Patrick Preziosi

Patrick Preziosi is a Brooklyn-based writer whose reviews of film, literature, and music have appeared in the Cleveland Review of Books, We Jazz, Screen Slate, and elsewhere.

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Close to the Bone

Jim Thompson, the most "titillatingly depraved crime novelist of the twentieth century," penned iconic psychopathic protagonists and redefined the genre of noir.

By Patrick Preziosi

August 4, 2026

Books

Death and Dying

Secularism and Modernity

Article

Gained In Translation

“Hopefully, these releases—all introducing poets to English-reading audiences for the first time—will push the door of translation open even wider.”

By Patrick Preziosi

December 29, 2023

Poetry

Culture

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Civic Art

Frederick Wiseman’s ‘City Hall’ explores the performance, promotion, and presentation necessary to running a major city.

By Patrick Preziosi

October 30, 2020

Movies

Domestic Affairs

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Tranquility & Tempest

Abel Ferrara’s new film examines domesticity and its dissolution through a protagonist who see-saws between utter collapse and calm self-awareness.

By Patrick Preziosi

August 13, 2020

Movies

Arts

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The Art-House at Home

COVID-19 restrictions have had a devastating impact on independent cinemas. But thankfully, a special program of films about nuns is now available online.

By Patrick Preziosi

April 3, 2020

Movies

Religious Life

Spirituality