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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‘Wuthering Heights’ Review: Emerald Fennell Turns a Classic Tale Into a Mindlessly Horny Monster
Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi star in this absurdly sensual, annoyingly reductive adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel
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‘Goat’ Review: Animated Basketball Flick Is Surprisingly Nuanced, Gorgeously Crafted
Tyree Dillihay’s family film about a goat who wants to be the GOAT in an inclusive sports league is a slam dunk
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‘Solo Mio’ Review: Kevin James Sparkles in Sweet, Old-Fashioned Rom-Com
A jilted Kevin James falls in love in Italy, and gosh darned it, the audience falls in love a little too
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‘Pillion’ Review: Alexander Skarsgård Gets the Role of a Lifetime in A24’s Beautiful, Kinky Romance
In Harry Lighton’s sexually explicit, insightful love story, Harry Melling meets the “Murderbot” star mark for mark
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‘Whistle’ Review: Dafne Keen-Led ‘Final Destination’ Knockoff Is Predictable but Gnarly
Director Corin Hardy’s film summons the spirit of death in a predictable but energetic, and very grody, supernatural chiller
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‘The Strangers — Chapter 3’ Review: The Best Film in the Reboot Trilogy Is Still Bad
Renny Harlin’s ill-advised, multi-film “The Strangers” series was torture, in all the wrong ways
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‘Relationship Goals’ Review: Amazon’s Glamorized Book Commercial Almost Looks Like a Real Rom-Com
Prime Video made a bad Valentine’s Day movie about why you should buy a relationship advice book, specifically from Amazon
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‘Melania’ Review: A Tedious, Criminally Shallow Propaganda Puff Piece
The “Rush Hour” director returns with a shameful cinematic suck-up masquerading as a real documentary
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‘Shelter’ Review: Jason Statham Is at His Action Star Best in Formulaic but Gripping Thriller
Jason Statham? He Jason Stathams, Jason Stathamly
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‘The AI Doc’ Review: Unproductive Both-Sides Documentary Is Too Little, Too Late
Sundance 2026: The Oscar-winning director of “Navalny” peers into the future of technology and humanity — and makes it about him
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‘Killer Whale’ Review: Aquatic Horror-Thriller Simply Serves Its Porpoise
Survival’s a beach in Jo-Anne Brechin’s familiar, but well orca-strated “when animals attack” B-movie
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‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ Review: Nia DaCosta’s Freaky Sequel Puts the Brains Back in Eating Brains
The “28 Days Later” franchise has evolved into a trippy, biblical battle between soulful science and heartless religion
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‘Primate’ Review: You’ll Go Apesh-t for This Killer Chimpanzee Movie
Johannes Roberts’ excellent, ultraviolent thriller with Oscar winner Troy Kotsur goes totally bananas
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‘Greenland 2: Migration’ Review: Good Post-Apocalyptic Thriller, Bad Movie About Greenland
Gerard Butler returns in an above-average sequel to the above-average 2020 sleeper about surviving a planet-wide disaster
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‘The Dutchman’ Review: Amiri Baraka’s Controversial Play Gets Lost in Film Nightmare
André Holland and Kate Mara star in an ambitious update of the award-winning classic — but the meta-horror twist is a misfire
