Thirty directors on their epiphanies in the dark. Everyone from Danny Boyle and Michel Gondry to Peter Bogdanovich and Kimberly Peirce talk to me about the film that made them want to become a movie director. From A Capella, an imprint of Chicago Review Press.

Time Out Chicago

The nice folks at Time Out commissioned me to write the “Chicago Today” chapter. It’s the entry with the Obama picture.

The Neil Gaiman Reader

Darrell Schweitzer’s critical look at author Neil Gamain’s legacy includes two lengthy interviews, including a never-before-published conversation Neil and I had in 1995. Gaiman’s works include the Hugo Award-winning novel “American Gods” and DC Comics’ acclaimed series “The Sandman.”

John Woo: Interviews

The first authoritative oral history of the legendary director, following his years in Hong Kong to his present work in Hollywood. I served as both editor and chief contributor of the collection. The volume is available in both hardcover and paperback editions.

A Friendly Game of Poker

Editor Jake Austin asked me to write about my college poker table. He might have regretted it.

100 Bullets: The Counterfifth Detective

Brian Azzarello’s hardboiled tribute to Raymond Chandler. He was kind enough to ask me to write the introduction.

Graphic Communications Today

I provide film analysis and commentary on for Bill Ryan’s updated edition. I go on about Quentin Tarantino’s direction of the “commode sequence” in “Reservoir Dogs” and quote François Truffaut, who said. “Film lovers are sick people.” And, in a way, I suppose we are.