Contributor List
Anderson, Jeffrey
Jeffrey M. Anderson has been a
working film critic since 1997. A staff critic for the San Francisco Examiner
from 2000 through 2003, Jeff returned to freelancing in 2004. His work has
since appeared in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, the Oakland Tribune, The San
Jose Metro, the Las Vegas Weekly, Common Sense Media, Greencine.com,
Cinematical.com, and Movies.com. In 2008, Jeffrey completed his MA in cinema
from San Francisco State University. In addition to creating and maintaining
Combustible Celluloid, Jeffrey is also working on his first book. His
particular areas of expertise are horror, Iranian cinema, silent-era cinema,
and Westerns. Jeffrey is a founding member of the San Francisco Critics Circle.
Bacchus, Alan
Alan Bacchus is a Toronto-based
film industry professional. As writer Alan is a member of the Online Film
Critics Society writing for Exclaim!, a national Canadian weekly magazine as
well as his own blog, Daily Film Dose.com. Alan is also a script development executive
for Bell Media, managing a number of funds devoted to financing Canadian
feature films. And as filmmaker Alan has produced and directed a number of
short films.
Bellamy, Jason
Jason Bellamy coauthored The
Conversations series at Slant Magazine's The House Next Door and has written
and edited video essays for Indiewire's PressPlay. He ruminates on movies at
The Cooler. His writing has also appeared at Packers.com, ESPNMilwaukee.com,
NFL.com and other sports websites.
Berardinelli, James
Berardinelli was born in New
Brunswick, New Jersey and spent his early childhood in Morristown, New Jersey.
At age nine, he relocated to the township of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, then
later moved to Piscataway. He attended the University of Pennsylvania from 1985
until 1990, obtaining both a Bachelor of Science and Master's degree in
Electrical Engineering. After graduating he worked for Bellcore Company, now
Telcordia Technologies, and spent the next 15 years working "in a variety
of fields, including fiber optics, video testing, and software systems."
Starting in 1993, Berardinelli started publishing reviews in Usenet by
reviewing Scent of a Woman. In 1997 he became a fully fledged film critic.
Berardinelli also writes ReelThoughts, a weblog. Roger Ebert referred to Berardinelli
as “the best of the Web-based critics”, and wrote a foreword for Berardinelli’s
book, Reelviews.
Beyl, Cameron
Cameron Beyl is an award-winning
filmmaker based out of Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Portland, OR,
where he discovered a passion for the moving image that shaped his life. A
graduate of Emerson College, Beyl’s senior thesis was recognized with a
nomination at the Evvy’s-- the country’s largest awards show run entirely by
students. In 2009, his debut feature “So Long, Lonesome” won the Best Feature
Award at the Zero Film Festival. His follow-up, 2012's “Here Build Your Homes”,
premiered at the Oregon Independent Film Festival where it took home the Best
Director Award. In 2013, Beyl co-founded Raccord, a boutique digital distribution
label for underexposed films from bold new voices. He also maintains THE
DIRECTORS SERIES, a collection of essays analyzing the work of classic and
contemporary filmmakers.
Bass, Kevin
Kevin Bass graduated with honors
from the University of Texas at Austin, with degrees in anthropology and
biology. For the past several years, Kevin has worked as a research assistant
at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. During this time, he has taken
graduate level courses at the University of Pennsylvania in philosophy,
anthropology, and critical theory. In addition to writing, Kevin enjoys film,
books, cooking, and biking. He was accepted to begin medical school in the fall
of 2014. He expects to combine writing with a medical career.
Bocko, Joel
Originally hailing from the New
Hampshire's seacoast - the nation's shortest coastline - Joel Bocko now lives
in California. While looking elsewhere to earn his daily bread, he remains a
writer and filmmaker whose most recent short "Class of 2002" (a
dramatic mockumentary) premiered online in 2013. He is currently exploring his
fascination with dichotomies and connections (apparent in both prose and video
essays) through several feature screenplays. Joel also enjoys reading history,
eating bagels, and surfing (ironically, a more frequent pursuit in New
Hampshire than California, due either to beach proximity or congenital
perversity).
Brayton, Timothy
Tim Brayton has been writing
movie reviews at Antagony & Ecstasy since 2005. He is a graduate of
Northwestern University's Radio/Television/Film program, and a member of the
Online Film Critics Society
Bullock, Paul
Paul fell in love with cinema
when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. A childhood viewing of Jurassic Park introduced
him to the power and wonder of the silver screen, and after his dreams of
directing were shattered by crumbling papier-mâché sets, disobedient action
figure actors and a total lack of talent, he quickly turned to writing, thus
proving that life does indeed find a way. When not citing scripture from the apostle
Ian Malcolm, Paul also enjoys the films of Billy Wilder, Paul Thomas Anderson,
Stanley Kubrick, Frank Capra, Martin Scorsese and Werner Herzog. His favourite
film is The Apartment and his favourite apartments are in films. They're much
cleaner than his. Paul can also be found talking nonsense on Twitter and works
through his addiction to a certain bearded director on From Director Steven
Spielberg.
Carson, Tom
Tom Carson won two National
Magazine Awards as Esquire's "Screen" columnist and has been nominated
twice more as GQ's movie critic. He is the author of the novels Gilligan's Wake
and Daisy Buchanan's Daughter.
Chambers, Bill
Bill Chambers has a Bachelor of
Fine Arts in film from York University. He started the review website
FilmFreakCentral.net in 1997 and it continues to flourish. He works from his
home outside Toronto, Canada.
Chaw, Walter
Walter Chaw has been the lead
film critic for FilmFreakCentral.net since 2001 and is the author of the
recently-published a monograph "Miracle Mile". He lives with his wife
and children in Denver, Colorado, where he hosts a regular film-lecture series.
Clark, Graeme
Graeme Clark was born in Scotland
where he still lives. He has been writing for the internet since around 2001,
mostly about film. His first love was classic Hollywood movies, which then
branched out into cult cinema of all kinds as his interest was captured by
anything from horror to comedy to World Cinema to current hits, and many points
in between.
Cole, Jake
Jake Cole is a freelance film
critic based in the southeastern United States. His writing has appeared at
Film.com, Slant Magazine, Spectrum Culture, and other publications. He holds a
B.A. in Journalism from Auburn University. His favorite directors include John
Ford, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Éric Rohmer and Charlie Chaplin. Cole keeps a
personal website, Not Just Movies, for the purposes of linking to his writing
around the web, as well as for writing exclusive content. Content includes
reviews, features, lists and collaborations on film, television and literature.
Collinson, Gary
Gary Collinson is a writer and
lecturer from the North East of England. He is the editor-in-chief of
FlickeringMyth.com and the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped
Crusader to the Screen.
Cook, Jay
London based blogger & online
critic of all things cult in the world of pop culture. Lifelong cinephile with
particular interest in indie, alternative & British cinema. Expert in retro
UK sci-fi & comedy from the 70s & 80s. Favourite directors include Kurosawa,
Sergio Leone, Danny Boyle & Guillermo Del Toro.
Carillo, Jenny Cooney
Jenny Cooney Carillo was, at the
time of contributing to Urban Cinefile, a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press
Association based in Los Angeles.
Croce, Fernando F.
Fernando F. Croce is a
Brazil-born, San Francisco-raised film critic. His writing has appeared in such
publications as Slant Magazine, Film Comment, Reverse Shot, The Mubi Notebook
and Fandor.
Cozzalio, Dennis
Dennis Cozzalio is approaching
the tenth anniversary of writing his all-purpose, agenda-free film criticism
blog Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule. Cozzalio studied film at the
University of Oregon in the late ‘70s and currently resides in Glendale,
California where he lives with his wife and two daughters. He spends his
(precious little) free time writing, cooking, watching the Dodgers and trying
to reconcile himself to a new reality weighted more toward catching up on
movies at home, where distractions abide, and less in the overpriced,
chatter-infested environs of 21st-century cinemas. His favorite movies include
Nashville, The Lady Eve, Once Upon a Time in the West, His Girl Friday ,
Dressed to Kill, Amarcord and, of course, 1941, and he thinks Barbara Stanwyck
can do no wrong.
Cumbow, Robert C
Robert C. Cumbow teaches at
Seattle University’s Film Studies Program, where he has taught courses in
Westerns, Horror, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Vampire Films, and Writing About Film. He
has also conducted seminar programs on Westerns, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley
Kubrick, David Lynch, and Kathryn Bigelow at Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum. An
attorney, Mr. Cumbow practices at Graham & Dunn, where he focuses on
trademark, copyright, Internet, media, publishing, and advertising issues for a
wide range of clients. He also counsels film makers, other artists, and arts
and entertainment organizations in intellectual property and media law issues.
He is a three-time graduate of Seattle University (B.A. 1967 and M.A. 1969 in
English, J.D. 1991), where he teaches Trademark Law in addition to his film
courses. He is the author of The Films of Sergio Leone and Order in the
Universe: The Films of John Carpenter, as well as numerous articles on film. A
wide selection of his articles since 1972 is available at
www.parallax-view.org.
Dale, Alan
Alan Dale is the author of What
We Do Best: American Movie Comedies of the 1990s (2004) and Comedy Is a Man in
Trouble: Slapstick in American Movies (2000). He currently serves as Deputy
Legislative Counsel to the Oregon Legislative Assembly.
Davies, Edwin
Edwin Davies is a British critic
and writer currently based in Florida. A lifelong devotee of cinema, he pursues
his passion for the form by writing extensively for websites including Box
Office Prophets, as well as through his own work as the editor of A Mighty Fine
Blog, a site dedicated to writing about film and television with honesty,
intelligence and humour. He firmly believes that there is no film so bad that
it doesn't deserve being engaged with, though Hook comes very, very close
Davis, Nick
Nick Davis is an Associate
Professor of English and Gender & Sexuality Studies at Northwestern
University, where his research and teaching emphasize contemporary narrative
filmmaking. His book The Desiring-Image: Gilles Deleuze and Contemporary Queer Cinema
(Oxford University Press, 2013) combines film theory and formal analysis in
innovative ways to generate new notions of sexual desire in movies by David
Cronenberg, Todd Haynes, Claire Denis, and others. He has worked on the side as
a web-based film critic and festival journalist since 1998.
Donadoni, Serena
Serena Donadoni is a freelance
film critic in Detroit. Her work has appeared in numerous websites and
publications including Indiewire, Women and Hollywood, AllMovie, Metro Times,
Orlando Weekly, Cincinnati CityBeat, The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press.
She is a featured critic at Rotten Tomatoes, Criticwire and Movie Tweeviews.
Serena is a contributor to the forthcoming book Baz Luhrmann: Interviews from
the University Press of Mississippi. She previously worked at the Detroit
Institute of Arts, helping to run the Detroit Film Theatre series.
Ferrara, Greg
Greg Ferrara is a staff writer
and blogger for Turner Classic Movies, as well as a freelance writer and
blogger for various outlets, and a former music critic with Mondo Cult
Magazine. Greg has been writing about theater, music, and movies since
high school and began writing online in 2007 when he started Cinema Styles, his
own personal movie blog. At Cinema Styles, Greg explores any topic in
music and movies that interests him, paying particular attention to
controversial issues in current releases as well as a constant exploration and
personal reeducation of classic cinema.
Fischer, Paul
Paul Fischer was, at the time of
contributing to Urban Cinefile, a professional freelance film reviewer and
writer based in Sydney.
Fogarty, Dan
Dan Fogarty is an avid movie fan
and pop culture junkie. He started watching movies at a young age in a media
friendly family and fell in with friends who shared his passion as he grew up.
For some time he ran the award winning "Fogs' Movie Reviews" and
continues to podcast about film on his show "The Movie Podcast with Tank
and Fogs".
Foster, Matt
Matt Foster is an Australian
actor and writer currently living in New York City. An avid film lover and
Oscar-phile, he has the embarrassingly uncanny ability to name all the Best
Picture winners from memory.
Hatch, Robert
Robert Hatch was a critic and
editor of The Nation for almost 25 years. In 1954, Hatch joined The Nation as a
film critic, becoming managing editor in 1964 and executive editor in 1967. He
retired in 1978, although he continued to write reviews. Hatch graduated from
Princeton University in 1933, and worked in London during World War II for the
Office of War Information. He wrote drama and film criticism for Horizon and
Theater Arts magazines and was a culture editor of The New Republic. He passed
away in June 1994.
Greco, John
John Greco is a Tampa Bay based
photographer who photographs a wide range of subjects that excite him on an
emotional plane. Nature, particularly birds, landscapes, cats, abstracts,
street photography and geometric patterns and lines are subjects of interest.
"My goal is to have my photographs express what and how I see life from a
unique point of view." Originally from New York City, he developed a
serious interest in photography while serving in Vietnam where he purchased his
first 35mm camera (Pentax). After returning to civilian life, and while working
a 9 to 5 job, he took classes in the evening at the New York Institute of
Photography. His work has been exhibited at Ruth Eckerd Hall (Juried),
Honeymoon Island Nature Center, Dazzio Art Experience Gallery and local
libraries. "But my love for using film excited my interest for how film is
used. Whatever spare time I have is devoted to writing about film."
Greenberg, Raz
Raz Greenberg is a PhD student at
the Hebrew University, researching animation as text. Articles by him have been
published at the Journal of Film and Video and Literature Film Quarterly, as
well as the Joss Whedon Companion (published by Titan) and on Salem Press'
Critical Survey of Graphic Novels. He has reviewed for Strange Horizons, Salon
Futura, Animated Views and other online and print publications.
Heath, Roderick
Roderick Heath was born in
Canberra, Australia, in 1979. After completing high school, he became a writer
and sometime poet, to strikingly little acclaim. He writes about cinema for the
blogs Ferdy on Films and This Island Rod, and has also contributed to Fandor,
Bright Lights Film Journal, and GreenCine. A resident of the lustrous Blue
Mountains outside Sydney, he is currently working on a large novel project.
Hollingworth, Adam
Contributor to the Flickering
Myth and writes the regular column titled, The Comedy Critic.
Howard, Edward
Ed Howard is a film blogger who
writes about a wide variety of cinema at his own blog, Only The Cinema, and
also participates in the "Conversations" series with fellow blogger
Jason Bellamy, hosted at The House Next Door. Ed has also written about music
and comics, and he lives in New York with his wife, daughter, and a herd of
cats.
Hyland, Tom
Tom Hyland is a Chicago native
who has enjoyed a 40-year love affair with the movies. He currently writes
about film for his blog Cinema Directives
(http://cinemadirectives.blogspot.com). Along with reviews of current and
classic films, the blog also focuses on craftsmen in the industry, such as
cinematographers, editors and composers. His first amazing experience with
movies was in 1968 when he saw 2001: A Space Odyssey during its original
theatrical run; he has not seen a better film since.
Harvey, Shannon J
Shannon Harvey was, at the time
of contributing to Urban Cinefile, a professional film reviewer and writer
based in Perth, Western Australia.
Juliano, Sam
Sam Juliano is a 59 year-old
creative writing and literature instructor in the Fairview, New Jersey Public
School system. He is married for 18 years to the former Lucille Mancini (a
grammar school principal in the same district) and they have five children:
Melanie, 17, Sammy, 16, Danny, 14, Jillian 12 and Jeremy 11. Sam is a life-long
film and music fanatic, and has built a massive collection of blu-rays, DVDs
and CDs. He reviewed films for his college newspaper and a local publication,
and founded Wonders in the Dark in September of 2009 with Allan Fish, age 40 of
Kendal in the U.K.
Keller, Louise
Louise Keller co-founded Urban
Cinefile in 1997, publishing the weekly award-winning online movie magazine
with Andrew L. Urban. She reviews films, oversees the editorial, handles the
production, administration, promotional and organisational aspects of the site.
Previously she co-published Encore and Event Magazine and ran her own PR agency
(Louise Keller Public Relations), managing the promotional portfolios for
Champagne Pommery and Champagne Lanson. She was previously a professional
singer and television hostess.
Kelly, Ryan
Ryan Kelly is a film maker
currently based in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and who works out of the greater New
York City area. He graduated from Brooklyn College with a B.A. in Film
Production in the Spring of 2013 and is currently working on several projects,
including pre-production on a short film that he will write and direct.
Kendrick, James
James Kendrick is the film critic
for The QNetwork, an entertainment portal web site that has featured his
reviews since 1999. He is also an associate professor of film and digital media
at Baylor University, where he has authored three books and numerous academic
journal articles and book chapters.
Kinnear, Simon
Kinnear is a UK based PR
professional, freelance journalist and longstanding contributor to Total Film.
His articles on cinema and television have also been published in SFX and
Doctor Who Magazine. He has written film reviews and features for VODzilla, The
Big Picture, Clothes on Film and Hope Lies, as well as his own blog at
www.kinnemaniac.com.
Lloyd, Christopher
Christopher Lloyd is a
freelance journalist and film critic with more than 16 years of experience as a
reporter, editor, broadcaster and blogger. He left newspapering full-time in
2009 after working at The Indianapolis Star as an A&E editor and reporter.
Now he is a senior editor/copywriter for an Indianapolis marketing firm by day,
and intrepid movie reviewer the rest of the time.
Lowrey, Andrew
Andrew Lowry is a London based
freelance journalist and filmmaker. As well as Total Film, his work has
appeared in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Men’s Health,
Another Man, Wired, Little White Lies and Shortlist.
Lund, Carson
Life-long New Englander Carson
Lund s early desire to devote his life to baseball was stopped dead in its
tracks when he was confronted with Richard Linklater s Slacker for the first
time in 2006. Ever since, cinema has been his passion. A productive independent
filmmaker with over seven years of experience writing, directing, shooting, and
editing (often on little more than scraps of cash in his wallet), Carson has
increasingly supplemented his production efforts with film criticism. His own
personal blog, Are the Hills Going to March Off? (named after a line of
dialogue in Bela Tarr s Werckmeister Harmonies), was born in 2008, and since
its inception Carson has contributed to a number of other outlets including
Mubi.com, In Review Online, Dig Boston, The Boston Phoenix, and Cinelogue.com.
In 2012, he was admitted into the Online Film Critics Society and attended the
Cannes Film Festival, personal landmarks he believes to have officially
legitimized his avid cinephilia.
Macklin, Tony
Tony Macklin is a freelance film
critic. A current member of the Las Vegas Film Critics Society, he is a former
film and literature professor at the University of Dayton, and the former
editor of the filmcrit magazine Film Heritage. His articles and reviews have
been most recently featured at Rotten Tomatoes and The Internet Movie Database,
as well as in the Bright Lights Film Journal and The Fayetteville Free Weekly.
Tony's well-received book, Voices from the Set: The Film Heritage Interviews
(2000), includes his 1970s interviews with Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks,
Martin Scorsese, Alan Rudolph, Robert Altman, Sam Peckinpah, John Wayne, Edith
Head, Stockard Channing, Richard Baskin, and others. It's an excellent read for
anyone who loves film. Since 1972, and in every decade since, Tony's picks for
best films of all time have been included in the British Film Institute's
Critics' Top 10 Poll. Published in BFI's international film magazine, Sight and
Sound, the most recent Critics' Top 10 Poll was published in 2012.
Martoccia, Randall
Randall Martoccia teaches
composition, literature, and film studies at East Carolina University. He also
writes fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays and makes short, no-budget movies.
He lives in eastern North Carolina.
Matloff, Jason
Jason Matloff was on
staff at Premiere Magazine for ten years before
it ceased publication in 2007. Since then, his work has appeared in
The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Empire, Spin, and The
Hollywood Reporter. Matloff also coauthored, along with Spike Lee, the Los
Angeles Times Best-seller, Spike Lee: Do The Right Thing. He lives in Manhattan
with his wife and two children.
McBride, Joseph
Joseph McBride is an American
film historian, biographer, screenwriter and professor in the Cinema Department
at San Francisco State University. He is the author of one of the most
authoritative biographies of Steven Spielberg, amongst other significant works.
Morbey, Rohan
Rohan Morbey attended the New
York Film Academy in 2008, has a BA (Hons) in English Literature, and has
written his first screenplay because he's bored of seeing so many bad films
being made.
Owen, Dan
Dan Owen is a freelance writer
and critic from the UK, whose work often forms part of the MSN TV website.
However, he is most active on his personal blog, Dan's Media Digest, which
since 2006 has been a source for British and American media reviews, mainly
focusing on television and film. A passionate film buff and TV addict his
entire life, he brings a balanced, considered, professional, and humorous eye
to pop-culture criticism.
Pragasam, Andrew
Andrew Pragasam grew up
travelling and sampling movies from around the world. His childhood exposure to
Hollywood classics, art-house auteurs, kung fu flicks, Euro-horror, monster
movies and the wonderful world of Japanimation instilled a lifelong love of
oddball cinema that continues to inspire his work as an independent
writer-director and actor. He is currently in pre-production on his first
feature film, a riotous screwball romantic comedy called Love Fool.
Puccio, John J
John is a retired English teacher
of English and Film Studies. He is also the retired Review Editor for
DVDTown.com and Movie Metropolis.com, a former member of the Online Film
Critics Society, and the former Classical Music Editor of The $ensible Sound
magazine. John is currently the editor of the classical music Web site
Classical Candor. He is bright, quiet, loyal, dependable, easily trained, and
will fetch. Make offer.
Putman, Dustin
Dustin Putman is an alumnus of
American University with a BA in Film & Visual Media. A member of the
Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and the Washington DC Area Film Critics
Association (WAFCA), he has been reviewing movies professionally since 1997 and
has been quoted in print ads, magazine articles and television commercials.
Dustin is the author of the book, "The Fright File: 150 Films to See
Before Halloween." Visit his website at dustinputman.com.
Rosenbaum, Jonathan
Jonathan Rosenbaum, who maintains
a web site at jonathanrosenbaum.net, was the principal film critic at the
Chicago Reader from mid-1987 until early 2008. His more recent books include
Movie Wars, Essential Cinema, Discovering Orson Welles, and Goodbye Cinema,
Hello Cinephilia. He still lives in Chicago, but he has recently taught at Bela
Tarr's Filmfactory in Sarajevo.
Ryan, Tom
Australian film critic Tom Ryan
has written about film for The Sunday Age and The Age since 1989 and his byline
has also begun to appear in The Australian in recent months. Over the years, he
has also lectured on film and the media at universities in Australia and the
UK, written about film for a variety of local and international publications,
and worked as a commentator on Melbourne radio. Born in country Victoria, he
grew up on the outskirts of Melbourne and was introduced to the joys of the
silver screen by the Ashril Cinema in Greensborough, now long buried under a
shopping centre.
Sandhu, Santosh
Santosh Sandhu graduated with a
Masters degree in film from the University of Bedfordshire and wrote the short
film 'The Volunteers'.
Copeland, Edward
From an early age, Edward
Copeland became obsessed with most types of culture, particularly film. Since
he also happened to be news junkie and wanted to write movie reviews for a
newspaper, he earned a B.A. in journalism in college and toiled in the industry
for 17 years until primary progressive multiple sclerosis forced him to give up
the daily grind, though. it did lead him into the world of blogging where he
found success with his blog Edward Copeland on Film. As the blog's scope
expanded and Copeland and his contributors covered TV, books, theater and music
as well as movies, Copeland rechristened the blog Edward Copeland's Tangents,
since, in the end, film wasn't the site's sole focus.
Seitz, Matt Zoller
Seitz is the editor-in-chief at
rogerebert.com and the television critic for New York Magazine and Vulture.com.
He previously was television critic at Salon.com and The Newark Star Ledger and
a film critic for The New York Times. He founded the film & media criticism
blog The House Next Door. Seitz is known as a leader in the creation of video
essays, frequently featured on Moving Image Source and The L Magazine and
served as the publisher of PressPlay, a site for video-based film and
television criticism. He was a finalist for the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for
Criticism.
Simpson, Craig
Craig Simpson is the Lilly
Library Manuscripts Archivist at Indiana University, where he oversees the
arrangement and description of the Lilly s manuscript collections. He has
written film criticism and essays for The Chronicle Review and Slant Magazine,
and is author of the film blog The Man From Porlock. Craig is a member of the
Academy of Certified Archivists and is also an oral historian.
Sullivan, Alfred
Al Sullivan is a multiple
award-winning journalist from New Jersey. But his literary skills don't end
with journalism, he has also written for the theater, has a love for writing
poetry and has amassed an impressive collection of 'war' stories, a subject
close to his heart being a Vietnam war era veteran. One of his biggest passions
has been the films of Steven Spielberg, a subject he can wax on eloquently. He
has edited and published magazines and is the author of "Everyday People:
Profiles from the Garden State" (Rutgers University Press 2001).
Thompson, Bill
Hailing from the farm country of
Illinois, Bill Thompson has been writing about movies since he could hold a
pen. When he's not writing about, or watching, movies he's riding around on an
ambulance as an EMT or spending time with his wife, daughter, and a gaggle of
animals. Of course, there's also his eternal relationship with the Chicago Cubs
that dominates so much of his time, and heart.
Totaro, Donato
Donato Totaro received his PhD in
Film & Television from the University of Warwick (UK) and has been a
part-time lecturer in Film Studies at Concordia University since 1990. He is
the editor of the monthly online film journal Offscreen since its inception in
1997, and is a longstanding member of AQCC (Association québécoise des
critiques de cinema). Totaro has published extensively on many subjects,
including articles/essays in Historical Dictionary of South American Films
(forthcoming, 2014), Cult TV (2010), 100 European Horror Films (2007), The
Cinema of Japan and Korea (2004), Fear Without Frontiers: Horror Cinema Across
the Globe (2003), Eaten Alive!: Italian Cannibal and Zombie Movies (2002), and
Guide to the Cinema(s) of Canada (2001).
Tryon, Chuck
Chuck Tryon is an associate
professor of film and media studies at Fayetteville State University. He's the
author of two books, Reinventing Cinema: Movies in the Age of Digital
Convergence (2009), and On-Demand Culture: Digital Delivery and the Future of
Movies (2013), both published by Rutgers University Press.
Urban, Andrew
With some 35 years experience as
a journalist, many of them specialising in the arts and entertainment, Andrew
is a seasoned interviewer, feature writer and news reporter, having
contributing regularly to The Australian, The Bulletin, Cinema Papers, Sydney
Morning Herald and the Qantas inflight magazine among many others. He has
managed his own publishing company (one of whose titles was Encore Magazine),
and still enjoys writing on a daily basis.
Valentin, Mel
Mel Valentin hails from the great
state of New Jersey. After attending NYU undergrad (politics and economics
major, religious studies minor) and grad school (law), he decided a
transcontinental move to California, specifically San Francisco, was in order.
Since Mel began writing nine years ago, he's written more than 1,600
film-related reviews and articles. He's a member of the San Francisco Film
Critics Circle and the Online Film Critics Society. He traces his
near-obsessive love of film to Fred Astaire s musicals and the Planet of the
Apes series. Mel counts The Big Lebowski, Singin' in the Rain, Vertigo, Close
Encounters of the Third Kind, Once Upon a Time in the West, High and Low, Blade
Runner, John Carpenter s The Thing, Rules of the Game, The Devil's Backbone,
and A Man Escaped among his favorite films. Ask Mel tomorrow, though, and more
likely than not, he ll give you a totally different answer.
Zanzie, Adam
Adam Zanzie is a filmmaker and
film critic who will be graduating from Webster University in 2014 with a
degree in Film Production. He is the writer and director of Mark Twain’s Bad
Boy Without Grief, a film based on “The Story of the Bad Little Boy Who Didn’t
Come to Grief” by Mark Twain, and A Thousand Deaths, an upcoming film based on
the story of the same name by Jack London. Since 2009, his online
movie-critiquing blog, Icebox Movies, has received more than 350,000 views and
earned praise from several fellow film critics, including the late Roger Ebert.
He lives in St. Louis.
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