Mark Jenkins
Mark Jenkins reviews movies for NPR.org, as well as for reeldc.com, which covers the Washington, D.C., film scene with an emphasis on art, foreign and repertory cinema.
Jenkins spent most of his career in the industry once known as newspapers, working as an editor, writer, art director, graphic artist and circulation director, among other things, for various papers that are now dead or close to it.
He covers popular and semi-popular music for The Washington Post, Blurt, Time Out New York, and the newsmagazine show Metro Connection, which airs on member station WAMU-FM.
Jenkins is co-author, with Mark Andersen, of Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital. At one time or another, he has written about music for Rolling Stone, Slate, and NPR's All Things Considered, among other outlets.
He has also written about architecture and urbanism for various publications, and is a writer and consulting editor for the Time Out travel guide to Washington. He lives in Washington.
- There Is Honor Among Thieves In 'The Fall Of The American Empire'
- It's A Small, Slight 'Jobe'z World'
- Polish Lovers Find Cold Comfort In The Elliptical, Frustrating 'Cold War'
- 'Mortal Engines' Internally Combusts
- 'Never Look Away' Glibly Examines The Intersection Of Art And Autobiography
- 'Green Book' Offers By-The-Book Uplift
- 'The Girl In The Spider's Web' Struggles To Break Free Of Techno-Thriller Cliches
- 'A Private War': Combat Takes Its Merciless Toll On A Tireless War Correspondent