William Bibbiani is a professional 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. He 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 medias).
Experience:
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‘Cowboy Bebop’ Review: Netflix’s Live-Action Remake Fails to Capture Original’s Magic
John Cho shines as bounty hunter Spike Spiegel but episodes feel padded with Whedon-esque banter
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‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Film Review: Entertaining Sequel-Reboot Dazzles While Still Feeling Familiar
Jason Reitman pays homage to his father’s 1984 remake by both updating it and borrowing from it as much as possible
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‘Swan Song’ Film Review: Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris Prop Up an Underdeveloped Sci-Fi Premise
AFI 2021: Benjamin Cleary’s feature debut raises ideas about technology and ethics but has little interest in pursuing them
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‘Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin’ Film Review: Franchise Reboot Plays Like Subpar, Found-Footage ‘Midsommar’
The last act is scary and effective — good luck staying awake to get there
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‘The Rescue’ Film Review: Thai Soccer Team Cave Rescue Doc Spins a Yarn So Wild It Has to Be True
The “Free Solo” directors slickly tell the unlikely story of the cave-diving hobbyists who saved the day
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‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ Film Review: Tom Hardy and an Alien Symbiote Make Superhero Movies’ Oddest Couple
Forget the plot — it’s a gloriously polyqueer, brain-eating, big-budget serial-killer movie, and it crams a lot into 90 minutes
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‘Surge’ Film Review: Ben Whishaw’s Powerhouse Performance Bolsters Otherwise Flimsy Drama
This tale of one man’s mental breakdown in an uncaring city never gets too far below the surface
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‘Malignant’ Film Review: James Wan Breaks All the Horror Rules, With Gusto
The “Conjuring” director sucks viewers into his mad monster vortex of sketchy ideas and viscera
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‘Worth’ Movie Review: Michael Keaton’s 9/11 Drama Walks an Uneasy Tightrope Between Sentimentality and Cynicism
The film feels torn between being a triumph of the human spirit and a triumph of corporations who convinced survivor families not to sue them into oblivion
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‘Bring Your Own Brigade’ Film Review: Scorching Doc Asks Hard Questions About Deadly Wildfires
Director Lucy Walker explores how climate change is only one factor in the recent surge in fires
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‘Demonic’ Film Review: Neill Blomkamp Disappoints With Another Muddled Tech Thriller
How can a movie with bird demons and Vatican black-ops squads be this dull?
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‘Don’t Breathe 2’ Film Review: Unpleasant Sequel Tries to Redeem Monstrous Character
The cinematography and set design steal the show in a film designed to make Steven Lang’s sex predator look better by surrounding him with even-worse villains
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‘Jungle Cruise’ Film Review: Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson Charmingly Go Nowhere
This adaptation of a Disney ride overloads the CGI, but it’s a breezy voyage
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‘Snake Eyes’ Film Review: Henry Golding’s Charm Gets Lost in Pointless Prequel
This “G.I. Joe Origins” tale goes from muddled to murky to flat-out goofy
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‘Escape Room 2’ Review: Exciting, Illogical Sequel Sets New Elaborate Traps
‘Tournament of Champions’ might not make a lick of sense, but it’s a meticulously constructed thrill machine
