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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‘Blitz’ Review: Steve McQueen’s Epic World War II Drama Is a Masterpiece
Saoirse Ronan stars as a mother searching for her son in a film with old-fashioned grandeur and fiercely modern insight
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‘Piece by Piece’ Review: Lego-Animated Pharrell Doc Is Built Like a Brick Hit House
Morgan Neville’s musical biopic boasts classic songs, winsome imagery and chill vibes.
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All 48 Stephen King Movies, Ranked Worst to Best
Where does the “Salem’s Lot” remake place among the many big-screen adaptations of the horror master’s work?
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‘It’s What’s Inside’ Review: Netflix’s Ruthless Sci-Fi Thriller Body Swaps Until the Bodies Drop
Life’s a switch and then you die in Greg Jardin’s intelligent and diabolical feature debut
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‘The Wild Robot’ Review: A Practically Perfect Animated Sci-Fi Fable
Lupita Nyong’o and Pedro Pascal lend their voices to one of the best films in years
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‘Salem’s Lot’ Review: The Latest Stephen King Remake Raises the Bloody Bar
Gary Dauberman re-animates a classic vampire tale with shriek-inducing monster mayhem
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‘Never Let Go’ Review | Halle Berry Terrifies, but This Horror Movie Grasps at Straws
Alexandre Aja’s supernatural thriller doesn’t make much of a powerful premise, but it’s got one hell of a cast
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‘Speak No Evil’ Review: Creepy James McAvoy Creeps Us Out in a Creepy, Creepy Remake
Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy and Aisling Franciosi co-star in an intelligent and terrifying horror thriller
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‘Uglies’ Review: Dystopian Netflix Movie Is Boring, Baffling and Insulting
Joey King stars in a wretched YA sci-fi yarn with gross implications
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‘The 4:30 Movie’ Review: Kevin Smith Goes Back to the Movies (and Doesn’t Find Much)
Smith’s nostalgic ode to 1980s theater-hopping has more heart than humor — too much more
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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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‘Rez Ball’ Review: Netflix’s Navajo Reservation Basketball Drama Is Familiar, but a Winner
TIFF 2024: Sydney Freeland’s story of an underdog basketball team playing by their own rules will satisfy, inspire, and remind you of other sports movies
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‘The Thicket’ Review: Tubi or Not Tubi, This Is a Great, Gloomy Western
Peter Dinklage and Juliette Lewis headline an intriguing chase film from the eclectic streaming service
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‘His Three Daughters’ Review: Netflix Drama Is a Mesmerizing Character Study
Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen are sisters waiting for their father to die in Azazel Jacobs’ heartbreaking film
