

 

19. X-rated Movies August 14

 

20. Taking Stock of Tony Scott August 22

 

21. Difficult Directors: Nicolas Roeg August 28

 

22. Compelling Films: Goodfellas September 5

 

23. Hidden Remakes, Part II September 11

 

24. A Chapter in the History of Moviegoing: Twice in One Day September 18

 

25. The End of Westerns: The Wild Bunch September 25

 

26. The Sun Almost Rises: Hemingway Adaptations October 2

 

27. ‘Shining’ Up Raising Arizona October 10

 

28. History Lessons from The Warriors October 17

 

29. Robert Altman’s Wild West Show October 24

 

30. My Wife’s Most Compelling Films October 31

 

31. A Zodiac of Films, I: Strangers on a Train November 7

 

32. Doubles in Hitchcock movies November 14

 

33. Inglorious Basterds, or Tarantino’s History Lesson November 26

 

34. The Worst Movies I Never Saw: The Concept December 4

 

35. Movies About Television: A Face in the Crowd & Quiz Show December 11

 

36. Exploring the Monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey December 19

 

37. Film Class III: Psycho & The Truman Show December 26

 

38. The Worst Movies I Never Saw: Forrest Gump & A Beautiful Mind January 2, 2013

 

39. Difficult Directors: Peter Greenaway January 18

 

40. Psycho as Comedy January 25

 

41. Psycho: the Comedy Continues February 1

 

42. Baxter: The Human in the Dog February 7

 

43. The Worst Movies I Never Saw: Braveheart and Dead Poets Society February 14

 

44. Compelling Films: Once Upon a Time in the West February 24

 

45. Lee Marvin: The Making of a Professional March 1

 

46. Movie Versions of Sherlock Holmes March 10

 

47. Movies About Television: Medium Cool and The Candidate March 21

 

48. Lee Marvin: Point Blank of His Career March 25

 

49. Film Class IV: The Manchurian Candidate April 5

 

50. Luddite Films: The Gods Must Be Crazy April 15

 

51. Difficult Films: Qoyaanisqatsi May 1

 

52. Lee Marvin: Blank Point of His Career May 15

 

53. Kubrick’s Paths of Glory May 20

 

54. Paths of Glory’s Closed World May 27

 

55. Meeting the Enemy in Paths of Glory June 4

 

56. Compelling Films: The Shining & Room 237 June 21

 

57. Lee Marvin: Playing Out His Career July 1

 

58. Vertigo: the climb to the top July 15

 

59. Revenge Narratives: The Limey & Point Blank October 16

 

60. Difficult Actors: Klaus Kinski October 20

 

61. The Coen Brothers Course That Isn’t There October 27

 

62. Band Movies: Direct Them If You Can November 3

 

63. Room 237 & The Shining: the moon landing hoax November 13

 

64. Blood Simple: Coen Noir December 27

 

65. The Truman Show: Truman Burbank as Human Sacrifice January 22, 2014

 

66. The Truman Show and Koyaanisqatsi February 27, 2014

 

67. Writer’s Block Movies March 7, 2014

 

68. The Truman Show’s False World March 16, 2014

 

69. Kurt Vonnegut Films April 1, 2014

 

70. Strange Pair: Zardoz & Lady in the Lake April 30, 2014

 

71. The Many Philip Marlowes May 10, 2014

 

72. Jeffrey Lebowski: Sometimes There’s a Man. . . . May 22, 2014

 

73. Cinema’s Unknown Women: Lisa Berndle and Judy Barton November 7, 2014

 

74. Film Class V: The Matrix & eXistenZ November 20, 2014

 

75. The Shining and Room 237: Inside the Labyrinth December 4, 2014

 

76. Gatsby and the Wolf December 28, 2014

 

77. Citizen Critic January 22, 2015

 

78. Difficult Directors: Marco Ferreri February 7, 2015

 

79. Agatha Christie Movies March 25, 2015

 

80. Preserving Her Virtue: Three Movies June 23, 2015

 

81. Orson Welles’s Mr Arkadin: Purging the Past August 6, 2015

 

82. Luddite Films: Modern Times August 30, 2005

 

83. Difficult Directors: Joseph Losey November 10, 2015

 

84. Difficult Directors” Joseph Losey Part 2 October 12, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

Intrepid Media Gallery:

 

Tales Out of School:

 

1. The Rules – Dec. 2011 (1)

 

2. Grade Management – Dec. . 2011 (3)

 

3. Intellectual Diapers – Feb. 2012

 

4. The Unhistorical – Feb. 2012 (5)

 

5. The Belief in Grades – April 2012 (7)

 

6. The United States of Entertainment – April 2012 – FEATURED (9)

 

7. Bad Instincts – May 2012

 

8. Beholding Excrement – June 20, 2012

 

9. Accomplishing Nothing – June 20, 2012 (11)

 

10. The Shushers – October 29, 2012

 

11. Semi-Tough – December 31, 2012 (13)

 

12. The Fact-Opinion Continuum – March 1, 2013

 

13. Nothing Personal – July 9, 2013 (15)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NJPEN

 

1. How I Fared at the Collingswood Book Fair – October 27, 2014
 

 

2. Film Odyssey I: Film Noir Explained – December 6, 2014

 

3. Film Odyssey II: Foxcatcher: The Missing du Pont Factor December 28, 2014

 

4. Werner Herzog Needs to Make Movies February 16, 2015

 

5. Film Odyssey III: Scarlett Johannson Gets Under Our Skin June 2, 2015

 

6. Collingswood Cinema Society Kicks off 2020 Season with “The Last Wave” January 26, 2020

 

7. Some Stray Thoughts (Mostly Sour) on the Oscars February 8, 2020

 

8. Collingswood Cinema Society: Pi February 25, 2020

 

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Author Blog:

 

1. Indulge Me: the blog of Pope Sixtus IV – November 15, 2014

 

2. Indulge Me Again – November 20, 2014

 

3. Sixtus IV Reviews Pope Sixtus the Fourth – November 30, 2014

 

4. Sixtus the Administrator – December 7, 2014

 

5. Pope Sixtus: Being Good Most of the Time – December 18, 2014

 

6. Sixtus Reviews the Netflix Borgia Series – December 30, 2014

 

7, Sixtus Meets the Sardine – January 6, 2015

 

8. A Vacation from A Sardine on Vacation – January 22, 2014

 

9. The Likability of Pope Sixtus the Fourth – January 30, 2015

 

10. The Smell of the Sardine Can – February 13, 2015

 

11.Berthcut & Sons: Source Material – March 6, 2015

 

12. Pope Sixtus Will Not Lie to You – March 30, 2015

 

13. Above it All – May 17, 2015

 

14. Pope Sixtus Seeks Normality – June 16, 2015

 

15. Pope Sixtus on Vacation – July 24, 2105

 

16. Pope Sixtus on Vacation II – August 21, 2015

 

17. Pope Sixtus on Vacation III – September 2, 2015

 

18. Pope Sixtus on Vacation IV – October 8, 2015

 

19. December 7, 2015 – A Time to Blog, A Time to Unclog

 

20. Selling Oneself – May 29, 2017

 

21. The Un-Sequel – December 11, 2017

 

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A Sardine on Vacation (continued on its own website)

 

1. Episode 70 Learning from Experience – March 30, 2015

 

2. Episode 71 Process of Elimination (continued) – April 15, 2015

 

3. Episode 72 Pun-itive Damages – May 1, 2015

 

4. Episode 73 Socially Alone – May 18, 2015

 

5. Episode 74 An Aztec Sardine – June 8, 2015

 

6. Episode 75 Reprehensible Representation – July 30, 2015

 

7. Episode 76 Unknown Friends – August 20, 2015

 

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Our Daily Film

 

1. Finding Altamira March 2, 2017

 

2. White Heat March 6, 2017

 

3. Shield for Murder March 7, 2017

 

4. He Walked by Night March 8, 2017

 

5.Time Table & Gunsight Ridge March 10, 2017

 

6. Winter Kills and other Conspiracy Films March 11, 2017

 

7. Bad Day at Black Rock March 12, 2017

 

8. Saboteur March 14, 2017

 

9. Busting March 18, 2017

 

10. Espionage in Tangiers March 21, 2017

 

11. The Twonky March 22, 2017

 

12. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother March 30, 2017

 

13. They Live by Night April 1, 2017

 

14. Big House, U.S.A. April 4, 2017

 

15. House of Games April 5, 2017

 

16. Start the Revolution Without Me April 12, 2017

 

17. Silent Movie April 13, 2017

 

18. The Shout April 20, 2017

 

19. The Interview April 19, 2017

 

20. Infernal Affairs April 29, 2017

 

21.Trail of the Pink Panther May 5, 2017

 

22. Wild Geese II May 6, 2017

 

23. A Zodiac of Film May 11, 2017

 

24. Mario Bava May 20, 2017

 

25, The French Connection May 29. 2017

 

26. 2001: A Space Odyssey June 1, 2017

 

27. Executive Action June 13, 2017

 

28. The Big Short June 19, 2017

 

29. The Honeymoon Killers June 23, 2017

 

30. Dr Mabuse: The Gambler July 9, 2017

 

31. Rashomon July 15, 2017

 

32. Citizen Kane July 31, 2017

 

33. The Big Heat August 26, 2017

 

34. Don’t Touch the White Woman August 31, 2017

 

35. Night Moves September 9, 2017

 

36. Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence September 14, 2017

 

37. Night Moves (1975) September 21, 2017

 

38. Enemy October 28, 2017

 

39. Run Lola Run October 30, 2017

 

40. The Phantom of Liberty November 12, 2017

 

41. F for Fake November 28, 2017

 

42. 3 Women April 28, 2018

 

43. Breaker Morant & Paths of Glory June 10, 2018

 

44. Shock Corridor & The Swimmer August 19, 2018

 

45. Mother Night August 22, 2018

 

46. Jennifer 8 August 26, 2018

 

47. A Clockwork Orange August 28, 2018

 

48. M October 8, 2018

 

49. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV October 24, 2018

 

50. Socrates October 27,2018

 

51. Miller’s Crossing & No Way Out October 29, 2018

 

52. Inglorious Basterds November 4, 2018

 

53. While the City Sleeps January 14, 2019

 

54. Track 29 January 24, 2009

 

55. REMAKES February 9, 2019

 

56. M & M February 13, 2019

 

57. The Halliday Brand March 4, 2019

 

58. Dr. No & From Russia With Love March 25, 2019

 

59. Silver Lode April 12, 2019

 

60. Winchester 73 April 14, 2019

 

61. The Day the Earth Stood Still May 11, 2019

 

62. La Grande Bouffe June 23, 2019

 

63. End of the Road & The Graduate October 15, 2019

 

64. Murder by Contract October 24, 2009

 

65. The Front Runner November 17, 2019

 

66. Ishtar November 20, 2019

 

67. The Birds (part one) December 2, 2019

 

68. The Birds (part two) December 5, 2019

 

69. That Obscure Object of Desire December 23, 2019

 

70. Darling January 16, 2020

 

71. Goldfinger & Thunderball January 18, 2020

 

72. Joker February 3, 2020

 

73. Valerie September 18, 2020

 

74. California Split April 6, 2021

 

75. The 10th Victim April 11, 2021

 

76. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service April 14, 2021

 

77. Ocean’s Eleven May 29. 2021

 

78. The Driver March 7, 2022

 

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THEATER PRODUCTIONS

 

 

 

1. Crack Addict – Philadelphia Brick Theater’s Guaranteed Overnight Theater – Aug 2020

 

2. The Idea of Order in Ozona – Shubin Theatre – November, 2006

 

3. The Biggest Little Town in Texas – Philadelphia New Play Festival – February 2007

 

4. Strange Customs – PDC’s Readings in Restaurants – May 2007

 

5. Run Zola Run – Adrienne Theatre (part of Phila. Fringe Festival) – September 2007 (six performances)

 

6. The Last Customer – Shubin Theatre – January 2008

 

7. Dead Mileage – PDC’s Readings in Restaurants – February 2008

 

8. Blue Plate Special – Rotunda (Philadelphia) – April 2008

 

9. The Origin of Consciousness – Turtle Shell Productions (NYC) Summer Shorts festival – July and August, 2008 (14 performances)

 

10. Blues Worthy – Blue Grotto in West Philadelphia (sponsored by the PDC) – February and March, 2009 (2 performances)

 

11. Whispers – PDC’s Readings in Restaurants – October 2009

 

12. Whispers – Horse Trade Theatre (NYC) – February 2010 (three scenes)

 

13. Democracy – Spare Change Theatre (NYC)– June 4 & 5, 2010 (2 performances)

 

14. The Ants Are My Friends – Gone in 60 Seconds Festival (England)– June, 11 2010

 

15. Future Theater – Gone in 60 Seconds Festival (England) – June 11, 2010

 

16. Immoral Wars – Spare Change Theatre (NYC) – July 29-30, 2011

 

17. Mating Ritual – Primary Stages (Philadelphia) – October 2010

 

18. The Snail Eaters – PDC’s Readings in Restaurants – March 2011

 

19. World Dissociation – Gone in Sixty Seconds Festival (Brooklyn) – June 10-11, 2011

 

19. World Dissociation – Spare Change Theater (NYC) – September 10 & 11, 2012

 

20. The Honeymoon is Over – The Hothouse Theatre (Haddonfield NJ) – May 2016

 

21. Scourges of Civilization – The Hothouse Theatre (Haddonfield NJ) – June 2016

 

22. Big World – The Hothouse Theatre (Haddonfield NJ) – July 2016

 

23. The Oxfordian – 2nd place in the Philadelphia Ethics Society play competition – June 22, 2018

 

24. Mating Ritual The Colonial Playhouse Summer Comedy Festival (aldan PA) – June 7 -23, 2019 (nine performances)

 

25. Heartburning – PDC radio podcast – November 2019

 

26. Mysterious Traveler – Philly Drama Week – performed at Phila. Ethical Center, April 1, 2 & 9, 2022