William Bibbiani is a professional 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. He 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 medias).
Experience:
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‘The Parenting’ Review: Who Ordered a Horror Comedy, Hold the Horror, Hold the Comedy?
Brian Cox, Edie Falco, Dean Norris and Lisa Kudrow play “wacky” parents trapped in a haunted mansion in a minimal Max original
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‘Novocaine’ Review: Jack Quaid Takes a Lickin’ and Keeps on Tickin’
Quaid takes Looney Tunes-style punishment as a nice guy who can’t feel pain in a sidesplitting, ultraviolent and adorable action-comedy
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‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Review: John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush Are Jumpy Old Men
James Ashcroft’s unnerving horror film makes us wonder what’s scarier: the inescapable clutch of age, or Lithgow
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‘Queen of the Ring’ Review: Emily Bett Rickards Has Star Power in Starry-Eyed Wrestling Biopic
Josh Lucas, Francesca Eastwood and Deborah Ann Wohl co-star in an arch and inspiring film about athlete Mildred Burke
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‘Black Bag’ Review: Steven Soderbergh Peeks Under Covers in a Sensuously Icy Spy Thriller
Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett lead this first-rate ensemble, where insecurities endanger national security
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‘In the Lost Lands’ Review: Paul W.S. Anderson + George R.R. Martin = Meh
Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista hunt a post-apocalyptic werewolf, and somehow that’s boring
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The Only 8 Horror Movies Ever Nominated for Best Picture
Believe it or not: After nearly 100 years, only eight horror movies have ever made the cut
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‘My Dead Friend Zoe’ Review: Good Intentions Are Enough in This Sensitive PTSD Drama
Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales and Ed Harris are very good in a very padded Army veteran drama
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13 Horror Movies That Should Have Been Nominated for Best Picture
From “King Kong” to “Alien,” find out which scary movies were snubbed by the Academy
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Gene Hackman: Intense, Hilarious Actor Spent a Lifetime Proving ’em Wrong | Appreciation
The actor once voted “Least Likely to Succeed” became one of the most celebrated performers in Hollywood history
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‘Cleaner’ Review: Daisy Ridley Does Die Hard in a Film That Doesn’t Try Hard
Martin Campbell directs a slick but mediocre thriller about a window washer fighting terrorists
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‘The Monkey’ Review: In Osgood Perkins’ Vicious Horror-Comedy, Monkey Shocks You!
The “Longlegs” director adapts a classic Stephen King story into one sick, twisted and very funny joke
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What Happens When a James Bond Villain Controls James Bond? | Commentary
It’s not a pitch for the next 007 movie. It’s the reality now that Jeff Bezos’ Amazon MGM Studios has creative control of the franchise
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‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Has the Worst MCU Post-Credits Scene Ever
Marvel’s failure to generate buzz for the MCU’s future endangers the industry’s once-invulnerable franchise
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‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ Review: She’s Back! (And God, How We Missed Her)
Renée Zellweger returns for another heartwarming chapter in one of the best movie franchises (yeah, we said it)
