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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‘The Rivals of Amziah King’ Review: Matthew McConaughey’s Got Honey Troubles in This Genre-Defying Wonder
A beekeeper ties a community together in Andrew Patterson’s electrifying heist thriller-bluegrass musical-Christian-neo-western-noir
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‘The Wrong Girls’ Review: When Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat Invite You to Get Blazed, You Say ‘Yes’
A mystery drug gives stoner besties Stewart and Shawkat psychic powers — and also makes them frickin’ hilarious
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‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Review: Ingenious, Timely Looney Tunes Legal Comedy Gets the Last Laugh
Warner Bros. tried to shelve a hilarious, inspiring film about why we should never stop fighting corporate monopolies — gee, I wonder why?
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‘The End of Oak Street’ Review: Don’t Tell Mom the Velociraptors Are Widespread
Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor defend the suburbs from man-eating dinosaurs in this toothless monster flick
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‘Don’t Say Good Luck’ Review: Melanie Lynskey Deserves a Standing Ovation for Bittersweet Netflix Original
Sunny Sandler co-stars in a sincere, flawed drama about life, death and a high school production of “Waitress”
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‘Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie’ Review: Toy Commercial Has Iffy Messages, But Gets One Thing Right
The filmmakers put real care into disability representation while also conveying other, more questionable themes
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‘The Last House’ Review: What If You Couldn’t Leave Your House for a Long Time, How Weird Would That Be
Wagner Moura and Greta Lee’s star power gives a contrived Netflix Original supernatural thriller something to lean on
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‘Super Troopers 3’ Review: Broken Lizard’s Cop Comedy Threequel Sticks to the Middle of the Road
The wacky Vermont highway patrolmen are back, and this time they’ve got to — yaaaawn — stop a wedding
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The Best Part of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Was Off-Limits to Critics | Spoiler Review
Every time Marvel Studios begs critics to prioritize their precious spoilers, the art of film criticism suffers
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‘Ice Cream Man’ Review: Kids Slay the Darndest Things in Eli Roth’s Gory Horror Comedy
This “Children of the Cornetto” riff runs out of shock value almost immediately — and it has nothing else to sell
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Every Spider-Man Movie Villain, Ranked From Worst to Best
Peter Parker has one of the best rogues’ galleries in comic book history – but some of his bad guys are badder than others
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‘Tony’ Review: Almost-Great Anthony Bourdain Biopic Roasts the Celebrity Chef, but Good
“The Holdovers” star Dominic Sessa plays a jerk who learns he’s not the center of the universe in Matt Johnson’s appropriately judgmental origin story
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Review: Sensational Spidey Sequel Is as Good as It Gets
Tom Holland returns for a surprising and heartbreaking film about Peter Parker — and the superhero stuff is cool, too
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’72 Hours’ Review: Note to Self, Do Not Invite Kevin Hart to My Bachelor Party
The 47-year-old comic ruins a Gen-Z friend group’s weekend in a Netflix Original which should be funny — but the characters are more likable than the gags
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‘The Dink’ Review: Apple TV’s Pickleball Comedy Courts Disaster
There’s nothing to relish about this boring, unfunny flick, starring Jake Johnson as a jerk ex-tennis pro
