Becky Swannick's Starter Pack
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@beckyswannick.bsky.social
@thehighsign.bsky.social
Film critic at Slate; co-host of the Slate Culture Gabfest podcast; repped by the Cheney Agency; member NYFCC. Camera Man, my book on Buster Keaton, is out: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Camera-Man/Dana-Stevens/9781501134203
@markharris.bsky.social
Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Untitled gay cultural history (2026). Journalism: New York, NYTimes Style Mag, etc. A long time ago: EW, Grantland, younger.
@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
Author, filmmaker, book dealer. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. New York Magazine writer.
@jasondashbailey.com
I write about movies. https://www.jasondashbailey.com/ GANDOLFINI Book: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/gandolfini_9781419767692/ GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC podcast: pod.link/1274489817 Letterboxd @jasondashbailey
@ambersparks.bsky.social
Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; wrote AND I DO NOT FORGIVE YOU; HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE in October; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey linktr.ee/ambernoellesparks
@mangiotto.bsky.social
@natsocfilmcrix. @nytimes, @laweekly, @decider, @vulture, @criterion, @theplaylist, @wapo, @pchh, @netflix's VOIR, @ebertvoices, @flmfrkcentral. http://walterchaw.com
@selfstyledsiren.bsky.social
Film critic; NSFC, NYFCC. Bylines at Criterion, Sight & Sound, Noir City, my own Substack, and wherever fine film geeks are found. https://selfstyledsiren.substack.com/
@labuzamovies.com
Researcher, IATSE Local 600. Historian/Scholar of media industries law. Maker of delicious foods, baseball enjoyer (Twins Daily contributor) plabuza @ gmail. www.labuzamovies.com
@glennkenny.bsky.social
Critic and author and occasional cut-up. Just a soul whose intentions are good. Books include "The World is Yours: The Story of 'Scarface'" and "Made Men: The Story of 'Goodfellas'.”
@oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social
✍️ RogerEbert, Indiewire, Letterboxd, etc. | 📧 maryag7@gmail.com | CFCA | creator #Noirvember #AYearWithWomen | buy my book CINEMA HER WAY out now from Rizzoli | Free 🇵🇸| https://maryaegates.com/cinemaherway/
@tyburr.bsky.social
Writer/film critic at tyburrswatchlist.com, WaPo. Ex-Boston Globe, EW. Pulitzer Finalist, 2017. Books at https://tinyurl.com/ytpycuh3. “He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news” — Brecht. KanMu.74
@jlalibs.com
Film archivist, programmer, writer, collector etc Director of Operations at OCN Distribution, Curator of Cinématographe, Producer at Vinegar Syndrome Words at Screen Slate and Letterboxd, mostly https://letterboxd.com/jlalibs/
@joshshepperd.bsky.social
Associate Prof, University of Colorado; Director, Library of Congress RPTF; Editor, Resonance Journal; Faculty Advisor, KVCU Radio
@christinalefou.bsky.social
~old hollywood, crime films, boxing, italian cinema, glamour & beauty ~ Sky Arts talking head. Empire Mag contrib editor. Writing: i Newspaper, the Atlantic, Criterion, BBC, Rolling Stone. Forthcoming book SOFIA COPPOLA from Greenfinch/Quercus Nov 2025.
@rushkoff.com
I write and think about media, technology, and society. Survival of the Richest, Present Shock, Program or Be Programmed, and Team Human - which is also a podcast. https://rushkoff.com
@ptklein.com
Film historian and cultural critic. Radically optimistic. Writing about why we watch movies at www.howtoreadmovies.com. He/Him/His.
@mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
Grimdark media, theory of the present, and critical tech, including AI. Better times: letterpress printing and tabletop gaming. Distinguished University Prof., U. of Maryland; speaking only for myself here though. Default content: cats. Pests: blocked.
@drsepinwall.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. Lover of Music and Film. Jersey girl in California. 2023 Wang Award Winner. Books: Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Rev in Film & Video Games; Haitian History; Abbé Grégoire & the Fr Rev.
@tomilaffly.bsky.social
Film Writer/Critic | ✍🏼 Variety, RogerEbert.com, The Playlist, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, TIME, Vulture, W Mag, Filmmaker Mag etc. | NYFCC member | Dog lover… ♥️
@jeremydauber.bsky.social
Professor at Columbia; writer of books; poster of thoughts about movies, books, comics, music, other stuff. AMERICAN SCARY out now!
@momoshaty.bsky.social
Genre Lecturer, Writer, Journo & Prod, EIC of @nighttidemag.bsky.social: Diverse Horror Perspectives, Host of From Inside the House Pod, Member of Nyx Horror, 13 Minutes of Horror for SHUDDER NY-er in London https://nighttidemag.com/ http://momoshaty.com
@willmckinley.bsky.social
Old movie and TV weirdo. I wrote Sony's getTV blog for 6 years, created “Game Show Insider” for GameShowNetwork.com, was an arts reporter for the NYC weekly The Villager for 3 years, and have contributed to Slate, 4 books, and many blogs and podcasts.
@bobfreelander.bsky.social
Co-host of New Beverly’s Pure Cinema Podcast. https://open.spotify.com/show/4xbAl28Rnh9la3khRm09lv?si=hh0-clEcSXiDgea5mpDh5A Runs Just The Discs Podcast + YouTube channel Letterboxd adherent: https://letterboxd.com/rupertpupkin/
@kristenlopez88.bsky.social
Journalist for hire. EIC The Film Maven. Bylines @variety @backstage @indiewire Author of upcoming books POPCORN DISABILITY (2025) and WELCOME BOILS AND GHOULS (2026). ♿️ Repped by Falkin Literary. She/her Substack: thefilmmaven.substack.com
@lulamaybelle.bsky.social
🍅meter-approved film critic/ journo. Member: LA Film Critics Association, Critics Choice Association Writer: Variety, The AV Club, FreshFiction.tv. Never met a dachshund I haven’t liked.
@filmintuition.bsky.social
A 3x nat'l award-winning writer, film critic, essayist, & historian @ http://FilmIntuition.com, I host the podcast Watch With Jen™
@bcdreyer.social
America's Copy Editor® author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his • abstruse in the sense of recondite • 🏳️🌈 benjamindreyer.com
@cinementalist.bsky.social
Another film queer. Professor. Book on Mike Nichols. Ed. of The Oxford Handbook of Film Theory. Tons of essays. Boston.
@pamhutch.bsky.social
Critic, historian, curator | 🖋 Guardian S&S BBC Criterion Empire | 📕 The Red Shoes | 📕 Pandora’s Box | ✉️ Weekly Film Bulletin | 💻 silentlondon.co.uk | https://linktr.ee/PamHutch | she/her
@biscuitkitten.bsky.social
Writer for hire | Co-owner of CineJourneys (@cinejourneys.bsky.social) | Baseball fan | Letterman-type | “One vulgar broad” | Protect trans kids | she/her CineJourneys.com ajillblake.substack.com
@silentbeauties.bsky.social
Blogger. Silent films. Art heals. History is a tool to improve the future and our decision making in the present time. Trying to make a difference. Social media links: https://linktr.ee/silentbeauties
@jmittell.bsky.social
Media studies professor at Middlebury College; video essayist & author of videographic book on Breaking Bad; author of written books on TV, narrative theory, etc.; journal manager of @intransition.bsky.social . [he/him] https://linktr.ee/jmittell
@benspky.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Seattle University. Author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life available from UC Press here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520342347/the-celluloid-specimen
@kpierce624.bsky.social
Film Critic @geekgirlauthority.bsky.social. Co-Chair @denverfilmcritics.bsky.social. Member @oaffc.bsky.social. Storyteller and film fan. She/Her Host- Piercing Pop Culture (Everywhere You Get Podcasts!) Co-Host: Rocky Mountain Rewind
@gvaughnjoy.bsky.social
UCL PhD in Christmas Film History • MA in Comic Books • MPhil in Demonology • Wife of My Favourite Person
@michaelschulman.bsky.social
Staff writer at The New Yorker. Author of "Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep" and "Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears." www.michael-schulman.com
@elizabethalsop.bsky.social
CUNY prof, culture writer, LARB editor, tough cookie. Author of ELAINE MAY (University of Illinois Press, 2025): https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p088582
@rafiews.com
Big on cats and movies. Film writer and programmer often seen on Variety, Little White Lies, Letterboxd and more. Views mine, for better or for worse. 📧 For work: rafiews@gmail.com 👋 Also @rafiews everywhere else. www.rafiews.com
@hennefem.bsky.social
Film professor & Léontine enthusiast! Author of DEATH BY LAUGHTER: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema (Columbia UP, 2024) and co-curator of CINEMA'S FIRST NASTY WOMEN (Kino Lorber, 2022). https://cup.columbia.edu/book/death-by-laughter/9780231559812
@chrisbecker.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Film, Television, and Theatre and the Sport, Media, & Culture Minor at University of Notre Dame. Working on a local TV history project: https://sites.nd.edu/boc-project/
@solzyatthemovies.com
Transgender. Solzy at the Movies. Film/TV Critic. Dugout Dirt. Membership: Critics Choice, Galeca, AWFJ, OAFFC, OFCS, OFTA. Tomatometer, IBWAA. MPA accredited. http://www.solzyatthemovies.com https://dugoutdirt.com/ https://buttondown.email/DanielleSATM
@danhf.bsky.social
All-purpose movie guy and media studies scholar @ Utrecht University. Intransigent curmudgeon. Forthcoming: books on the political economy of the Fast & Furious franchise and a minute-by-minute analysis of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
@rosasparks.bsky.social
Shuri's mom. Publisher of Fabulize; a pop culture feminist mag for BIPOC nerds. Cannabis lover. Neurospicy creative. Emerging comic book writer and novelist. 🏳️🌈Ignatz Awards nominee subscribe: https://mailchi.mp/f0796697386b/fabulizemagsubscribeme
@tanyagoldman.bsky.social
cinema studies | media distribution + access | documentary | nontheatrical film | useful media | feminist media history | she/her https://www.tanyagoldmanphd.com
@classicshowbiz.bsky.social
I write books. You consider reading them. The History of Canadian Comedy will be published by Penguin Random House in 2026. oldshowbiz.tumblr.com
@llamasjr.bsky.social
global media professor at @asc.upenn.edu associate directing at @annenbergcargc.bsky.social author of Border Tunnels https://tinyurl.com/tnnls and Y Tu Mamá También https://tinyurl.com/ytmt01 español incluído.
@bsky.app
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@beckyswannick.bsky.social
It is me, but on my phone xx Filmmaker | Film Editor Based in Toronto, Canada. From Birmingham, UK 🚬