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Author of bestselling memoir,
SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
Women & Girls Reporter for Free Press Indiana.
I deserve it all.
https://linktr.ee/SmashFizzle
The Black List founder. Film & TV producer. Politics & Football person. Vanity Fair contributing editor.
blank check // the atlantic
film critic & programmer & comic • southern goth in brooklyn • bylines @ thr, indiewire, vulture, reverse shot, metrograph, LWLies, RogerEbert, etc • https://linktr.ee/jsearles
Film critic at Slate; co-host of the Slate Culture Gabfest podcast; repped by the Cheney Agency; member NYFCC. Camera Man, my book on Buster Keaton, is out: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Camera-Man/Dana-Stevens/9781501134203
Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out now). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Like a large language model but for my formative trauma. Newsletter here: https://episodes.ghost.io/
I write about movies. Sometimes I talk about them. Usually just write. http://walterchaw.com
Keep circulating the tapes.
https://www.jasondashbailey.com/
GANDOLFINI Book: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/gandolfini_9781419767692/
GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC podcast: pod.link/1274489817
Letterboxd @jasondashbailey
writer, etc.
estherzuckermanwrites.com
Bette Davis eyes. Make movies. Comb cats. Michigandery. WGAW. I'm with UTA and XYZ.
Critic @nytimes.com. Author of WE TELL OURSELVES STORIES (paperback out 6/23!), SALTY (2022), AFTERGLOW (forthcoming). Teaching at NYU XE.
Critic and Essayist, New York Magazine. Southern broad. https://linktr.ee/angelicabastien
Caustically optimistic. Potty mouth. FILM NERD 2.0. Netflix's VOIR. MASTERS OF HORROR. '80s ALL OVER. FEAR ITSELF. I helped break the Internet. Sorry about that. Keto for life. Visit drewmcweeny.com for all my shit.
✍️ RogerEbert, Indiewire, Letterboxd, etc. | 📧 maryag7@gmail.com | CFCA | creator #Noirvember #AYearWithWomen | buy my book CINEMA HER WAY out now from Rizzoli | Free 🇵🇸| https://maryaegates.com/cinemaherway/
Head of Editorial at @letterboxd.social. Please be nice to me.
Film Critic @ Tribune News Service & LA Times
Veep @lafilmcritics.bsky.social
Moderator & Podcast Person
Katiewalshwrites.com
Linktree.com/katiewalshstx
Associate Editor at RogerEbert • Contributor: The New York Times • Screen Daily • Reverse Shot • Letterboxd
Film critic; NSFC, NYFCC. Bylines at Criterion, Sight & Sound, Noir City, my own Substack, and wherever fine film geeks are found.
https://selfstyledsiren.substack.com/
CFCA President - Editor http://RogerEbert.com - Bylines at Vulture, AV Club, NYT, GQ, Arrow, The Playlist, Rolling Stone, LA Times, elsewhere - Producer CCFF - Father of 3 Boys - Not Vince Gilligan
~old hollywood, crime films, boxing, italian cinema, glamour & beauty ~
Sky Arts talking head. Empire Mag contrib editor. Writing: i Newspaper, the Atlantic, Criterion, BBC, Rolling Stone.
'SOFIA COPPOLA: AN UNOFFICIAL GUIDE'Greenfinch/Quercus 2025.
high school teacher, horror-lover, poet, Bright Wall/Dark Room editor, parent, person
A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a critic who does not exist.
Movie reviews: outlawvern.com. Books I wrote: http://amzn.to/2om4NPP. Patreon: patreon.com/outlawvern
Cinematographer | Colourist | Professor | Director [Vancouver, BC]
Host of 'How Would Lubitsch Do It'
www.movingimageagency.com | https://letterboxd.com/DevanAGScott/
Professional obsessive.
BYLINES: Bright Wall/Dark Room, Southwest Review, Letterboxd, Fangoria, etc
COMMENTARY TRACKS/BOOKLETS: Cinematographe, Fun City Editions, Vinegar Syndrome, Radiance, Imprint, Shout Factory
https://linktr.ee/black_neon
I write about movies, feminism, theology, and sad men in space for Bright Wall/Dark Room and Seeing & Believing. The second edition of my book Becoming Alien is available for preorder now.
https://bio.site/dodgyboffin
“Insane” - Michael Mann • I produce obsessive movie podcasts, I don’t know how to do anything else • #OneHeatMinute • http://patreon.com/OneHeatMinute
writer | therapist* | musician | dad | founder & eic @brightwalldarkroom.com | curious about everything | 🏀
*posts ≠ professional advice
PRE-ORDER: Lost & Found in the Cathedral of Cinema (May '26). Author of Auralia's Colors (& 3 sequels) & Through a Screen Darkly. Awarded 2024 Professor of the Year by students at Seattle Pacific University. Find me at JeffreyOverstreet.com. I'm 0% A.I.
Spaced / Shaun Of The Dead / Hot Fuzz / Scott Pilgrim Vs The World / The World’s End / Baby Driver / The Sparks Brothers / Last Night In Soho / The Running Man
The Largest Archive of VHS, DVD, Blu-ray & more in the Entire World. 150,000 titles for rent and counting. Proudly Non-Profit since 2014. Viva Physical Media!
Your spotlight on cinema since 2008.
"miscreant perpetrator of low burlesque"
writing at: reverse shot, bright wall/dark room, larb, tiny mix tapes, etc.
Film critic/writer at The Pitch, Paste, Sojourners, rogerebert.com, others. Author of FILMS FOR ALL SEASONS: https://tinyurl.com/5n8hre5e
Film Critic, The New Yorker and NPR’s Fresh Air | 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism | Chair, National Society of Film Critics | Programmer, New York Film Festival
Film Editor, Los Angeles Times | Member, LAFCA | Vice-Chair, National Society of Film Critics | I'm watching a movie right now.
Critic, editor, darling | RogerEbert, The Playlist, Paste Magazine, Filmmaker Magazine, Inverse, Chron, Letterboxd Journal, Fortune, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe | CFCA
Also on Letterboxd and Twitter: @isaacfeldberg
Editorial Director, IndieWire. / NYFCC member. / NYC & Vermont. / Likes coffee, cats, and the Oxford comma. / Bird nerd.🦉
staff @NextBestPicture, @BWDR @Ebertvoices @inversedotcom @InReviewOnline @Polygon @Vaguevisages, guest @BBC. I'm prone to ramble about aspect ratios at parties.
Writing: https://brendanhodges.contently.com/
Inquiries: brendan.hodges815@gmail.com
Film critic. Author of DAVID CRONENBERG: CLINICAL TRIALS (Jan ‘25). My writing about film has appeared in the NYT, Art in America, Sight & Sound, Film Comment, Reverse Shot, and elsewhere. NYFCC member
https://linktr.ee/violetvlucca
Writer/movie rat. EIC and Senior Film Critic, Boston Hassle. Film columnist, Cambridge Day. Member: BSFC, OFCS, BOFCA. 🍅-approved. He/him.
https://bostonhassle.com/author/oscargoff/
https://www.cambridgeday.com/author/oscar-goff/
Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Untitled gay cultural history (2026). Freelance: T, New York, etc. A long time ago: EW, Grantland, younger.
Freelance | Paste Magazine / Polygon / Roger Ebert | Rotten🍅Approved | www.itsthepictures.com#/portal/signup | He / Him | BOFCA Member and Social Media
Sr. Entertainment Editor at Consequence, writer of other stuff. I like space battles, videos of cats, old-school funk, and the Oxford comma. Still wearing a mask at the movies. She/her.
Film Critic (Film Comment, Reverse Shot, etc). GALECA.
Co-Author of CORPSES, FOOLS AND MONSTERS
Film critic (thefilmverdict.com) Podcaster (linoleumcast.bsky.social bfastallday.bsky.social maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social deckthehallmark.bsky.social) Member, LAFCA & NSFC. Books: HAVE YOURSELF A MOVIE LITTLE XMAS, HOLLYWOOD PRIDE. he/him🌹🏳️🌈🎄📽
The co-host of Mousterpiece Melodies, a podcast about the songs of Disney movies.
Email me at mousterpiececinema@gmail.com.
Film Critic at Roger Ebert dot com, New York Times, New Yorker, Hollywood Reporter, Village Voice, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, and so on. Author of THE NORTHMAN: A CALL TO THE GODS (Insight Editions). Alt weekly kid. Let the monkey drive.
She/her. Boston born and raised, reluctantly in LA. Still missing the east coast.
I work in film/TV marketing and actually love movies (shocking, I know).
Avid TCM watcher. Secret theatre kid.
Website: https://www.michelle-buchman.com
Movie critic, shareholder advocate #corpgov #movies she/her/mom www.authory.com/NellMinow I stand for: protecting the environment, reproductive health, dignity and respect for all except bullies, grifters, and haters. I lack decorum, per Congress.
Movie reviews at micahrickard.com | published at Bright Wall/Dark Room, Think Christian, Christ and Pop Culture, and Ekstasis.
Freelance writer and film critic by night. Aerospace engineer by day. (Home) bartender by weekend. Avid reader by freetime.
I have the oldest Xbox known to man //
trans dyke //
author of NOISE MUSIC (forthcoming) //
writing at Stereogum, Paste, FLOOD, Bright Wall/Dark Room, etc. //
Takashi Miike fangirl
https://ko-fi.com/cairdiul <-- that and £5 gets me a cup of coffee
Can't reach the top shelf. Currently making indie podcasts and writing about TV. She/Her.
Freelance writer and film/TV critic at KTNV, Tom's Guide, Crooked Marquee, The Inlander, Inverse, Highway Radio, Awesome Movie Year, and more. For hire: signalbleed@gmail.com
Filmmaker, film watcher, physical media collector, self-deprecating fourth thing
Another film queer. Professor. Book on Mike Nichols. Ed. of The Oxford Handbook of Film Theory. Tons of essays. Boston.
Just this guy.
I dig MST3K, film, retro games, Muppets, Iron Chef, hosted movie shows, birdwatching, horror/sci-fi, pro wrestling, oldies/jazz music, coffee mugs, tacky aloha shirts, etc.
Howdy!
av: MST3K's Crow in tux
banner: Keep circulating the tapes
Journalist/critic📽️
✍️ The A.V. Club • BW/DR • The Seattle Times • The Inlander • TheWrap • IGN • IndieWire • RogerEbert.com
authory.com/ChaseHutchinson
Hire me: chase.hutchinson.writer@gmail.com
VP Seattle Film Critics Society
SPJWash Winner for Criticism
@seattlecritics.bsky.social, GALECA | http://sgn.org & http://Moviefreak.com | Tomatometer-Approved Top Critic | sara@moviefreak.com | She/Her | 🏳️⚧️
founder/board member of Seattle Film Critics Society | movie reviewer | music collector | pop culture junkie | believes it costs nothing to be kind | he/him
Co-Host of You Are Good and The OC, Again. Corn Telethon coming 09/04/2025. Manager for folks in the arts. Bewildered person. Picture taker. Zine-maker (High Occulture). Activist. Into being.
your horror nonna
post-goth/recovering academic/dr/writer/
critic/author of 10 books on cult/horror film
in Venice award-winning doc CHAIN REACTIONS + Shudder's 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR based on my book
Naarm/Australia
she/her
https://linktr.ee/suspirialex
Filipino | Writer | The MacGuffin | Seattle Film Critics Society | Online Film Critics Society | Rotten Tomatoes | Letterboxd: AllenA23
https://macguff.in/author/allen-almachar/
Editor-in-Chief of The Twin Geeks, Seattle Film Critics Society member.
thetwingeeks.com
TV critic, writer, fan of little treats. Words at Slashfilm, Film School Rejects, IGN, The Playlist, Nonfics, Certified Forgotten, and the Hey, What Are You Watching? newsletter. Critics Choice + GALECA. Just moved to Scotland.
Writer for @allstonpudding.bsky.social, socialist, dog dad, lover of classy art & trashy wrestling, town dunce. often discussing Boston stuff. He/him. Bisexual. Free Palestine. Mask up 😷 ✝️
Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon!
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
✨ lauraehall.com
🔎 cfia.org
🎙️ secretlives.games
Writer - @vitalthrills.com and thecryingdad.com, co-host of the @matineeheroes.bsky.social podcast, and Rotten Tomatoes credited reviewer. Steven Spielberg biased. All posts earnest with a hint of sarcasm. My feed, my rules. He/him.
Writer. http://elijahdavidson.com
Award-winning film critic for The Wrap. Co-host of The Critically Acclaimed Network. LAFCA. CCA. GALECA. Ace. He/Him. 🎃
Critic, essayist, semi-talented snot. Co-host of the podcasts on the Critically Acclaimed Network. Bylines at /Film, IGN, Umbrella Entertainment, Shout! and many others. Rotten Tomatoes-approved.
He/him. SubGenius. 💖💜💙
She/her. Critic, editor, programmer. Founder, Film Girl Film. Contributor/film and tv obsessor for The Mary Sue, Chicago Reader, The Spool, Inverse, Wealth of Geeks.
Newspaper features editor. Onetime movie critic. Film/TV fan. Cavs fan.
Film critic at Washington City Paper. #FreeDC.
Everyone’s favorite PRINT movie zine, movie review website and movie makers.
https://linktr.ee/moviejawn
Dabbler extraordinaire and Bela Lugosi enthusiast.
EIC & Old Sport @moviejawn.com
Batzina Belfry/Draculelvis @cinematiccrypt.bsky.social
she/her
https://linktr.ee/rosaliekicks
Zine editor for MovieJawn
Immunocompromised-Lupus
They/He-ish
analog kid furthering romance and intellect over brute force and cynicism.
Currently: Host, Pay Attention, 007 podcast; Staff Writer, MovieJawn; Member, Philadelphia Film Critics Circle
Links to my newsletter and more: linktr.ee/silberwhatever
(he/him)
Writer/Critic/Meat Popsicle -- assistant editor @ RogerEbert.com, editor in chief The Spool. Words: Block Club Chicago, Consequence.
Film and culture. Not content.
Account run by Andrew F Peirce, head person at the Curb.
www.TheCurb.com.au
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Thecurbau
With an e not an a | owner of RendyReviews.com
Entertainment journalist |Autostraddle | Them | Roger Ebert | Den of Geek | Rolling Stone | Paste
Member: Critics Choice, GALECA, NYFCO
feelings, now more than ever!
wrote some stuff in some places
Film Editor at @avclub.com
Video Game Movie Expert
Southerner in Chicago
Freelance writer @ The Star, GQ, Defector, The Baffler, Gawker, Esquire, Hazlitt. Air Bud admirer. Favourite cheese: Gouda. coreyatad@gmail.com / www.coreyatad.com
Film critic, programmer, dancer, dog person.
Critic and author and occasional cut-up. Just a soul whose intentions are good. Books include "The World is Yours: The Story of 'Scarface'" and "Made Men: The Story of 'Goodfellas'.”
writer
📕 miss may does not exist: the life and work of elaine may, hollywood's hidden genius (2024)
📘 cassavetes & rowlands (2027? bro idk)
editor @ bright wall/dark room
prev: video @ conde nast (conde union 4ever)
Celebrating Pre-Code Hollywood 1930-34, when movies were sexy, smart, complex and a hell of a lot of fun. he/him #precode #TCMParty
writer, dad, movie guy, fixer guy.
Editor of STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH, the world’s first book about the 2015 film Steve Jobs, out now.
bit.ly/STEVEJOBSMONOGRAPH
Filmmaker in Pittsburgh.
Co-Founder of The Film Stage.
Co-Host of @tfsbside.bsky.social
Big on cats and movies. Film writer and programmer often seen on Variety, Little White Lies, The Playlist, Letterboxd and more. Views mine, for better or for worse.
📧 For work: rafiews@gmail.com
👋 Also @rafiews everywhere else.
www.rafiews.com
chicago-based writer/critic; CFCA (bylines: bwdr, nerdist, vulture, thrillist, etc.)
Analog illustrator, vintage collector, dark horse. Wife guy.
http://www.brianna-ashby.com/
https://ko-fi.com/briannaashby
Bylines: Vulture, The Ringer, GQ, Inverse, Men's & Women's Health, Letterboxd Journal, The Playlist, Polygon, Fangoria, Paste, The Film Stage, AwardsWatch
Booklet essays: Vinegar Syndrome, Radiance, Arrow
Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; author of HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey
linktr.ee/ambernoellesparks
