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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‘Thunderbolts*’ Review: Marvel’s B-Team Gets an A for Effort
Florence Pugh headlines a super team full of has-beens — and it’s the first MCU movie in years that doesn’t feel like a hack job
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‘On Swift Horses’ Review: Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi Are Sexy, Queer Gamblers in Gentle 1950s Drama
The 1950s were awful, but this movie isn’t
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The 25 Best Modern Action Movies
Bone-crunching fight films and stunt spectaculars, these epic tales of heroism still blow us away
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‘Until Dawn’ Review: Extremely Loose Video Game Adaptation Doesn’t Suck Too Much
David F. Sandberg’s time loop ‘cabin in the woods’ riff is a shallow, confusing, but somewhat entertaining popcorn-spiller
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‘Sneaks’ Review: Anthony Mackie and Martin Lawrence Are Shoes – Yes, Really
It sounds like a bargain bin Pixar knockoff, but there’s something else afoot in this odd animated feature
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The Best Vampire Movies of All Time
The creatures of the night have had a long and varied history on the silver screen
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‘The King of Kings’ Review: Oscar Isaac Stars in a Bland, Animated Bible Greatest Hits Album
Kenneth Branagh co-stars as Charles Dickens in a mediocre kids movie that turns Jesus Christ’s life into a marketplace
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‘Sinners’ Review: Even Vampires Get the Blues in Ryan Coogler’s Awe-Inspiring Horror Film
Michael B. Jordan stars opposite himself as 1930s gangsters who face the undead
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‘G20’ Review: President Viola Davis Beats Up Economy-Crashing Baddies in Ramshackle ‘Die Hard’ Riff
You either want to watch President Viola Davis beat up mediocre white dudes who just crashed the economy, or you don’t
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‘The Amateur’ Review: Revenge Is a Dish Best Served in Other Movies
Rami Malek plays a CIA desk jockey-turned-assassin in this generic, competent, familiar spy thriller
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‘Screamboat’ Review: Mickey Mouse of 1,000 Corpses
‘Terrifier’s’ David Howard Thornton plays a homicidal Mickey Mouse in this kitschy public domain slasher
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‘The Penguin Lessons’ Review: Antifascist Waterfowl Drama Is a Good Egg, Really
English teacher Steve Coogan adopts a penguin in the middle the 1976 Argentinean coup d’état — and yes, that is kinda weird
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The 13 Jason Statham-est Jason Statham Movies, Ranked
The best and/or most Jason Statham-y films starring one of the last great action icons
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All 23 of Disney’s Live-Action Remakes Ranked From Worst to Best
How does “Snow White” rank among the studio’s remakes of its animated hits?
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‘Ash’ Review: Aaron Paul’s Slick and Gory Sci-Fi Monster Movie
Eiza González co-stars in this riff on a premise that you’ve seen a million times
