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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‘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
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All 6 ‘Terminator’ Movies, Ranked Worst to Best (Photos)
On the 30th anniversary of “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” TheWrap weighs how it stacks up to the other films in the saga
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All 5 ‘Purge’ Movies, Ranked Worst to Best (Photos)
How does “The Forever Purge” stack up against the franchise’s earlier anarchic allegories?
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‘The Forever Purge’ Film Review: Violent Franchise Once Again Taps Into the Unease of the Now
Despite a few missteps, this latest entry is a chilling and politically scathing allegory about Americans armed with both guns and racism
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‘Lansky’ Film Review: Harvey Keitel Has a Showdown with Mediocre Writing in Gangster Biopic
Tedious mobster biopic more often feels like a book report than an actual book
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‘Fatherhood’ Film Review: Kevin Hart Parenting Tale Avoids Artificiality
This tale of a manchild forced by widowhood and dad duty to grow up could have been gloomy or treacly, and thankfully it’s neither
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‘Spiral’ Film Review: Chris Rock’s ‘Saw’ Revival Already Feels Dated
Tackling topical issues is nothing new for this gory franchise, and this film’s perspective on “good” cops plays very 2019
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Martin Scorsese’s Crime Films Ranked, From ‘Boxcar Bertha’ to ‘The Irishman’ (Photos)
In honor of the 30th anniversary of “Goodfellas,” we take a look at the Oscar-winning director’s cornucopia of films about people who live a criminal lifestyle
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‘There’s Something in the Water’ Film Review: Ellen Page Examines Racism and Environmental Disaster
With her co-director Ian Daniel, Page uncovers a history of black and indigenous communities in Nova Scotia targeted by polluters
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‘Big Time Adolescence’ Film Review: Pete Davidson and Co-Star Shine in Rote Coming-of-Age Tale
Davidson is great as the bad influence to younger teen Griffin Gluck, but the movie never becomes funny or dramatic enough
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‘The Hunt’ Film Review: Satire-Thriller Takes Aim at Red and Blue America Alike
Betty Gilpin gives an awards-worthy performance as the one character, liberal or conservative, not blithely demonizing the other side
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‘Beneath Us’ Film Review: Undocumented Workers Battle Rich, Racist Bosses in Timely, Creepy Exploitation Horror
Lynn Collins all but steals the show in a seemingly Russ Meyer-inspired turn as a homicidal homeowner
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‘The Banker’ Film Review: Anthony Mackie Gives Energy to Blandly Competent Biopic
This tale of black entrepreneurs taking on 1960s racism avoids the narrative risks that would have given this tale more power
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‘The Invisible Man’ Film Review: Elisabeth Moss Delivers Bravura Performance in Taut, Tight Remake
Leigh Whannell rethinks the H.G. Wells classic and delivers the scares in a lean and mean horror triumph
