Film Critic Starter Pack
To replace the not-dead-yet-but-should-be Film Twitter/X, a list of haimish working film and media critics on Bluesky
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@tyburr.bsky.social
@jamiedunnesq.bsky.social
The world's least buff film buff • film critic • arts journo • Film editor at The Skinny • co-host of The CineSkinny podcast • trying to be more upbeat
@mediawitch.bsky.social
film & TV critic, freelance writer, witchcraft scholar, aspiring screenwriter, nature worshipper, gardener, baker, animal lover, COVID activist, liberal, feminist, rabble rouser blog: The Witching Hour, https://themediawitch.substack.com/
@ethanwarren.bsky.social
Books: The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson: American Apocrypha (2023). When I Paint My Masterpiece: The Cinematic Bob Dylan (forthcoming). Words at BWDR, LitHub, LARB, and elsewhere. Repped by John Rudolph at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. ewarren17@gmail.com
@pomp.bsky.social
Nuclear physicist. Fission is the mission. #NAFO #Fella #StandWithUkraine Other interests: astronomy, philosophy and history of science. Genealogy. Learning Finnish.
@szacharek.bsky.social
Film critic at TIME. I never travel far without a little Big Star. https://time.com/author/stephanie-zacharek/
@812filmreviews.com
Associate Editor at RogerEbert • Contributor: The New York Times • Screen Daily • IndieWire • Member: CFCA & AAFCA •
@oneaprilday.bsky.social
She/her. Programming Director at http://pickfordfilmcenter.org Posts my own. Formerly Film and English faculty at Whatcom Community College. Also on Letterboxd as oneaprilday. And on IG as mdtamminga
@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
@tomjbeasley.bsky.social
Stationary words about moving pictures. Freelance film critic/journo. London Critics member. Editor @ https://www.voicemag.uk/. Host of a Waterloo Road podcast. 'Beta nerd' apparently. (he/him) Portfolio: http://tomjbeasley.wordpress.com/
@calbody.bsky.social
🏴film critic, usually spotted at Film Festivals | ✍️for TakeONE, LWL, Pop Heist, Indy Voices, Awards Watch, The Skinny, FilmStories +more| 🏳️🌈Bi | 🍅-approved | Standing for 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 | He/Him | GALECA member
@helenlohara.bsky.social
Film journalist, author, podcaster, broadcaster, etc. Empire's Editor-at-Large. If you would like to give me work, have a look at helenohara.com
@kimbermyers.bsky.social
Film critic with bylines in Mashable, Crooked Marquee, the L.A. Times, The Playlist, and Bustle.
@robdicristino.bsky.social
Dancing for the restless and the broken-hearted. @FThisMovie.bsky.social | @Fox29Philly.bsky.social | @CriticsChoice.bsky.social | @PhilaFCC.bsky.social | @OFCS.bsky.social | https://boxd.it/X17h
@elmntsofmadness.bsky.social
EoM Founder | Past bylines CLTure & Mountain Xpress | Member NCFCA-SEFCA-Critics Choice | 🍅-approved He/him https://elementsofmadness.com/
@insertmontage.com
Channel 4 staffer by day, film writer by night (sometimes during the day too). This is now my primary space for reviews, opinions & ramblings on anything & everything film & tv related. InsertMontage.com | Stage-Screen.co.uk | Film Critics Association UK
@ericdsnider.bsky.social
Writer, emeritus film critic (1999-2020), gay, LDS. BLM. ACAB. Free Palestine. He/him. SoCal native, then Provo, then Portland, now Provo again. All tweets are about you specifically and should be taken personally. Fix your hearts or die.
@chrisvfeil.bsky.social
All this talk about food, I’m getting hungry, girls. Writer (Vanity Fair, The Daily Beast, Vulture, elsewhere). This Had Oscar Buzz cohost. Etc. He/him.
@sportclimbbarbie.bsky.social
she/her | host @hhynspod.bsky.social | https://boxd.it/noAJ I don't want to be here anymore than you do.
@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
@tracesauveur.bsky.social
Movie man. Alleged “writer” seen in Paste Magazine, Awards Watch, A.V. Club, Austin Chronicle, others. Atlanta Film Critics Circle. Let me write for you. tracesauveur@gmail.com
@signalbleed.bsky.social
Freelance writer and film/TV critic at KTNV, Tom's Guide, Crooked Marquee, The Inlander, Inverse, Highway Radio, Awesome Movie Year, and more. For hire: signalbleed@gmail.com
@rosaliekicks.com
Dabbler extraordinaire and Bela Lugosi enthusiast. EIC & Old Sport @moviejawn.com Batzina Belfry/Draculelvis @cinematiccrypt.bsky.social she/her https://linktr.ee/rosaliekicks
@moviejawn.com
Everyone’s favorite PRINT movie zine, movie review website and movie makers. https://linktr.ee/moviejawn
@silberwhatever.bsky.social
just an animal looking for a home Managing Editor, Website at MovieJawn. Host, Dream With Mind and Heart: Every Disney Movie Ever and Pay Attention, 007 podcasts Links: linktr.ee/silberwhatever (he/him)
@misterandy143.bsky.social
@larsenonfilm.bsky.social
Talker at Filmspotting. Writer at LarsenOnFilm. Author of Movies Are Prayers and Fear Not! A Christian Appreciation of Horror Movies.
@jacoboller.bsky.social
Film Editor at The A.V. Club Video Game Movie Expert Southerner in Chicago
@hannahstrong.co.uk
digital editor @ Little White Lies magazine, future corpse. extremely online and incredibly anxious. wrote SOFIA COPPOLA: FOREVER YOUNG, COLORS OF WES ANDERSON oct 2025. YORGOS LANTHIMOS: THE MODERN PROMETHEUS due 2026. 🤠 https://linktr.ee/hannahstrong
@micahrickard.bsky.social
Movie reviews at micahrickard.com | published at Bright Wall/Dark Room, Think Christian, Christ and Pop Culture, and Ekstasis. Freelance writer and film critic by night. Aerospace engineer by day. (Home) bartender by weekend. Avid reader by freetime.
@michejaw.bsky.social
reporter/editor/critic for hire | words: go mag, daily beast, reactor mag, daily dot | member OAFFC | she/her I just think that movie sweaters are really neat: https://knitflicks.beehiiv.com
@normwilner.bsky.social
Consultant! Writer! Host! SEMcast, Secret Movie Club, SHINY THINGS. I can probably help you with your movie. He/him. https://linktr.ee/normwilner
@thatwitchmia.bsky.social
Your cranky bi aunt. Streaming Witch @ign.com Organizer w/ @IGNunion.bsky.social Streaming Wars drops every week Critics Choice | TCA
@drewdietsch.bsky.social
Creator/host of GenreVision 📽️🎙️, Fin Flicks 🦈🎙️| Contributor at Bloody Disgusting 💀| Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic 🍅 He/Him/They 🏳️🌈 https://linktr.ee/drewdietsch
@awalrusdarkly.bsky.social
One time I sat in the Munster Koach. 2025 Killer Shorts Prose Finalist. Host of @scaresshapedus.bsky.social. Resident Horror Books Guy at @pastemagazine.bsky.social. Bylines at AV Club/Vulture/SYFY WIRE/Looper/More. Austin Film Critics member. 🍅-approved.
@juliansingleton.bsky.social
CODA. Bi/Polyam. #HorrorSky. Writer for @cinapse.bsky.social / @atxfilmcritics.bsky.social / GALECA. NOROI commentary for Arrow. Film/TV developer. ❤️ Equitable Film Access. Doing well so far. Professional inquiries: juliansingletonfilm@gmail.com
@brndnstrssng.bsky.social
bylines at Vulture, The Ringer, GQ, Fangoria, Paste, The Film Stage, AwardsWatch, Men’s Health, Polygon, Inverse, The Playlist. Booklet essays: Vinegar Syndrome, Radiance, Arrow buymeacoffee.com/brandonstreussnig
@monagle.bsky.social
Freelance film and tabletop critic. Co-founder of Certified Forgotten (www.certifiedforgotten.com), a writer-owned horror publication. Find my work at IGN, Polygon (💀), Inverse, Dicebreaker (💀), and more.
@tomdavidson92.bsky.social
north east exile in London i like to write and talk about films read some of my stuff here: https://medium.com/@tomdavidson92
@davideo.bsky.social
movies / climbing / austin fc / apple co-founder cinapse.co letterboxd.com/daviddelgadoh/
@mangiotto.bsky.social
@natsocfilmcrix. @nytimes, @laweekly, @decider, @vulture, @criterion, @theplaylist, @wapo, @pchh, @netflix's VOIR, @ebertvoices, @flmfrkcentral. http://walterchaw.com
@aisleseat.bsky.social
Film Critic for The Aisle Seat and the radio stations of Sunbury Broadcasting Corp. Member of the Critics Choice Association and Online Film Critics Society. Contributor to Ranker. Chevy Chase fanatic.
@petevolk.bsky.social
i like cool things and talking to the people who make them. ex-Polygon and SB Nation. I cover action movies, Taskmaster, Dropout, and other things I like. contact: petevolk91 @ gmail dot com. https://letterboxd.com/Pete_Volk/ he/they
@alysewax.bsky.social
Author: “Curious Goods: BTS of Friday the 13th The Series.” “The World of IT.” “Creepy Bitches.” Journalist: Fangoria. Screenopolis. ComingSoon. Collider. SYFY Wire. FEARnet (rip). More. Horror nerd. TV addict. X-Phile. Anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQ. She/her
@areelofonesown.bsky.social
She/her. Critic, editor, programmer. Founder, Film Girl Film. Contributor/film and tv obsessor for The Mary Sue, Chicago Reader, The Spool, Inverse, Wealth of Geeks.
@maxcovill.com
Freelance | Paste Magazine / Polygon / Roger Ebert | Rotten🍅Approved | itsthepictures.substack.com/subscribe | He / Him BOFCA Member and Social Media
@jenniekermode.bsky.social
Author - http://amzn.to/2kqeKwz - journalist, filmmaker and human rights campaigner. Strategic advisor at Trans Media Watch, commissioning editor at Eye For Film and DEI lead at the Bylines Network. #NUJ #OFCS #CherryPicks #binders #writer #author
@eyeforfilm.bsky.social
Film website. From blockbusters to brand new short films & festivals to world cinema. Find us on Twitter @EyeForFilm - on Mastodon at https://bbq.snoot.com/@EyeForFilm - or like us on Facebook https://facebook.com/Eye4Film/ Visit http://www.eyeforfilm.com
@williambibbiani.bsky.social
Film critic for The Wrap. Co-host of The Critically Acclaimed Network. LAFCA. CCA. GALECA. Ace. He/Him. 🎃
@transcendentalcinema.com
Member - SEFCA, NCFCA, GALECA, OFCS | 🍅-approved | Bylines @ trans|cendental cinema, In Review Online | she/they 🏳️⚧️ | www.transcendentalcinema.com
@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
@oneblakeminute.bsky.social
“Insane” - Michael Mann • I produce obsessive movie podcasts, I don’t know how to do anything else • #OneHeatMinute • http://patreon.com/OneHeatMinute
@bwdr.bsky.social
A different lens on film: no hot takes, lots of long reads. An independent, reader-supported online film journal. Read: brightwalldarkroom.com Support: brightwalldarkroom.com/subscriptions Linktree: https://linktr.ee/brightwalldarkroom
@decentfilms.bsky.social
Film critic, Catholic deacon, theology teacher, father of 7. Not in that order. NYFCC member. Please follow/subscribe at greydanus.substack.com! Also at decentfilms.com
@briantallerico.bsky.social
CFCA President - Editor http://RogerEbert.com - Bylines at Vulture, AV Club, NYT, GQ, Arrow, The Playlist, Rolling Stone, LA Times, elsewhere - Producer CCFF - Father of 3 Boys - Not Vince Gilligan
@outlawvern.bsky.social
A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a critic who does not exist. Movie reviews: outlawvern.com. Books I wrote: http://amzn.to/2om4NPP. Patreon: patreon.com/outlawvern
@antbit.projectedfigures.com
Feckless freelance film critic and neurotic apanthrope. The #Horror, the #Horror Programmer for the London Korean Film Festival. London Film Critics' Circle, Online Film Critics Society. ProjectedFigures.com
@kathughes.bsky.social
Freelance film journalist specialising in horror. RT-Approved Critic & member of the OFCS, OAFFC and GALECA. Host of podcasts Movies with Mummy, All of Us are Lost and Savage Garden. Bylines: THN, Second Sight, Arrow, Film Stories, & Dread Central.
@alexwest.bsky.social
Genre film critic and author. Co-host of the Faculty of Horror podcast. She/her.
@ninjaworrier.bsky.social
Working at a high fret level. Film words at @eyeforfilm.bsky.social and other places...
@horrornonna.com
Your horror nonna ▾ professor/critic/programmer/author of 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR, CINEMA COVEN, GIALLO CANVAS, RAPE-REVENGE FILMS, FOUND FOOTAGE HORROR FILMS, MASKS IN HORROR, MS 45, SUSPIRIA etc▾ Naarm/Australia ▾ she/her https://linktr.ee/suspirialex
@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
@simonsaybrams.bsky.social
Film Critic at Roger Ebert dot com, New York Times, New Yorker, Hollywood Reporter, Village Voice, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, and so on. Author of THE NORTHMAN: A CALL TO THE GODS (Insight Editions). Alt weekly kid. Let the monkey drive.
@jthomas411mania.bsky.social
411mania head editor and critic. Film, horror, & comics enthusiast, geek. BiHexual Sombra main. He/Him. Member of Final Show Films. Co-host of @finalghoulspod.bsky.social Contact: jthomas@411mania.com Links: https://linktr.ee/jthomas411mania
@cairdiul.bsky.social
Former terror of the high seas, now a cannibal king. 🇮🇪🇺🇲🏳️🌈 author (You Ruin It When You Talk) in London, very publishable pleasant lady Sarahsnewideas.com
@abbyolcese.bsky.social
Film critic/writer at The Pitch, Paste, Sojourners, rogerebert.com, others. Author of FILMS FOR ALL SEASONS, out NOW from InterVarsity Press!
@priscillapage.bsky.social
I write about cars, movies, & cars in movies. words for Hagerty, Arrow Video, Empire Magazine, Polygon, Autoweek, Southwest Review, Bright Wall/Dark Room, etc. https://linktr.ee/scillapage
@allenalmachar.bsky.social
Filipino | Writer | The MacGuffin | Seattle Film Critics Society | Online Film Critics Society | Rotten Tomatoes | Letterboxd: AllenA23 https://macguff.in/author/allen-almachar/
@calvinkemph.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of The Twin Geeks, Seattle Film Critics Society member. thetwingeeks.com
@shouldiseeit.bsky.social
founder/board member of Seattle Film Critics Society | movie reviewer | music collector | pop culture junkie | believes it costs nothing to be kind | he/him
@bofca.bsky.social
The Boston Online Film Critics Association was established in May of 2012 to foster a community of web-based film critics. http://bofca.com
@gentledoofus.bsky.social
“Some people say that the silent era was the golden era of film. These people are difficult and insane.” https://letterboxd.com/gentledoofus/
@lizshannonmiller.com
Sr. Entertainment Editor at Consequence, writer of other stuff. I like space battles, videos of cats, old-school funk, and the Oxford comma. Still wearing a mask at the movies. She/her.
@mattsinger.bsky.social
Editor of ScreenCrush.com and Author of ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man: From Amazing to Spectacular’ and ‘Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever.’ Next: A book on 21st century Hollywood comedies.
@johnrogers.bsky.social
TV, comics and film writer. LEVERAGE, JACKIE CHAN ADVENTURES, BLUE BEETLE, MARRY ME, a couple other things. Free newsletter of reviews, recommendations, and general oddities at https://buttondown.email/kungfumonkey
@tasharobinson.bsky.social
Polygon Entertainment Editor. Former editor at Verge, The Dissolve, The A.V. Club. Next Picture Show podcaster. My wheelhouse is full of weird stuff. She/her. Letterboxd.com/tasharobinson Goodreads.com/user/show/10244904-tasha-robinson Nextpictureshow.net
@gemko.bsky.social
I may live badly, but at least I don’t have to work to do it. https://www.patreon.com/gemko
@moviefreaksara.bsky.social
@seattlecritics.bsky.social, GALECA | http://sgn.org & http://Moviefreak.com | Tomatometer-Approved Top Critic | sara@moviefreak.com | She/Her | 🏳️⚧️
@theendofcinema.bsky.social
I live in Tacoma and I write about movies. thechinesecinema.com
@eclectichutch.bsky.social
Freelance journalist/critic Words: BWDR • The Seattle Times • The Inlander • TheWrap • IGN • IndieWire • The Playlist authory.com/ChaseHutchinson For hire: chase.hutchinson.writer@gmail.com VP of Seattle Film Critics Society SPJWash Winner for Criticism
@kcfennessy.bsky.social
Music and film writer. Seattle Film Critics Society president and Northwest Film Forum board member. Unions: SAG-AFTRA and IBEW Local 46. Past/present contributor: KCMU/KEXP, KUOW, Rock & Roll Globe, Seattle Film Blog, The Stranger, and Video Librarian.
@davechen.bsky.social
I’ve been reviewing movies and TV on the internet for 15 years. I host podcasts like Decoding TV and The Filmcast. Check out my newsletter: www.Decodingeverything.com
@jonpartridge.bsky.social
Brit in Texas 🇬🇧. LFC. Microbiologist. Craft beer appreciator. Chief Cinapse Film Critic. Member of @OFCS, President of @ATXFilmCritics. SXSW Screener, 2020-present.
@donatobomb.bsky.social
SlashFilm | Bloody Disgusting | FANGORIA | IGN | AV Club | Many more outlets | Co-Host: @certifiedforgot.bsky.social | Critics Choice Member | 🍅 Approved https://linktr.ee/MattDonato
@rmwhittaker.bsky.social
Award-winning reporter and film critic. Veep, Austin Film Critics Association. Bylines at Austin Chronicle. The Times, Birth.Movies.Death. Heard on One of Us, Overhated, Certified Forgotten. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/richard-whittaker/movies
@willowcatelyn.bsky.social
Film Critic (MUBI, Polygon, Reverse Shot etc). GALECA. Co-Author of CORPSES, FOOLS AND MONSTERS: THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF TRANSNESS IN CINEMA (out now!)
@joannalangfield.bsky.social
Is it more fun here? I talk and write about film, TV and other cultural (hopefully) good stuff. And I can’t stop watching the news. Come say hi.
@scottrenshaw.bsky.social
A&E Editor/Film Critic for cityweekly.net Disneylander Rated TV-14 for adult themes and language https://letterboxd.com/ScottRenshaw/
@cadenmgardner.bsky.social
FTM freelance film critic Co-writer of Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema out now! The Dog Dad Jeanne Dielman
@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.
@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