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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‘Studio 666’ Film Review: Foo Fighters Horror Flick Is a Goofy, Gory Home Movie
This good-spirited vanity project runs out of steam after an hour, but at it’s best, it’s like William Castle’s “A Hard Day’s Night” (sponsored by Doritos)
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‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Film Review: Latest Sequel Delivers the Gory Goods
This follow-up to the 1972 original isn’t in any way deep, but it’s got all the splatter any slasher fan could want
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Ivan Reitman Appreciation: Beyond ‘Ghostbusters,’ He Found the Comedy in Practically Every Genre
From horror movies to political satires, Reitman’s work was always grounded in humor and humanity
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‘KIMI’ Film Review: Zoë Kravitz Uncovers a Secret in Steven Soderbergh’s Brisk, Familiar Thriller
Both the COVID pandemic and our lack of digital privacy make a compelling backdrop for some Hitchcockian plotting
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‘Moonfall’ Film Review: Roland Emmerich’s Silly Space Saga Is a Four-Star One-Star Movie
Sure, it doesn’t make a lick of sense, but it’s a triumph of maximalist grandeur from the Master of Disaster
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‘Scream’ Film Review: Slasher Series Returns With Laughs, Terror, and Meta-Commentary Intact
This franchise-restarting “requel” follows in the footsteps of “Halloween” and even “Star Wars” when it comes to making everything old new again
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The Wachowskis’ Films Ranked Worst to Best (Photos)
Where does “The Matrix: Revolutions” stand among the films the siblings made together or solo?
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‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Film Review: Keanu Reeves Returns in an Action Saga That Questions Its Own Existence
Lana Wachowski all but makes a “Matrix” sequel about how a “Matrix” sequel is a questionable idea, but at least Neo and Trinity get to have some actual conversations
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‘Torn’ Film Review: Filmmaker Explores His Mountain-Climbing Father, Who Preferred Adventure to Family Life
Documentarian Max Lowe tells the story of his dad Alex, both as a legendary mountaineer and as an absence that affected the man’s three sons
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‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’ Film Review: Rebooted Video-Game Adaptation Contains No Logic, No Raccoons
Franchise overhaul mixes the storylines of the first two games, and they turn out to be two great tastes that taste surprisingly bad together
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Amazon’s ‘The Wheel of Time’ Review: A Fantasy Epic That’s Just Spinning Its Wheels
Rosamund Pike is the lone standout in an adaptation of Robert Jordan’s novel series mired in subpar effects, poor characterization and way too many subplots
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‘The Feast’ Film Review: Welsh Tale Serves Up Skimpy, Unsatisfying Horror
The scares are backloaded, so that by the time they happen, the audience has utterly lost interest
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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
