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).
Experience:
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‘Passenger’ Review: Hitchhiking Ghost Takes the Highway to Ho-Hum
André Øvredal’s supernatural road trip debuts a new cinematic boogeyman, but hits big potholes along the way
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‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Review: The Most Purely Entertaining ‘Star Wars’ Movie Since the 1980s
Jon Favreau’s spinoff of the hit Disney+ series lacks ambition, but compensates with heartwarming heroes and breezy, blockbuster adventure
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‘In the Grey’ Review: Jake Gyllenhaal and Henry Cavill Star in ‘Generic Action Movie: The Movie’
Eiza González co-stars in a Guy Ritchie flick about cool people with no personalities doing cool things that don’t matter
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‘Obsession’ Review: A Supernatural Nightmare With the Strangest Case of Déjà Vu
Writer/director Curry Barker’s terrifying new film unexpectedly evokes the plot of “Wonder Woman 1984”
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‘Is God Is’ Review: A Bold, Exhilarating Saga About God, Murder, Abuse and Everything Else
Aleshea Harris makes an astounding directorial debut, adapting her own award-winning play about sisters on a mission from God — to murder their father
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‘Labyrinth’ Review: Legendary ‘Macross’ Creator Spends Too Much Time on Social Media
A teenager’s identity gets stolen, literally, by her social media doppelgänger in Shōji Kawamori’s ambitious but meandering sci-fi feature
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‘Mortal Kombat II’ Review: Karl Urban Livens Up This Enjoyably Violent Sequel
The actor brings a much-needed “Galaxy Quest” energy to the “Mortal Kombat” franchise, elevating this gory matinee fight flick
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The 15 Best Comedy Sequels Ever Made, Ranked
It’s hard to make a great comedy sequel, but these classic films prove that anything’s possible
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‘Swapped’ Review: This Netflix Animated Fantasy Is for the Birds, but Also Everyone Else
Michael B. Jordan and Juno Temple star in a body-swapping fairy tale that shouldn’t be judged by its cover — or its Netflix thumbnail
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‘One Spoon of Chocolate’ Review: RZA’s Powerful Action Drama Kicks Ass With Purpose
Shameik Moore fights white supremacist organ harvesters in a film that’s too serious to be fun, but too strong to ignore
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‘Deep Water’ Review: Renny Harlin Knows How to Make a F’ed Up Shark Movie
Aaron Eckhart and Sir Ben Kingsley star in a modest but thrilling disaster film where, for once, nobody is safe
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‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Review: This Is What You Get When You Buy the Original From Temu
Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt are back for a sequel that doesn’t deserve them
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‘The Sheep Detectives’ Review: Listen Up, Sheeple! This Ewe-Dunnit Is Cozy as Flock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston and Chris O’Dowd try to solve Hugh Jackman’s murder, but there’s just one problem — they’re all sheep
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‘Animal Farm’ Review: What the Cluck Was Andy Serkis Thinking?
The new, all-star version of George Orwell’s classic, depressing allegory adds a new villain based on Elon Musk and a happy Hollywood ending
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‘I Swear’ Review: Sweet, Sensitive John Davidson Biopic Proves the Genre Still Matters
Robert Aramayo gives a stirring performance in this inspiring drama about the Scottish Tourette syndrome activist
