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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‘The Wild Robot’ Review: A Practically Perfect Animated Sci-Fi Fable
Lupita Nyong’o and Pedro Pascal lend their voices to one of the best films in years
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‘Salem’s Lot’ Review: The Latest Stephen King Remake Raises the Bloody Bar
Gary Dauberman re-animates a classic vampire tale with shriek-inducing monster mayhem
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‘Never Let Go’ Review | Halle Berry Terrifies, but This Horror Movie Grasps at Straws
Alexandre Aja’s supernatural thriller doesn’t make much of a powerful premise, but it’s got one hell of a cast
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‘Speak No Evil’ Review: Creepy James McAvoy Creeps Us Out in a Creepy, Creepy Remake
Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy and Aisling Franciosi co-star in an intelligent and terrifying horror thriller
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‘Uglies’ Review: Dystopian Netflix Movie Is Boring, Baffling and Insulting
Joey King stars in a wretched YA sci-fi yarn with gross implications
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‘The 4:30 Movie’ Review: Kevin Smith Goes Back to the Movies (and Doesn’t Find Much)
Smith’s nostalgic ode to 1980s theater-hopping has more heart than humor — too much more
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‘Rez Ball’ Review: Netflix’s Navajo Reservation Basketball Drama Is Familiar, but a Winner
TIFF 2024: Sydney Freeland’s story of an underdog basketball team playing by their own rules will satisfy, inspire, and remind you of other sports movies
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‘The Thicket’ Review: Tubi or Not Tubi, This Is a Great, Gloomy Western
Peter Dinklage and Juliette Lewis headline an intriguing chase film from the eclectic streaming service
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‘His Three Daughters’ Review: Netflix Drama Is a Mesmerizing Character Study
Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen are sisters waiting for their father to die in Azazel Jacobs’ heartbreaking film
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‘The Front Room’ Review: A24’s Monster-in-Law Nightmare Strikes Unlikely Comic Gold
Brandy Norwood and Kathryn Hunter are dynamite in Max and Sam Eggers’ horror-comedy
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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix Is Daring, Pathetic in Todd Phillips’ Impressively Odd Sequel
Venice Film Festival: The ambitious musical sequel confronts and challenges Phillips’ own Oscar-winning film
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‘Rebel Ridge’ Review: Jeremy Saulnier’s Masterful Netflix Film Is a Sharp, Exhilarating Thrill Ride
Aaron Pierre, AnnaSophia Robb and Don Johnson co-star in an exhilarating Netflix movie that doesn’t ask you to turn your brain off
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‘Wolfs’ Review: George Clooney and Brad Pitt. That’s It. That’s the Movie.
Venice Film Festival: The “Ocean’s Eleven” stars reunite for a caper with more star power than real power
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‘AfrAId’ Review: Chris Weitz’s Tech-Scare Thriller Says AI Is the Worst
An algorithm takes over John Cho and Katherine Watertson’s lives in a modest return to Blumhouse basics
