William Bibbiani is a professional film critic and member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) 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 Twitter (and various other social medias) at @WilliamBibbiani.
Experience:
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The 31 Best Halloween Movies of All Time (That Are Actually Set on Halloween)
The ultimate guide to movies that take place on Halloween
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‘Time Cut’ Review: Netflix’s ‘Back to the Future’-Style Slasher Is a Knockoff of a Knockoff
A teenager travels back to the early 2000s, where the fashion is more disturbing than the kills
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‘Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ Review: Feathers McGraw Returns in a Hysterical Sequel
The Netflix follow up to Aardman Animation’s “The Wrong Trousers” boasts great heroes, a great villain and just the right amount of whimsy
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‘Here’ Review: Robert Zemeckis’ One-Location Drama Is a Mawkish ‘Forrest Gump’ Reunion
Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite for, essentially, a high-tech museum diorama
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‘Don’t Move’ Review: It’s Survival of the Stiffest in Netflix’s High Concept Thriller
Finn Wittrock and Kelsey Asbille star in a petrifying Hitchcockian experiment that mostly works
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‘Canary Black’ Review: Hackneyed Kate Beckinsale Thriller Has the Canary Blahs
“Taken” director Pierre Morel returns with a tired, cookie-cutter kidnapping thriller
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‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Review: Tom Hardy Can’t Save Plot-Heavy Sequel
Sony’s third “Venom” movie largely abandons the weirdness that made the first two films enjoyable
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‘Conclave’ Review: A Fantastic Ralph Fiennes Leads a Pulpy, Hit-and-Miss Papal Mystery
John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini are also immaculate, but Edward Berger’s lofty ambitions falter
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‘That Christmas’ Review: Netflix and Richard Curtis Sure Have Made Some Content
The new animated holiday film from the writer of “Love Actually” is, actually, just OK
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‘Brothers’ Review: Peter Dinklage and Josh Brolin Elevate a Crime Comedy With an Identity Crisis
Glenn Close and Brendan Fraser co-star in a half inspired, half hackneyed buddy flick
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‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’ Review: André Holland Brings Passion to This Raw Family Drama
Titus Kaphar’s first feature is special and refined in its storytelling
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‘Smile 2’ Review: Horror Sequel Gleefully Finds New Ways to Terrify
Is the sequel to Parker Finn’s horror blockbuster as good as the original? Abso-smirking-lutely
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‘Lonely Planet’ Review: Let Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth Give You a Vacation From the Real World
Dern plays a writer getting her groove back in a sexy but generic Netflix vacation romance
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‘Caddo Lake’ Review: We Can’t Tell You Anything About ‘Caddo Lake’
Eliza Scanlen captivates in an intriguing, moving film where practically the whole plot is a spoiler
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‘Hellboy: The Crooked Man’ Review: The Cheapest — But Scariest — Hellboy Yet
What the latest reboot lacks in spectacle, it makes up for with creepy villains and freaky frights
