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
Brendan Hodges @brendanhodges.bsky.social Writer: @LAReviewofBooks @BWDR @Ebertvoices @inversedotcom @InReviewOnline @Polygon @Vaguevisages, @NextBestPicture, I'm prone to ramble about aspect ratios at parties.
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Sam Bodrojan @helmetgirl.bsky.social words in Filmmaker Mag, LARB, Reverse Shot, Peach Mag, Little White Lies, etc.
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Julia Minamata @juliaminamata.bsky.social Toronto-based solo-ish game dev of The Crimson Diamond: store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/
Also Strange Scaffold artist www.juliaminamata.com / Latest game: Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator (pixel art)
Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social Comedy doer, improv coach, basketball enjoyer, film watcher, dog owner, mayor of fujo city. Sometimes writer.
Jay Lender @jaylender.bsky.social Storyboarder/Writer/Director of SpongeBob SquarePants, Hey Arnold, Phineas and Ferb, the graphic novel Duster, and the live action movie They're Watching.
www.jaylender.com
www.jaylenderart.com
Radiance Films @filmsradiance.bsky.social Independent distribution company releasing classic films on Blu-ray in US/CA/UK/IE | https://www.radiancefilms.co.uk/
Deaf Crocodile @deafcrocodile.bsky.social Deaf Crocodile is a boutique Distribution + Restoration + Post-Production company focused on new, independent, lost/unseen and world cinema.
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.
Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com Co-founder of @aftermath.site. 📍Canberra, Australia. DMs open. Email: lukeATaftermathDOTsite
www.aftermath.site
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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
Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social Gaming. Cofounder/blogging at @Aftermath.site.
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Video at Highlight Reel.
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Occasional DIY LaserDisc Archivist
Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social Co-founder and reporter @aftermath.site. Beats: labor, livestreaming. My book about Twitch, Stream Big, is available now. Formerly: The Washington Post. Send tips to nathan@aftermath.site or nathangrayson.666 on Signal
Brogan Morris @broganjmorris.bsky.social Writing about film at BFI, Guardian, BBC Culture, The AV Club. London programmer @distortedframe.bsky.social.
Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social Writer, host. WAIT A SECOND POD, X-RAY VISION, THE OFFICIAL GAME OF THRONES HOTD, KOTSK POD
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social Executive Producer, Last Week Tonight. Friend to nearly all the animals.
Chad Perman @chadperman.bsky.social writer | editor | therapist* | human | founder/eic @brightwalldarkroom.com | curious about everything | 🏀 ⚽️
*posts ≠ professional advice
Zack Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social Writer, actor, autistic
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/zhandlen
Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social host and founder, Post Games
co-host, The Besties
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https://postgame.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-games/id1815131711
Signal: plante.01
Neil Snowdon @neilsnowdon.bsky.social Daydreamer. Writer. Producer. Editor. Magpie. ADHD & Autistic. Producer of discs at Arrow Video. Friend to some, oddball to others.
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.
lindsey romain @lindseyromain.bsky.social chicago-based writer/critic; CFCA (bylines: bwdr, nerdist, vulture, thrillist, etc.)
peyton danielle @peytondani.bsky.social film crit and transient thoughts • writer for RogerEbert.com and CinemaFemme • shipwreck enthusiast • she/her
yet another Kyle Logan @anotherkylel.bsky.social Scary movies & angry music | Member, Chicago Film Critics Association, @dorianawards.bsky.social | Bylines at @ScreenAnarchy.bsky.social, @chicagoreader.com & more | Contact: logankyle64@gmail.com | https://linktr.ee/anotherKyleL
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social
Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social Author of I Want to Burn This Place Down
https://www.themarisreview.com/
https://www.mariskreizman.com/
Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social World’s greatest author
Craig D. Lindsey @unclecrizzle.bsky.social I write. A lot.
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Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social 「Otaku W/O Borders」
I write things and put them on the internet.
📧: eyezehuhh @ gmail dot com
Wallace @exalclaw.com Wallace Truesdale: Runs exalclaw.com | Seen at Unwinnable, Stop Caring, Mothership, etc. | Weak against soft cookies (and maybe news bloopers) | he/him
📬: exalclaw@proton.me
bee wertheimer @beewertheimer.com they/she
games writer
editorial intern @pcmag
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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social Editor in Chief, The Atavist Magazine (@atavist.com) • Contributing Editor, Longreads • Author, Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Frontlines of White Nationalism • May I please pet your dog? • www.seywarddarby.com
Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov Congresista proudly serving the diverse IL-03. 🦋
I will not concede the power of the people.
Sundance Institute @sundance.org We discover and support independent film and media artists. 2027 #SundanceFilmFestival: January 21–31 in Boulder, Colorado
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Skunk Cabbage Books @skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social An indie bookstore and community workshop space in Chicago focused on building our connections to the natural world.
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Odie Henderson @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! NSFC and GALECA member.
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
Shea @justsheavassar.bsky.social ᏥᏣᎳᎩ
💥 i write jokes and make memes and post on the internet
💥 all views are my own
kyle 中和 turner @tylekurner.bsky.social Erstwhile sissy sophisticate and pasta enthusiast. words in GQ, W Magazine, and the New York Times, and also The Queer Film Guide.
Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social Consultant! Writer! Programmer! Host! SEMcast, SHINY THINGS, "former Toronto fest film picker" - The Hollywood Reporter. He/him. https://linktr.ee/normwilner
Brad Gullickson @mouthdork.bsky.social This Pen for Hire | Podcast CBCCPodcast | Film Critic PGCTV | Profile by François Vigneault | Banner by Karen Czap. he/him
will Tavlin @tavlin.bsky.social writer, work in @nymag.com, @newrepublic.com, @nplusonemag.com + more
willtavlin.com
Ed Solomon @edsolomon.bsky.social Writer/co-writer: The Christophers (2026 - now), The Spot (early 2027), Full Circle, No Sudden Move, Men in Black, the 3 Bill&Ted movies, Mosaic, Now You See Me 1&2, It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, Laverne&Shirley. Fiction: Vanity Fair, The New Yorker
Sophie-Marie Prime @sophiemrie.bsky.social they/she | Perpetually reading a book, watching a movie, or doing critic things at Rotten Tomatoes. 🍅🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social The voices of RogerEbert.com
Oliver Sava @oliversava.bsky.social Comic book, dance, theater, TV writer for THE A.V. CLUB, CHICAGO MAGAZINE, VULTURE, POLYGON. #DoopWithLegs founder. Icon by Jacob Chabot, cover by Felipe Sobreiro. he/him
Rob Hunter @fakerobhunter.bsky.social Watching, always. Writing, often.
Essays. Reviews. Lists. Columns. Skeets.
Letterboxd: @FakeRobHunter
Email: rob.hunter.movies@gmail.com
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Roxana Hadadi @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social Vulture TV critic, SOUND OF METAL Criterion author, Peabody Awards juror, usually complaining about something.
https://www.vulture.com/author/roxana-hadadi/
aka bernadette teeters @shaynamaci.bsky.social film programmer / crime enthusiast / brooklyn nightlife nudist / author of THE RAINBOW AGE OF TELEVISION: AN OPINIONATED HISTORY OF QUEER TV (Abrams 2024)
evil gay newsletter: shaynamaci.substack.com
Adam Boucher @busher03.bsky.social Mil-Spec Idiot. Missing several socks.
emma keates @emmakeates.bsky.social staff writer @ the a.v. club
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky @vishnevetsky.bsky.social HANDLE VIA BYEMAN CONTROL SYSTEM.
Vinegar Syndrome @vinsyn.bsky.social Preserving and protecting genre film.
Laura Bogart @ldbogart.bsky.social Writer. Dog Mom. Always aspiring.
Book is Don't You Know I Love You (Dzanc 2020)
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.
Letterboxd @letterboxd.social 🧡💚💙 A global community of film lovers. Share your taste in movies via our free apps for iOS, Android, Apple TV, and on the web. https://letterboxd.com
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!
Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social Still without airbrushing. Still with teeth.
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cat sullivan @catmsullivan.bsky.social make it simple, but significant 🌱 she/her
@bilgeebiri.bsky.social @bilgeebiri.bsky.social "I don't expect you to be as depressed as I am, but I don't think your happiness is quite appropriate."
Jen Yamato @jenyamato.bsky.social journalist | film critic
movies, karaoke, repeat
Amanda Kelso @mandydale.bsky.social Storytelling + technology
Acting CEO @ Sundance Institute
farah @farahonfilm.bsky.social just one more thing… 🇩🇿 curating, editing, & writing abt film, TV, & culture
Amy Nicholson @theamynicholson.bsky.social Film critic of the LA Times and host of the podcast Unspooled.
Say hello with your favorite movie and why -- or a picture of a standard poodle.
IG/Letterboxd: @theamynicholson
The A.V. Club @avclub.com Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. https://linktr.ee/the_avclub
It’s Jake @dtjcomposer.bsky.social Anger be now your song, Immortal One || jacobson.news
Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social Editor-In-Chief/ Chief Critic ThatShelf.com | POVMagazine.com | CBC Metro Morning | CBC Radio | RogerEbert.com | Member: TFCA, Critics Choices, OFCS. Rotten Tomatoes.
Sheila O’Malley @sheilakathleen.bsky.social Writer. I review films at Ebert. Essays at Criterion, monthly column at Liberties Journal. NYFCC / NSFC member. I’ve been blogging at sheilaomalley.com since 2002. I have a newsletter: https://sheilaomalley.substack.com/ I write a LOT about Elvis. TCB! ⚡
K8lyn @k8lynco.bsky.social idk doing stuff
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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
@davidgrossman.bsky.social @davidgrossman.bsky.social
Mary @maryzee.bsky.social
Brandon Streussnig 📽️ @brndnstrssng.bsky.social Bylines: Vulture, The Ringer, GQ, Inverse, Men's & Women's Health, Letterboxd Journal, The Playlist, Polygon, Fangoria, Paste, The Film Stage, AwardsWatch
Booklet essays: Vinegar Syndrome, Radiance, Arrow
👩🏻💻 Hanhonymous @hanhonymous.bsky.social Culture critic, dumpling eater. Good Pop Culture Club podcast co-host. Formerly Salon.com, IndieWire, TVGuide.com, THR She/they
TV, movies, books, animals, Asian stuff, food, language & more
📺🍿📚🐈🫰🏽🥟🌐
🔗: https://linktr.ee/hanhonymous
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com your horror nonna
dr / filmmaker / film critic / author of 10 books on cult, horror + exploitation cinema
in Venice award-winning doc CHAIN REACTIONS + Shudder's 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR based on my book
Naarm/Australia
she/her
https://horrornonna.com
Kaila Sarah Hier @kailasarahhier.bsky.social Film publicist (find me in the Metrograph lobby)
Chris O’Falt @cofalt.bsky.social VP, Features Strategy & Host of the Filmmaker Toolkit @ IndieWire
Anna Govert @annagovert.bsky.social TV critic, writer, editor, and obsessive. TCA & GALECA member. prev @pastemagazine.bsky.social
cam rodriguez 🔎 @camrodriguez.bsky.social meddling kid / journalist. map nerd, midwest defender, chicago fanatic. 🇲🇽🇺🇲. data @wbez.org & requesting a lot of docs over @foiaday.bsky.social
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jourdain searles @judysquirrels.bsky.social film & culture & TV critic • associate programmer @mixnyc.bsky.social • repped by marya spence (janklow & nesbit)
• https://linktr.ee/jsearles
Kay-B @theladykayb.bsky.social Entertainment Journalist| Host| Executive Producer of #OnCallwithKayB on @iheartpodcasts| Member @criticschoice @officialtca @theaafca
Rafa Sales Ross @rafiews.com Big on cats and movies. Film writer and programmer often seen on Variety, Little White Lies, The Playlist, Letterboxd and more. Views mine, for better or for worse.
📧 For work: rafiews@gmail.com
👋 Also @rafiews everywhere else.
www.rafiews.com
David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social LWLies editor. david at tcolondon dot com
Eric Vilas-Boas @ericvb.bsky.social @vulture.com writer and editor covering animation, streaming, movies, and TV | die-hard fan of hiking and physical media
“there's lightning in your teeth”
brittany deitch @brittanydeitch.bsky.social Can anyone hear me???? (*˙︶˙*)☆*° at A#all???? @pastemagazine.bsky.social & youtube.com/@theinternetisdead
Drew McWeeny @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. Visit drewmcweeny.com for all my shit.
Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Author, filmmaker, book dealer. New York and Dallas. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. Next book: Jack Nicholson: Leading Man
Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out now). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Like a large language model but for my formative trauma. Newsletter here: https://episodes.ghost.io/
casey epstein-gross @caseyepsteingross.bsky.social associate editor at Paste Magazine by day, really really annoying girl also by day! additional words in Jezebel, Observer, and Room Magazine
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lex briscuso (▰˘◡˘▰) @nikonamericax.bsky.social ❤️🔥 film critic @slashfilm @thewrap @ign
@inverse @rejectnation etc ❤️🔥 social @dreadpresents @dreadcentral ❤️🔥 MEN I INVENTED DURING A FEVER DREAM @bullshitlit ❤️🔥 member @galeca @oaffc ❤️🔥 abriscuso@gmail.com ❤️🔥
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Blake Howard @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
Rob @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/
Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social Film critic/journalist. Mexican 🇲🇽 DACA. Bylines LA Times, New York Times, IndieWire, RogerEbert, Backstage
@yingalicious.bsky.social @yingalicious.bsky.social
Cody @codymonster91.bsky.social movie stuff probably | gay stuff definitely | 18+ mostly | he/him | livin in Chicago (The Big Apple) | CFCA member | writer/podcaster for Next Best Picture, AwardsWatch, and YOUR site!
Sarah Welch-Larson @dodgyboffin.com Tenderhearted sicko. CFCA member. I write about movies, feminism, theology, and sad men in space for Bright Wall/Dark Room and Seeing & Believing. The second edition of my book Becoming Alien is available now.
dodgyboffin.com
Collin Souter @collinsouter.bsky.social Film critic, CFCA member, teacher, co-host of the Christmas Movies Actually podcast, U2 fan, blu-ray collector.
https://www.collinsouter.com/
https://letterboxd.com/cdsouter/
Peter “Cloaked In Gucci & Scandal” Sobczynski @petersob13.bsky.social Film critic at RogerEbert.com, TheSpool.com, Auteurist Class at Substack and the Movie Madness podcast. An enthusiast of De Palma, T Swift and Milla J. Programmer at the Chicago Critics Film Festival. A rogue and a bon vivant.