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mattj112@gmail.com
I'm a culture journalist based in Austin.
I'm currently a senior editor at The Infatuation. I also cover movies, TV, and more for a variety of outlets, including Vulture, Vanity Fair, The Hollywood Reporter, and The Daily Beast.
Select Writing
Vulture
When a Tell-All Documentary Is Just Another Press Release
The Science of Scoring Sofa Coppola’s Movies
Every Laura Dern Role, Ranked
Debbie Harry Answers Every Question We Have About Videodrome
25 Years Later, No One Knows Who Spiked the Titanic Chowder
Inside Avatar’s Losing Battle to Beat The Hurt Locker for Best Picture
An Oral History of Beyoncé in Austin Powers in Goldmember
The Never-ending Story of Glitter, 20 Years On
The Oral History of Madonna’s Truth or Dare
Vanity Fair
The Cut
HuffPost
Bowen Yang Is Adding Fresh Irreverence to Late-Night Comedy
Jennifer Lopez’s Eternal Hustle
Delroy Lindo Is Finally Getting His Due
40 LGBTQ Directors on the First Queer Movie They Fell in Love With
Patty Hearst on Her Second Chapter as a Movie Star
Mourning the Ellen DeGeneres and J.K. Rowling We Used to Know
The Steady Cultural Demise of American Beauty
The Greta Gerwig Trick for a Modern Little Women: ‘Make It Sad’