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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Every Oscar-Nominated Diane Warren Song, Ranked From Flamin’ Hot to Totally Fire
The songwriter behind “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” and “How Do I Live” has been nominated 17 times, but she’s never won (so far)
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Every Film That Held the Record for Most Oscar Nominations, Up to ‘Sinners’
Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster shattered a 75-year-old Academy Awards record, joining a small and (mostly) illustrious group
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‘Reminders of Him’ Review: The New Colleen Hoover Adaptation Makes Predictability Sexy
Don’t think of the contrived melodrama getting in Maika Monroe and Tyriq Withers’ way as padding — think of it as a tease
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‘Project Hail Mary’ Review: An Awe-Inspiring Sci-Fi Spectacle, Fueled by Ryan Gosling’s Star Power
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, directing their first film in 12 years, have returned with a crowd-pleasing wonder
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‘War Machine’ Review: Giant Alan Ritchson Fights Giant Robot in Fun-Size Sci-Fi Film
The latest Netflix original dares to ask the question: What if they remade “Predator” with a giant mecha, and no smarts?
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‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley Is a Scream in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Gothic Gangster Romance
Gyllenhaal’s glorious, invigorating “Zombie and Clyde” co-stars Christian Bale as one of the best Frankenstein Monsters
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‘Hoppers’ Review: Pixar’s Beaver-Centric Sci-Fi Comedy Is Dam Good
It took 17 years, but someone finally made a great “Avatar” movie — and it’s Daniel Chong’s “Hoppers”
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Every ‘Scream’ Movie Ranked, Including ‘Scream 7’
How does the latest sequel stack up against the rest of the classic horror-comedy series?
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‘The Dreadful’ Review: Marcia Gay Harden Steals Medieval Horror Fable From ‘Game of Thrones’ Stars
Sophie Turner and Kit Harington reunite in Natasha Kermani’s sinister, but uneven “Onibaba” riff
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‘Scream 7’ Review: Franchise Goes Back to Basics in Competent, Uninspired Sequel
Kevin Williamson’s follow-up is about how great Sidney Prescott is — and little else
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‘The Bluff’ Review: Priyanka Chopra Fights Pirates in Prime Video’s Mediocre Swashbuckler
Frank E. Flowers’ pirate movie will appeal to fans of the genre, but it’s hardly “The Mizzenmast and the Furious”
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All the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts Reviewed: Boozy Songs, Forbidden Love and Wacky Menstruation
Few Oscar categories boast more variety than these soulful musicals, touching dramas, wacky comedies, sci-fi dystopias and social thrillers
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All the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts Reviewed: 4 Heartbreakers, 3 Donkeys
This year’s nominees are powerful documentaries about war, abortion and school shootings — and also one about donkeys
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All the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts Reviewed: Cute Bears, Love Quadrangles and Nazi Atrocities
This year’s Academy Award nominees are all incredibly different — and no matter how the Oscars vote, they’re all winners
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‘Psycho Killer’ Review: This Aimless, Boring Slasher Owes the Talking Heads an Apology
Georgina Campbell can’t save this styleless serial killer road movie, written by Andrew Kevin Walker (“Se7en”)
