Lauren Eggert-Crowe @laureneggertcrowe.bsky.social 
Leather Langenkamp @chicago7charlie.bsky.social Horror movies. Theme parks. Chicago sports fan (Sox) Let’s go to a nerdy convention. 🏳️🌈
Adam Lance Garcia @adamlancegarcia.bsky.social Vanity Fair Video Director
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Ben Cannon @bencannon.bsky.social Podcast obsessed writer covering the medium on @avclub.com. Montreal by way of Chicago.
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Danny Bowes @dannybowes.bsky.social Serious intellectual. Gentleman of substance.
Ariel Fisher @arielfisher.com Freelance writer for hire
Formerly news editor at /Film, editor of Shudder's The Bite, and managing editor at FANGORIA mag. Bylines Nerdist, Rue Morgue, CBC Comedy, et al
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Post-Left Watch @postleftwatch.bsky.social Highlighting and keeping receipts on post-left (right-wing politics with vaguely leftist aesthetics) pundits and podcasters.
Nate Patrin 🎧 @natepatrin.bsky.social StP, MN | '77 born | he/him | enthusiast
as in "patron of the arts"
"The music began again and was much improved." -Kurt Vonnegut
'Versions and Subversions: the Cover Songs That Changed Music' out soon
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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social TV Critic @ The New Republic //
DAD: A POP HISTORY (Plume 2027) //
teaching @ Wash U in STL //
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, sixers
John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social Writer about cinema in newspapers / Talker about cinema on radios / Board of Access Cinema / Film On Paper / Business Post / RTE/ Opinions mine, help yourself.
David Chen @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
Robert Rubsam @robrubsam.bsky.social Writing on books, movies, the arts: NYT Magazine, Baffler, Washington Post, Atlantic, Liberties, Commonweal, Mubi, Paris Review, Nation, etc. robjrub@gmail.com
John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com Magic Hours - Malick
Visible Darkness - Glazer
Variety/Sight&Sound/The New World
Cinema Italia&Writers On Film podcasts
Connery A Novel
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Kaitlin Ruiz @kaitlinruiz.bsky.social I have a zest for despair
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@ryanwernernyc12.bsky.social @ryanwernernyc12.bsky.social 
lindsey romain @lindseyromain.bsky.social chicago-based writer/critic; CFCA (bylines: bwdr, nerdist, vulture, thrillist, etc.)
Devindra Hardawar @devindra.bsky.social Immigrant. Tech/movie/podcast 🇬🇾 guy. Engadget Editor and podcast host. Filmcast co-host. ATL Film Critics Circle member. He/Him. devindra@devindra.org
@czyk22.bsky.social @czyk22.bsky.social 
Caroline Siede @carolinesiede.bsky.social Film & TV critic. Writing at The A.V. Club, The Daily Beast, and Girl Culture. CFCA member. Expert grocery shopper. She/her http://girlculture.substack.com
Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social Gothic novelist. Ghost-filled non-fiction. Actress. Goth. Narrator. Playwright. NYC Ghost Tour Guide. RAVENFIELD HALL (2/27, Hachette) A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN, AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC (USA Today Bestseller, Kensington), STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL (Tor)
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
eel, i @eliacugini.bsky.social writer & end-stage PhD student. i work on literary culture, sex, queer life, child liberation, and anti-trans persecution. contributing writer @ Vashti, work @ Baffler, Dazed, Defector, &c. he/him.
📍 manchester / belfast
Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social Film Critic. linktr.ee/SiddhantAdlakha
Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social freelance labor journalist & author. big on heavy metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴
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Emily Zemler @emilyzemler.bsky.social London contributor to Los Angeles Times. Freelance for Rolling Stone, CNT and Observer. Rotten Tomatoes-certified critic. Member of BAFTA and London Critics Circle. Book author.
Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social nerd, unionist, heist enthusiast
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Ximena Bustillo @ximenabustillo.bsky.social 🎧NPR Politics Reporter covering DHS & Immigration policy in the beltway + beyond. Still some rural y ag 🖊️
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social romance reader, concert goer, culture editor @chron.com
Rayna Helgens @raynahelgens.bsky.social Writer/Producer/Anim Person. 50% Mexican 100% Frasier baby. (she/they)
Awake In The Dark @awakeinthedark.bsky.social Weekly reviews by Brent Leuthold
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@ifja.bsky.social member
@midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social contributor
Grammar Rodeo @grammar-rodeo.bsky.social The vast cornfields of Canada
Craig D. Lindsey @unclecrizzle.bsky.social I write. A lot.
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Manohla Dargis @manohladargis.bsky.social Old hippie, tree hugger, childless cat lady, lover of animals and some humans, I write about movies for the New York Times. Member of the Times Guild, which is represented by the NewsGuild of New York. Trolls, haters and bigots blocked.
Alan Scherstuhl @alansch.bsky.social Editor/writer hanging in there, thinking abt books and jazz. PW, NYT, Sci-Am, elsewhere on occasion.
Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA). Founded in 1975.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social texas culture reporter for @chron.com
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Katey Rich @kateyrich.bsky.social The Ankler | Prestige Junkie and Fighting in the War Room podcasts | I agree, it’s great to be fine 
ilana kaplan @lanikaps.bsky.social USA Today Best-Selling Author & writer/music editor @ people magazine ✨former senior editor @ alternative press ✍️ @ rolling stone, new york times, gq, npr, vanity fair, etc. ✨ my book nora ephron at the movies is out now via abrams!
Richard Whittaker @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
anandi m @anandimish.bsky.social Biweekly blogs about urbanism through popculture, lived experiences, climate change: https://buttondown.com/StreetHaunting/archive/
Words in LA Review of Books, Atlantic, Frieze, Art Review, VQR, The Art Newspaper, Public Books
www.anandimishra.com
Pete Croatto @petecroatto.bsky.social Sports and media writer, mostly. Former Borders employee of the month. Articles in NYT, Andscape, GQ, Poynter, Philly Mag, AV Club, etc. Author of FROM HANG TIME TO PRIME TIME. He/him. Tips or inquiries: pscroatto@gmail.com.
Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social Retired. Formerly IGN’s Director of Reviews, EIC of GameSpy, and Reviews Editor at PC Gamer. Dad (so expect dad jokes). Careful: you might hear some opinions.
@tombreihan.bsky.social @tombreihan.bsky.social 
Violet Lucca @violetlucca.bsky.social Film critic. Author of DAVID CRONENBERG: CLINICAL TRIALS (Jan ‘25). My writing about film has appeared in the NYT, Art in America, Sight & Sound, Film Comment, Reverse Shot, and elsewhere. NYFCC member
https://linktr.ee/violetvlucca
Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social A "reasonable man" (get off my case) / Contributing writer @thenation / Editor @downtime / Also @reverseshot @filmmakermag @vulture / vikrammurthi1 at gmail
Jared Gilman @realjaredgilman.bsky.social Actor guy and stuff, SAG-AFTRA. Maybe u saw me in moonrise kingdom, paterson, it takes three, susie searches, elsa & fred, lol angry neighbors, other stuff. Hopefully you’ll see me in 5 Days At Zooblin’s Bar and Steakhouse, and some other short films.
Jessica Reedy @jessicareedy.bsky.social Showrunner, NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast
Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social cardiff-based musician, writer, and filmmaker. known member of sherbet flies, port huron, a lack of north, and crimson city. sometimes puts on shows.
𝕾𝕰𝕬𝕹 𝕸𝕮𝕲𝕰𝕬𝕯𝖄 @mactingz.bsky.social Freelance magazine editor. Sometime writer. Bylines: BBC Culture, Empire, Fangoria, Little White Lies, The Quietus, Time Out, etc.
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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social TV critic, writer, fan of little treats. Words at Slashfilm, Film School Rejects, IGN, The Playlist, Nonfics, Certified Forgotten, and the Hey, What Are You Watching? newsletter. Critics Choice + GALECA. Just moved to Scotland.
Devan Suber, The Blue Version™ @therealdsube.bsky.social checking this out. freelance writer of film and tv primarily. words in The AV Club, IGN, Polygon, etc. PlayStation and Nintendo Enthusiast, Extremely Homosexual, vaguely Indian | he/him | lifeoftheminds.com | https://boxd.it/8rt7
Zach Kelly @zachkelly.bsky.social Bylines seen at Pitchfork, Stereogum, SPIN, Billboard, etc. Ezra and Rowan’s dad. Publicist for Daughn Gibson, zchklly at gmail
Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social Advice blogger, soon-to-be-author. You may remember me as CAwkward on that other site, but I have reclaimed my full title and powers! Here to make new internets to push the bad internets down. 
Chris Arrison @murderwizard.bsky.social philly guy. horror buff. go birds. go jason voorhees
gothic whore @brujaespecial.bsky.social Poetry. Film. Los Doyers. Bruja. Riot Grrrl. Oakland ❤️✨ LA 🌴✨ NY 🗽✨🇲🇽 ✨IG:brujaespecial Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/28enD
Phasmophobia @playphasmo.bsky.social Official account for #Phasmophobia, developed by Kinetic Games.
Support: http://discord.gg/Phasmophobia
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William Hughes @plumberduck.bsky.social Staff writer for The A.V. Club, co-host of Everything To Guppy on the Duckfeed podcast network, creator of the idea "What if John Wick fought Dracula?"
Lisa Weidenfeld @lisaweidenfeld.bsky.social Assistant arts editor at the Boston Globe covering TV, theater, comedy, and movies. Bylines at Boston College Magazine, Boston Magazine, AV Club, Episodic Medium, and more. She/hers.
Jessica Scott @wewhowalkhere.bsky.social Film critic, horror scholar, cat enjoyer. Words at Fangoria, Arrow Video, Second Sight Films, Inverse, and more. GALECA and OAFFC member. She/her.
Portfolio: authory.com/jessicascott
Email: jls.jessica.scott@gmail.com
Annie Zaleski @anniezaleski.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author, “Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs.” Newest book: "Stevie Nicks in 50 Songs." Others on Duran Duran, Lady Gaga, Xmas songs, Cher. Trans + disability rights are human rights. apstudiozaleski@gmail.com; anniez.com.
Ben Kenigsberg @benkenigsberg.bsky.social Film critic and journalist intermittently on social media
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social 
josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social chicago-based writer. newsletter producer at wttw news (@wttw.bsky.social). i also run the music and culture blog no expectations. ex: vice, chicago tribune, etc. tips, email: joshhowardterry@gmail.com
https://www.noexpectations.fyi
Michael Phillips @mrmichaelphillips.bsky.social Past: Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, etc.
Present: Host and co-producer, “The Movie Racket,” part of the “Filmspotting” podcast commune; announcer, Classical WFMT Chicago, and weekly WFMT
“Soundtrack” contributor.
Daniel Joyaux @thirdmanmovies.bsky.social Pop Culture critic/journalist/historian
Writing: The Ringer, IndieWire, Vanity Fair, Roger Ebert, Cosmo, The Verge
Former: Sundance Copy Editor
OCPD 🫠
Letterboxd: Djoyaux
Also love and may post about: basketball, comics, dogs, democracy
Lillian Crawford @lillcrawf.co.uk Writer and curator • Stims Collective • PhD on Screen Two • Listen to Lillian • The Mind of the Doctor: Across the Neurodiverse Universe of Doctor Who • www.lillcrawf.co.uk • listentolillian.substack.com • lilliancrawford13s@gmail.com
Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social Visuals editor at The Bulwark. Founder of TheOmnicosm.com, home of the Snackology, Popculturology and The Cold Open newsletters. Rochester, N.Y., native. Was once featured on Late Night.
https://www.theomnicosm.com/#/portal/signup
Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social Cinéaste maudit. Educator. Dad of 2. Quinquagenarian. Man of Appetites. Film writer. UCLA '94, M.F.A. '99. 2nd gen native Angeleno. Pro-union. Anti-fascist. Clearly not the actor from NICKEL BOYS. He/Him.
Dan Rybicky @danrybicky.bsky.social a little bit country, a little bit rock-n-roll
J Hoberman @jhoberman.bsky.social Occasional film critic, Columbia adjunct, old VV staff writer
📚 Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds, The Red Atlantis: Communist Culture in the Absence of Communism, 3 books on Hollywood & the Cold War
🔜Everything is Now: NYC 60s Avantgarde
Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social writer for hire. bylines at Vulture, Slate, The Ringer, and Vanity Fair. movies and tv and games and books and
drop me a line: jriverawrites@proton.me
iana murray @iana.bsky.social writer • words in gq, the cut, i-D, nylon 
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social LWLies editor. david at tcolondon dot com
Victor Morton @vjmfilms.bsky.social Raised on Blackpool postcards and Benny Hill, religious nut, Film Nerddom's Jake LaMotta, Japan WW2 apologist, loyal adherent to the disco movement, Deplorable. I block headshrinkers.
Erik Childress @erikthemovieman.bsky.social Producer - Chicago Critics Film Festival, Chicago Film Critics Association, Movie Madness Podcast, The Friendship Dilemma Podcast, Business First AM, Rotten Tomatoes, The Nick D Podcast linktr.ee/erikchildress
Unwatchables with Marc & Seth @unwatchables.bsky.social A podcast examining the films that shock and disgust us.
unwatchablespod.com
Rob K @roberthenryk.bsky.social just an animal looking for a home
David Sims @davidlsims.bsky.social blank check // the atlantic // hits different let’s go mets
Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com The latest news and more from Rolling Stone magazine and http://RollingStone.com. Got a tip? Share it here: http://rol.st/tips
John Semley @johnsemley3000.bsky.social writer and researcher, covering books, films, and psychoactivity, in no particular order. a pocket full of spare change and anger unlimited.
Christian Craig @christch.bsky.social Writer, editor, wacky guy. Chicago. Words in rogerebert.com, bright wall/dark room, Animus mag.
newsletter: bloodjump.substack.com
LB 🟠🟢🔵 letterboxd.com/christch
Daniella @daniellamazzio.bsky.social Culture Writer/Critic. Consultant. Posts about movies, Chicago, gardening, pollinators, disability, & leftism. Ran that Lydia Tár account. Now have a Michael Shannon podcast. Opinions are my own. Viva Palestina. https://linktr.ee/daniellamazzio
فاروق @faroukk.bsky.social I'm Farouk and I'm a writer and I like sharing things I think matter.
Also gamedev @ pugonline.bsky.social
Jean Henegan @jeanhenegan.bsky.social TV Critic for Pop Culture Maniacs
Recovering Lawyer
Chicagoan
Gay Lady
Cslmn @rapsacnomlas.bsky.social Writer, beauty queen, haver of takes. "A tiny man" - John Cleese
Taylor Moore @taylormoore.bsky.social Freelance journalist in Chicago with work in The Guardian, Chicago Reader, Block Club Chicago, The New Republic, WBEZ, etc. Ex-IWMF. Bloomin' onion apologist. taylorgmoore.com
Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social The 13th Chicago Critics Film Festival will be held May 1-7, 2026 at the Music Box Theatre. Early bird passes on sale now. The only film fest curated by critics.
🎟️ https://musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-festivals/the-chicago-critics-film-festival
Eric D. Snider @ericdsnider.bsky.social Writer, emeritus film critic (1999-2020), gay, LDS. BLM. ACAB. 8647. Antifa. Free Palestine. No ICE. 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.
Emperor Norton @ashleynaftule.bsky.social Playwright. Associate Artistic Director at Space55 in downtown Phoenix. Freelance journalist.
Check out my radio play "Radio Free Europa":
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Nick Lutsko @nicklutsko.bsky.social Just a guy
Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com A reader-supported online film journal, offering a different lens on movies since 2013.
issues/essays: brightwalldarkroom.com
podcast: @bwdrpod.bsky.social
all the things: https://linktr.ee/brightwalldarkroom
Ilya Lozovsky @ichbinilya.bsky.social Writer and senior editor at OCCRP. Investigative journalism, democracy, corruption, US politics, Europe and Eurasia. More fun than this profile IRL. Currently in Amsterdam!
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Brianna Ashby @briannaduggan.bsky.social Analog illustrator, vintage collector, dark horse. Wife guy.
http://www.brianna-ashby.com/
https://ko-fi.com/briannaashby
Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social Editorial director, @lostincult. Former Edge deputy editor. Author of Heartbeats, Dreams and Laser Eyes: 15 Years of Simogo; Outer Wilds: Design Works; IMMORTALITY: Design Works. Critic (games/film). chris@lostincult.co.uk / letterboxd.com/downaboutit
Bumble Ward @bumbleward.bsky.social Flick Flack. Writer. Would like to teach the world to sing.
The Week @theweek.com Keep an open mind on the issues that matter. In print weekly, online daily.
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Barbara VanDenburgh @babsvan.bsky.social Poor, obscure, plain, and little. Writer, critic, book club host extraordinaire. Former books editor at USA TODAY. Let’s talk movies https://boxd.it/lA7b