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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‘Sense and Sensibility’ Review: A Sensational New Adaptation of Jane Austen’s Masterpiece
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles captivate the screen in Georgia Oakley’s earthy interpretation of the classic romance
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‘The Debut’ Review: Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti Hog the Spotlight
TIFF 2026: Writer/director Jesse Eisenberg returns with an unbelievable ode to community theater — but not the good kind of unbelievable
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‘Best of the Best’ Review: If You Loved ‘Step Up 2: The Streets,’ This Is the Next Best Thing
Lena Khan’s Bollywood dance-off college comedy would be a huge crowdpleaser, if Netflix let you watch it with a crowd
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‘Resident Evil’ Review: Zach Cregger’s Heart-Stopping Video Game Movie Is His Best Yet
The director of “Weapons” has made the first great “Resident Evil” adaptation, and all it took was 24 years, 8 live-action movies, 4 animated films and a failed TV series
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‘Prima Facie’ Review: Cynthia Erivo Leads a Complex, Fascinating Adaptation of the Powerful One-Woman Show
TIFF 2026: The “Wicked” star plays a barrister who becomes the plaintiff in a strong, but incredibly different take on Suzie Miller’s award-winning play
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‘The Fix’ Review: Zachary Levi Takes Iran in an Ill-Conceived, Overlong Misfire
Absurd plotting, condescending politics and a deer-in-the-headlights lead performance are not the ingredients for a good thriller
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‘The Uprising’ Review: Andrew Garfield Medieval Epic Soars, Then Nosedives
The actor leads a rebellion off a cliff in Paul Greengrass’ ultimately disappointing period piece
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‘Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuff’ Review: If You Wish to Make a Romance, You Must First Invent the Universe
Telluride Film Festival: The author of ‘Cosmos’ and ‘Contact’ wasn’t just an astronomer, he was a pothead in love
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The 10 Best Overlooked Movies of Summer 2026
A terrifying horror movie overshadowed by the zeitgeist, an impressive indie made for $7,000 and more amazing films have flown under the radar
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‘Wild Horse Nine’ Review: John Malkovich Is Glorious in Martin McDonagh’s Dull Spy Comedy
Venice Film Festival: Malkovich and Sam Rockwell are funny American spies who bring horror and fascism to Chile — but it’s OK, they have feelings
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‘By Any Means’ Review: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg Fight the Klan in Uneven but Effective Crime Drama
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and director Elegance Bratton do excellent work telling this strange tale about an FBI agent teaming up with a mafia hitman
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‘Fall 2: Deadpoint’ Review: Schlocky Sequel Can’t Reach the Heights of the Original
Scott Mann co-writes the acrophobic sequel to his 2022 hit “Fall”
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‘Runner’ Review: Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson Take a Run at B-Movie Greatness
Scott Waugh strikes the ideal balance between kick-ass action and lovable comedy in this surprisingly thrilling flick
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‘The Runner’ Review: Gal Gadot’s Amazon Original Thriller Has the Runs
Gadot’s latest, about a villain forcing her to run across London, only works if you pretend it’s an episode of “Taskmaster”
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‘Onslaught’ Review: Adam Wingard’s Action-Horror B-Movie Is One Bungle After Another
The follow-up to “You’re Next” and “The Guest” makes a lot of exciting promises, then it breaks them
