She has published essays on television (Deadwood, Veronica Mars and The Wire) and cinema (the films of Jean-Luc Godard, David Cronenberg and teen films) in the journals The Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Excavatio, and in several edited anthologies. She has also published online essays and reviews in Reality Blurred and PopMatters. She is currently working on a manuscript tracing the significance and function of the film cycle in defining genres, articulating social problems, shaping subcultures and exploiting contemporary prejudices. She may be contacted at amanda.ann.klein@gmail.com