William Bibbiani is an award-winning film critic and member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), the Critics Choice Association (CCA) and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics. He has written film criticism for over 20 years and written for The Wrap since 2019. He is a frequent guest on KCRW’s Press Play with Madeline Brand. Bibbiani also co-hosts The Critically Acclaimed Network, a series of podcasts dedicated to new, classic and cult film and TV reviews and retrospectives. His commentary tracks and essays can be found on Blu-ray special editions for films released by Arrow Video, Shout! Factory and Umbrella Entertainment. You can follow him on BlueSky (and various other social media).
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All the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts Reviewed: Boozy Songs, Forbidden Love and Wacky Menstruation
Few Oscar categories boast more variety than these soulful musicals, touching dramas, wacky comedies, sci-fi dystopias and social thrillers
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All the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts Reviewed: 4 Heartbreakers, 3 Donkeys
This year’s nominees are powerful documentaries about war, abortion and school shootings — and also one about donkeys
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All the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts Reviewed: Cute Bears, Love Quadrangles and Nazi Atrocities
This year’s Academy Award nominees are all incredibly different — and no matter how the Oscars vote, they’re all winners
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‘Psycho Killer’ Review: This Aimless, Boring Slasher Owes the Talking Heads an Apology
Georgina Campbell can’t save this styleless serial killer road movie, written by Andrew Kevin Walker (“Se7en”)
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‘Cold Storage’ Review: Joe Keery Faces Mutant Fungus but the Gore Falls Short
The “Stranger Things” star teams up with Georgina Campbell and Liam Neeson to protect the planet from zombie spores in this droll genre throwback
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‘Crime 101’ Review: Chris Hemsworth’s Heist Film Gets Away With It Despite Some Flaws
An all-star adaptation of Don Winslow’s 2020 novella gives Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo and Barry Keoghan more chances to shine
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‘Wuthering Heights’ Review: Emerald Fennell Turns a Classic Tale Into a Mindlessly Horny Monster
Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi star in this absurdly sensual, annoyingly reductive adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel
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‘Goat’ Review: Animated Basketball Flick Is Surprisingly Nuanced, Gorgeously Crafted
Tyree Dillihay’s family film about a goat who wants to be the GOAT in an inclusive sports league is a slam dunk
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‘Solo Mio’ Review: Kevin James Sparkles in Sweet, Old-Fashioned Rom-Com
A jilted Kevin James falls in love in Italy, and gosh darned it, the audience falls in love a little too
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‘Pillion’ Review: Alexander Skarsgård Gets the Role of a Lifetime in A24’s Beautiful, Kinky Romance
In Harry Lighton’s sexually explicit, insightful love story, Harry Melling meets the “Murderbot” star mark for mark
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‘Whistle’ Review: Dafne Keen-Led ‘Final Destination’ Knockoff Is Predictable but Gnarly
Director Corin Hardy’s film summons the spirit of death in a predictable but energetic, and very grody, supernatural chiller
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‘The Strangers — Chapter 3’ Review: The Best Film in the Reboot Trilogy Is Still Bad
Renny Harlin’s ill-advised, multi-film “The Strangers” series was torture, in all the wrong ways
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‘Relationship Goals’ Review: Amazon’s Glamorized Book Commercial Almost Looks Like a Real Rom-Com
Prime Video made a bad Valentine’s Day movie about why you should buy a relationship advice book, specifically from Amazon
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‘Melania’ Review: A Tedious, Criminally Shallow Propaganda Puff Piece
The “Rush Hour” director returns with a shameful cinematic suck-up masquerading as a real documentary
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‘Shelter’ Review: Jason Statham Is at His Action Star Best in Formulaic but Gripping Thriller
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