Robert Daniels
Associate Editor at RogerEbert • Contributor: The New York Times • Screen Daily • IndieWire • Member: CFCA & AAFCA •
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Black Film Writers
Since quite a few of the starter packs for film critics have been lacked melanin, here are some Black film journalists.
@nicolecarpenter.bsky.social
senior reporter at polygon text me on signal @ nicolecarpenter.87
@tappingthesource.bsky.social
Producer. Curator. Worker. Analog. Multivalent Musings about all of it. Never Nominal. Redhead.
@elongreen.bsky.social
Edgar Award-winning author, LAST CALL (2021) and THE MAN NOBODY KILLED (out now) http://www.elongreen.com
@theferocity.bsky.social
Poet and cultural critic. Also, I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Artist-in-residence at Harvard rn. BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World. saeedjones.substack.com
@outskirtsmag.bsky.social
Independent print magazine about cinema of the past and present. Edited by Diego Cepeda, Nathan Letoré, Raymond Shik, and Christopher Small. Design by Lia Sued Cabral.
@leighgiangreco.bsky.social
Buffalonian. Freelance journalist in Chicago. Words in The Washington Post, Block Club Chicago, The Guardian and Politico Magazine. Find my work at LeighGiangreco.com
@herberthistory.bsky.social
Dad | Kentuckian in Colorado | History Dragon| Creator of Historians At The Movies #HATM | Historians At The Movies Podcast| Reckoning with Jason Herbert| Cuban coffee connoisseur| I aim to misbehave https://linktr.ee/jasonherbert
@justsheavassar.bsky.social
ᏥᏣᎳᎩ 💥 i write jokes and make memes and post on the internet 💥 all views are my own
@filmsonwax.bsky.social
“Film score expert” - Variety. Lover of robots. 🏳️⚧️-friendly. They/them. Over 40. Reylo. Live in Wales 🏴
@thefridacinema.org
Orange County’s only nonprofit arthouse cinema and year-round film festival! 🎬🍿📽️ Movies, art, community & culture since 2014!
@thebenkaye.bsky.social
what he’s typed will be a window into his madness | writes about movies, theatre | bylines: Cine-File, Chicago Reader, The Spool, Newcity Stage, possibly you????? | chicago-based (they/he) - thebenkaye.com https://benkayewords.substack.com/ https://boxd.it
@nitehawkcinema.bsky.social
Films. Food. Drinks. Nitehawk combines first-run and repertory film programming with tableside food and beverage service. linktr.ee/nitehawkcinema
@hwoodminotaur.bsky.social
Movie Studio Marketing Exec. Podcaster. Obsessed with Radiohead, USC Football, T2, Ingmar Bergman, Albert Brooks, Star Trek TOS, Pepsi, Disneyland, The New Bev https://beckydanna.com/
@chicagocritics.bsky.social
The 12th Chicago Critics Film Festival will be held May 2-8, 2025 at the Music Box Theatre. Early bird pass on sale now. The only film fest curated by critics. 🎟️ https://musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-festivals/the-chicago-critics-film-festival
@pinkcowduffy.bsky.social
Cinephile. Jazz-Head. Dad. 1/2 of This Cinematic Life. Board Member of @thefridacinema.org. Now with the power to post! blog: https://cinemanerds.blogspot.com/ letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/cduffy/
@lcarterlong.bsky.social
Community. Culture. Creativity. #DISABLED #SayTheWord! Dir. of Engagement, ReelAbilities Int'l. Occasional cool stuff with Turner Classic Movies, Film Quarterly & PBS. Proud member: Americans for the Arts, Association of Independents in Radio, PEN America
@sherricola.bsky.social
art curator | fashion work: @harpersbazaarus @nymag.com @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy @interviewmag @marthaliving past TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS record label, past John Connelly Presents & Deitch Projects. words: @burnaway.org BFA Photo, ever thrifting. athens,ga
@lizziela.bsky.social
filmmaker, REGROUPING, BORN IN FLAMES, WORKING GIRLS, editor of WHOREPHOBIA: Strippers on Art, Work, and Life. borninflamesmovie.com workinggirlsmovie.com
@odienator.bsky.social
Author of BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS: A HISTORY OF BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA. Still the Boston Globe's chief film critic for now :) Former RogerEbert.com critic. Also former IT Diva (reformed). Black, bi, badass. View are my own! Refollow me!
@nschager.bsky.social
Entertainment Critic for The Daily Beast / Beast Obsessed Endlessly opinionated
@nberlat.bsky.social
he/him, bylines Public Notice, Chicago Reader, Observer, CNN.com. Poetry collection: Not Akhmatova (Ben Yehuda, 2024) Substack: www.everythingishorrible.net Poetry: https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/poetry-publications-noah-berlatsky
@itsafronomics.bsky.social
GOOD TROUBLE ☀️ #GodsPlan Pre-order #TheDoubleTax: tinyurl.com/doubletax-order Learn more: annagifty.com/thedoubletax Taylor Thee Publicist: tinyurl.com/doubletax-pr
@kimberlybryant.bsky.social
Founder and CEO Black Innovation Lab Founder Black Girls CODE http://blackinnovationlab.org 💗💚💗💚 Memphis raised~BayArea made Author~Ascending: Black Women and the Power Paradox (Penguin Random House) Fall'26
@mymackie.bsky.social
Was at the Herald Examiner for a decade, LA Times for 26 years! Now freelance specializing in Classic Hollywood. Love fur babies
@jamellebouie.net
The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests.
@taralconley.com
media and journalism prof | frank moretti once corrected my use of ‘in lieu of’ for ‘in light of’ in a term paper | making a film about my hometown | trekkie 🖖🏾 taralconley.org
@johnnyrico.bsky.social
I love the idea of shutting up but it’s just not for me / profesional movie theater ghost; prof on movies, movie theaters, gender, and labor. Director + programmer of @iucinema. Author THE CINEMA OF STEPHANIE ROTHMAN. www.aliciakozma.com | views my own
@starklyjd.bsky.social
Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Pop Culture fan that has been reading Marvel comics for 30 years (pejorative). Known for cooking things that bring an immersive experience to your favorite fandom.
@drewmcweeny.com
Caustically optimistic. Potty mouth. FILM NERD 2.0. Netflix's VOIR. MASTERS OF HORROR. '80s ALL OVER. FEAR ITSELF. I helped break the Internet. Sorry about that. Keto for life. Read my Substack newsletters! (he/him)
@mariagiesela.bsky.social
All things social and ish at Amazon Studios - she/her - views are my own - working on your fandom favorites - Black 🇲🇽
@kaitlynbooth.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief @BleedingCool. Film Critic. Writer. Replicant Translator. Cinephillic Virtue Signaler. She/Her. UFCA Member. 🍅 Approved
@samitsarkar.bsky.social
✍🏾 deputy managing editor, @polygon.com | ✊🏾 formerly & forever Vox Union | ✉️ samit [dot] sarkar @ polygon | ⁉️ proud Jeopardy! loser | reading, writing, playing, watching, sleeping | he/him
@da7e.bsky.social
Founder Fighting In The War Room Podcast Podcaster A STORM OF SPOILERS and Da7e and Neil's Pop Culture Adventure. Animation Producer Author- MCU: REIGN OF MARVEL STUDIOS (Out Now!) and POTTER (coming 2026) Abolish ICE.
@siffnews.bsky.social
Escape to the Reel World at the 51st Seattle International Film Festival ☁️ May 15-25 in venues across Seattle & May 26-June 1 on the SIFF Channel. More info: siff.net
@facesofjeff.bsky.social
Now I am become Jeff, destroyer of worlds. Freelance film writer. Booklet editor for @indicator.bsky.social
@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social
A division of UCLA Library. Dedicated to preserving moving image history. The second-largest archive of original film and television materials in the U.S. Free screenings at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum 📽 cinema.ucla.edu
@jslaterwilliams.bsky.social
UK-based critic and culture journalist. Bylines: BFI, Sight and Sound, Total Film, Little White Lies, IndieWire and others. Member of the London Critics' Circle.
@flickmythrob.bsky.social
Flickering Myth chief film critic, CFCA/CCA/OFCS member, Rotten Tomatoes-approved, lifelong gamer, miserable Chicago sports fan (White Sox and Bears), WWE/AEW fan He/Him ♿ https://www.flickeringmyth.com/author/robert-kojder/
@kmascara.bsky.social
Editor, NY Times Culture desk, NewsGuild steward, queer Nebraskan 🌈
@thr.com
The Hollywood Reporter is the premier destination & most widely trusted resource for entertainment news, reviews, videos & more