MEMBERS

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CO-CHAIR: Nadine Whitney

SECRETARY: Greg King

TREASURER: Virat Nehru

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CLIENT RELATIONS: Adam Ross

SIG ANDERSON

Sig has produced and presented the long established film program Sig’s Flicks on 88.6 Plenty Valley FM in Melbourne’s northeast. He has been enjoying reviewing films and giving out film related news every week continuously for over 30 years. Watching the wide range of film culture develop has been fascinating and is reflected in his coverage.

DEREK ARMSTRONG

Derek Armstrong is the editor and lead critic of ReelGood, the Australian film website and parent site for the ReelGood Film Festival. He reviews several new theatrical and streaming releases per week. Derek's work has previously appeared on AllMovie.com, in Time Out New York magazine and in East Bay Newspapers in Rhode Island, USA. For more than 30 years, Derek has been keeping a definitive list of the films he's seen, and each year releases his rankings of that year's release from the best to the worst.

Read Derek's work at ReelGood

LAURA BENNETT

Laura Bennett is a radio host and entertainment journalist who's been reviewing film for over 15years, now primarily for Hope 103.2 and The Watchlist podcast. Her work is also distributed through Hope 103.2 to a nationwide network of radio, print and digital outlets.

REBEKAH BRAMMER

Rebekah Brammer is a Brisbane writer and researcher who has been contributing to Metro and Screen Education magazines since 2008, and currently holds AACTA professional membership (film critic/writer). She is a PhD candidate at the University of New England, with her research based on television programs made in Tasmania. She has also contributed to Australian and International journals and edited collections on topics including AI on screen, 'Barbie' and 'Squid Game'.

Find Rebekah's work via Google Scholar here.

LUKE BUCKMASTER

Luke Buckmaster is the editor of Flicks.com.au. In addition to writing for Flicks, he is film critic for Guardian Australia and author of Miller and Max: George Miller and the Making of a Film Legend.

THOMAS CALDWELL

Writer, broadcaster, AFCA award winning film critic, public speaker and film programmer. Based in Melbourne, Australia.

Find Thomas' work at Cinema Autopsy and via Linktree

LESLEY CHOW

Lesley Chow is associate editor of Bright Lights and author of the book You're History: The 12 Strangest Women in Music, a Time Magazine book of the year.

Find Lesley's work on Bright Lights Film Journal or Twitter

JASMINE CRITTENDEN

Jasmine Crittenden is a freelance writer based in Sydney, Australia.

Read some of Jasmine's work at Metro

BLAKE CURTIS

Blake Curtis is a Melbourne based film critic and the President of ReelGood https://reelgood.com.au/ an independent film review website which also holds a yearly short film festival. His primary interests are in supporting Australian film makers to further their art form and career.

Social Media: @ReelGoodAU - Twitter; ReelGoodAU - Facebook

CONNOR DALTON

Connor Dalton is an entertainment journalist based in Sydney, Australia. He regularly conducts interviews for FilmInk, The Curb, Supanova, Rough Cut, SWITCH, and has recently joined The Big Issue. Some figures he has spoken with include Eric Bana, Joel Edgerton, Florian Zeller, and Todd Haynes. Additionally, he works in the reality television sector and holds a Bachelor's in Film and Television from JMC Academy.

HARRIS DANG

Rotten Tomatoes-approved Film Critic who arrives for the love of genre and stays for the pull of human drama.

Writes films reviews with all the trimmings, all wrapped up in a sesame seed bun.

Find Harris' work at The AU Review, Impulse Gamer, In Their Own League

Social Media: @FilmMomatic - Twitter

Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/harris-dang/movies

GLEN DONNAR

Glen Donnar is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Australia. He writes on stardom and celebrity, and popular cultural and screen representations of men and masculinity in film and television. He is the author of Troubling Masculinities: Terror, Gender, and Monstrous Others in American Film Post-9/11 (2020), co-editor of Asian Celebrity and Digital Media (2024) and completing a book on Ageing Masculinity in Hollywood Action Film (, forthcoming). His work has also been featured in Senses of Cinema, Media International Australia, Celebrity Studies, and the Journal of Popular Culture.

Find Glen's work at RMIT

KAHN DUNCAN

Kahn is a passionate Naarm (Melbourne) based movie lover who looks to film as a tool for entertainment, education, but also feeling. He is a prospective Graduate of Media Communications (Screen Studies) and Business (Marketing) at Monash University, while trying to watch at least one feature film a day. Is willing to watch everything from the tiniest indie film to the largest blockbuster.

Kahn's work can be found at The Curb and Novastream or via Linktree

GLENN DUNKS

Glenn Dunks is a film and television critic from Melbourne, Australia. Across 15 years, his work has appeared across radio, print and podcasts, and he has won two Australian Film Critics Association Awards. As well as covering Australian, LGBTIQ and non-fiction film and TV for ScreenHub, Flicks Australia, The Big Issue, SBS, SameSame and Metro, he is the chief documentary reviewer for The Film Experience. He is a member of the prestigious FIPESCI organisation and has sat on juries at the San Francisco, Stockholm and Leipzig film festivals. In addition to his work as a critic, Glenn has worked across marketing for internationally-renowned events including the Asia Pacific Screen Awards and in 2017 he authored Cannes Film Festival: 70 Years for Wilkinson Publishing.

Find Glenn's work at Metro Magazine, Paradise Magazine, ScreenHub, Flicks, Glenn-Dunks.com

Social Media: @GlennDunks - Twitter; GlennDunks - Letterboxd

ARNEL DURACAK

“Arnie” (as he is known to his friends) is a co-founder and editor of Rating Frames. He is a former RMIT Communications student who majored in Media studies, and also completed his Honours in Communications.

He has also written for FilmInk, writes for SYN Media, and RMIT Catalyst (where he was a Film/Music + Culture Editor). He has also interned for AACTA in their Awards Department

Find Arnel's work at SYN Media and RatingFrames

Social Media: @synmedia - Twitter

ALEX FIRST

Alex First has a longstanding love of and passion for film, dating back to his childhood. At university, he majored in cinema and began reviewing movies in his early days as a professional journalist. He continues to critique film in electronic and print media, as well as online. His range of outlets has expanded over the years. He believes the essence of a good movie always gets back to the writing.

Find Alex's work at 3AW, J-AIR 88FM (First on Film & Entertainment), 3WBC, www.theblurb.com.au, www.itellyouwhatithink.com, www.jwire.com.au, The Melbourne Jewish Report, The Sydney Jewish Report, Movies First podcast

FELICITY FORD

Dr. Flick Ford is the host and producer of the weekly film show and podcast Primal Screen on air every Monday night on Triple R 102.7FM. She has a PhD in Screen Studies from the University of Melbourne on disruption to cinematic form and disability. Her work has been published in several film journals and magazines including Film Philosophy, Screen Education, The New Daily, Metro Magazine and Senses of Cinema. She is a contributing author of Companion to Australian Cinema (2019) and the upcoming publication, Try Walking In My Shoes: Empathy & Portrayals of Mental Illness. She has also presented discussion panels at Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne Women in Film Festival, Environmental Film Festival of Australia, and the Australian International Documentary Conference.

PhD Screen and Cultural Studies, University of Melbourne | Film Reviewer and Radio Broadcaster on Triple R's weekly film show & podcast Primal Screen | Contributing Author of A Companion to Australian Cinema (2019) | Board member of The Melbourne Cinémathèque

ANDREW FRASER

Andrew Fraser is a writer, performer & filmmaker based in Sydney, Australia. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) from the National Institute of Dramatic Art and is an alumni of the MIFF Critics Campus. He has worked on multiple film and television projects including Heartbreak High, Birdeater, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Bump and Mr. Inbetween. His writing has been featured in the MIFF Revue, Kinotopia and The Big Issue, and he is a regular guest critic on ABC Drive Radio.

TERRY FROST

I've been podcasting, talking about movies on ABC local radio in Darwin and the Northern Territory for a number of years (before I quit that gig last year) and my YouTube channel, which currently has over 11K subscribers is the primary outlet for my movie reviews right now.

TANSY GARDAM

Tansy Gardam is a writer, critic and podcaster whose work focuses on the intersection between art and commerce, particularly focusing on the modern Hollywood film industry. Her podcast Going Rogue chronicles troubled productions in forensic detail, covering the practical decisions that lead to the films we watch, and how those decisions shine through.

Find Tansy's work via Linktree

DAVID GRIFFITHS

David Griffiths is an award-winning film, music and pop culture journalist with 30 years experience. He is a Tomatometer approved critic for Rotten Tomatoes who is based in Melbourne/Gippsland.

His film journalist journey began when at aged 14 his passion for film saw him asked to write video store film reviews for his local country newspaper. That soon led to him writing for Buzz Magazine and choosing to study Mass Media and Film Production once he finished High School. While still studying he was also the host of the popular X-Wired TV show and several community radio shows.

Now days Dave is a staff writer for Class Act Media (Asia), HEAVY Magazine (Australia) and The Book, The Film, The T-Shirt (UK). He is also the Editor and Founder of Subculture Entertainment and is the co-host of several radio shows including The Popcorn Conspiracy and Subculture for Central Coast Radio.

Dave also hosts several podcasts and can be regularly heard discussing film, music and pop-culture on other Coast FM stations as well as on J-Air and across the Southern Cross Austereo and Macquarie Radio Network affiliated stations.

Find David's work via Linktree

SAMUEL HARRIS

Samuel Harris a freelance screen critic and early career researcher in media and cinema studies, currently completing a PhD at RMIT University on the synthetic long take in action cinema and videogames. He is a regular contributor to The Big Issue's Film and Small Screens pages and his work has been featured in Senses of Cinema, GamesHub and Flicks, among other publications. He is an alumnus of MIFF's Critics Campus and GamesHub's WordPlay programs; a sessional cinema studies tutor at RMIT University; as well as a co-creator of Screen Inquisition, a regular series of curated screenings that spotlight and intersect with research being undertaken by HDR students and staff in RMIT’s School of Media and Communication.

Find Samuel's work via Linktree.

JACQUI HAMMERTON

Jacqui has been a contributor to film and entertainment discussion in Melbourne media since 1990, writing reviews for the Herald Sun and the Sunday Herald Sun, then on radio as a regular panel member with J-Air's First On Film and Entertainment and a guest on the annual wrap-up for 3WBC's Movies At Dusk.

Find Jacqui’s work on J-Air First On Film & Entertainment and 3WBC

BRUCE HATFIELD

I am currently co hosting a weekly community based, nationally syndicated TV show on channel 31 called WOMBAT AND GOOSE PRESENT OUTTA THE CAN for over four years now which highlights the best Australia has to offer in short films. My role as a presenter has lead to becoming a film reviewer on commercial radio in Western Australia, MMM southwest Cliff and the drive home since 2022. I have also been a judge at Altona Beach Film Festival from 2020 onwards. Have dabbled in some immersive theatre acting which is a total blast.

I still love the platform of television, it’s a like a dying star and I’m enjoying the last of its rays. Oh and give me a black and white film any day.

KEVIN HAWKINS

Kevin Hawkins is a Melbourne-based writer and former editor of Farrago. He writes film reviews for Film Blerg and has a secret stash of VHS cassettes beneath his desk.

Read Kevin's work at Film Blerg

ANDY HAZEL

Andy Hazel is an entertainment journalist based in Melbourne and the editorial assistant at the national newspaper The Saturday Paper. Andy has been an active member of the Australian film community since directing the music documentary Acting Normal aged 19. As a programmer he has worked at the Melbourne International Film Festival, and as a journalist, has covered MIFF, Cannes, the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and Marrakech International Film Festivals for The Saturday Paper, Guardian Australia, The Monthly and the British magazine A Rabbit's Foot.

ALEXANDRA HELLER-NICHOLAS

Alexandra is a film critic, editor and consultant who has written five books on cult, horror, and exploitation film including Rap-Revenge Films: A Critical Study, Found Footage Horror Films: Fear and the Appearance of Reality and books on Suspiria, Ms. 45 and The Hitcher.

In 2019 she is releasing two new books, 1000 Women in Horror from Bear Manor Media, and Eyes Without Faces: marks and Horror Cinema from the University of Wales Press. She has recently co-edited books on Elaine May, the collaborative film work of Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani, and the catalogue for ACMI's Wonderland exhibition. In 2018 she presided over the horror jury at Fantastic Fest in Texas, the biggest genre film festival in North America.

Read Alexandra's work at The Blue Lenses, Senses of Cinema, Flicks, Endcrawl, Vulture, and New York Magazine. Alexandra is also a regular contributor of commentaries and liner notes to home entertainment releases from international companies including Arrow Video and Eureka, amongst others.

Social Media: @suspirialex

Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/alexandra-heller-nicholas/movies

DAVID HESLIN

David Heslin is the editor of Metro, formerly edited Screen Education and served as a member of Senses of Cinema's editorial committee. His writing on film and politics has appeared in various publications including Senses of Cinema, Overland and New Matilda.

Find David's work at Metro Magazine

Social Media: @Furbicide - Twitter

DIGBY HOUGHTON

Digby Houghton is a film critic interested in the intersection between film history and aesthetics. He is particularly interested in the history of Australian film and the era from 1970 - 1980. He is the co-founder and co-editor of the weekly newsletter KinoTopia which focusses on art house, independent and lesser-known titles including a listings section of everything screening in Melbourne.

Find Digby's work at Animus Magazine & KinoTopia

Social Media: @HoughtonDigby - Twitter

CERISE HOWARD

Cerise Howard is a widely published, Aotearoa New Zealand-born critic who has been Program Director of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival since May 2023 and a co-curator of the Melbourne Cinémathèque since 2018. She co-founded the Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia and was its Artistic Director from 2013 to 2018; she was also a co-founding member of tilde: Melbourne Trans and Gender Diverse Film Festival.

For five years she has been a Studio Leader at RMIT University, specialising in media studios interrogating the shortcomings of the canon and incubating film festivals. A regular broadcaster on 3RRR, her film criticism can commonly also be found in Senses of Cinema and, latterly, attached to Blu-ray releases on labels like Arrow, Radiance, Second Run, Second Sight and Severin. Recent jury duties have included the East–West Golden Arch Awards (2018, 2019 & 2021), the FIPRESCI jury in Karlovy Vary (2023) and the Teddy Award jury at the Berlinale (2024).

Find Cerise at Triple RRR, Senses of Cinema, and Alliance of Women Film Journalists.

Social Media: @cerisehoward - Twitter

SHARON HURST

Coming from a teaching and journalism background, Sharon began reviewing for radio back in the late 1990s, and then wrote for cinephilia.net.au for about 15 years. She set up her own blog 7 years ago. She is now also a regular guest radio reviewer for 3CR's On Screen. She is also a member of the Australian Cinema Pioneers, and was a judge on a FIPRESCI panel for the 33rd Panorama of European film in 2020 (would have gone to Greece if it weren't for COVID - sniff!)

Read Sharon's work on Hursto's Five Minute Films

SETH LUKAS HYNES

Seth Lukas Hynes is a writer and film critic from the Yarra Valley. He is the weekly film critic for the Star Mail newspaper chain and has self-published three books of science fiction and essays. He loves writing, movies, prog-rock, video games and collecting and tinkering with old Macintoshes.

Find Seth's work here

BEDE JERMYN

Bede is a writer, critic & podcast co-host for The Super Network (SuperMarcey.com) and the host of his own solo podcast Bede Vs. The Living Dead. A major film lover since was he young, Bede has wrote many reviews, articles and recorded audio/video reviews over the years. He loves all aspects of cinema from big budget blockbusters, arthouse indie fare, exploitation/genre films and everything else in between.

Find Bede's work on The Super Network

Social Media: @BedeJemryn - Twitter; The Super Network - Facebook

CHRISTOPHER JOHN

Christopher John is an independent film critic based out of Perth who has written for The Curb, Novastream, ECU’s Dircksey Magazine, UWA’s Pelican Magazine, and Heroic Hollywood. He operated as the film critic for 6PR 882’s “The Catch-Up” during the 2023-2024 season, and was a featured guest on Rockingham’s Inspire Radio as their film critic from 2020 to 2021. Currently writing for Novastream and his personal website, and keeps up to date with unique creative work on his personal YouTube channel. Current Four Favourites on Letterboxd are The Empire Strikes Back, Taxi Driver, Koyaanisqatsi, and Laura’s Choice

Find Christopher's work via https://linktr.ee/christopher__john

TIIA KELLY

Tiia Kelly is a freelance film critic and essayist based in Naarm/Melbourne. She regularly reviews films for ABC Radio Melbourne's Victorian Evenings. Her work has also appeared in The Big Issue, Senses of Cinema, Australian Book Review, Kill Your Darlings, Meanjin Quarterly, The Guardian, and elsewhere.

Find Tiia's work at TiiaKelly.com

GREG KING

Greg King has had a life long love of films. He has been reviewing popular films for over 20 years. Since 1994, he was the film reviewer for BEAT magazine. His reviews have also appeared in the Herald Sun newspaper, S-Press, Stage Whispers, and a number of other magazines, newspapers and web sites. Greg contributes to The Blurb on film. He hosts Movies At Dusk every Sunday evening on 3WBC 94.1FM, where he interviews filmmakers, and can also be heard on J-AIR every Sunday morning at 11.00am.

Find Greg's work on Movies At Dusk Sundays 7-9pm 3WBC 94.1FM and FilmReviews.net.au

PETER KRAUSZ

I am a Film Critic, Film Journalist, Radio Broadcaster with two weekly film radio shows: Movie Metropolis, film interviews on my Peter Krausz Movie Metropolis YouTube Channel, film news/reviews/interviews on my Facebook page, Regular film reviewer on First on Film: http://www.j-air.com/au, Member of FIPRESCI (served on 3 juries: Adelaide FF, Munich FF, Berlinale), Member of the Association of Australian Cinema Pioneers. I am also a Q & A Host, Film Festival Consultant. Contributed to the publication: The 100 Greatest Australian Films, Film Articles in ATOM, Film Reviewer for the magazine Melbourne Catholic (no longer extant)

Social Media: MovieMetropolis - Facebook

DANIEL LAMMIN

Daniel is a Brisbane-based staff writer at SWITCH, an Australian-based film review website launched in 2011. As well reviewing new release films, Daniel has also written a number of retrospective features for major film anniversaries, curated themed film lists and reviewed several home entertainment titles. As part of SWITCH, Daniel writes and hosts the podcast 'Ink & Paint: A Journey Through the Disney Animated Classics', an ongoing project looking at the cultural and artistic legacy of the Disney animated feature films. He also regularly works with AACTA as host for their public screenings and events in Brisbane and the Gold Coast, has had work published in Senses of Cinema and Metro, and appeared as a guest on podcasts such as One Heat Minute (One Heat Minute Productions).

As well as his work as a film critic, Daniel has worked extensively as a theatre director and playwright, receiving a Green Room Award nomination for his work as director of 'Master Class' in 2014.

Find Daniel's work at Make the Switch

RICHARD LEATHEM

Richard Leathem is the producer and presenter of Film Scores, a weekly film program on 3MBS FM. He also writes for the Australian Book Review. Richard is the former State Manager of the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Melbourne.

ALAISDAIR LEITH

Alaisdair loves movies and talking about them. A writer and editor for Novastream Network and broadcaster on JoyFM.

Find Alaisdair's work at Novastream Network & TheAUReview or via Authory

Social Media: @alaisdair - Twitter; Alaisdair - Letterboxd

CAROLYN LESLIE

Carolyn Leslie is a writer, film critic and an accredited editor. Her work is regularly published in a number of Australian film journals, where she specialises in writing about films for young people and Australian screen texts. She can be contacted on carolynjaneleslie@gmail.com and on insta: @carolynjaneleslie.

GAZ MALLON

Gaz was born in Ireland. Someone had to be. Since working as a cinema projectionist, graduating from film school and writing about everyone from David Fincher to William Friedkin, it seems only fitting this passion for film criticism continues through print and podcasts.

Gaz co-hosts the Real Movies Fake History podcast, which critiques movies based on a true story, and also writes about film at The Cutting Room.

PETER MALONE

Peter Malone has been reviewing films continuously since 1968. He was one of the group that established AFCA, has taught media studies and written a number of books, especially on social and religious issues in cinema. He was based in London for twelve years as head of the international Catholic organisations for cinema and communications and, while there, a member of the London Film Critics Circle.

KENTA MCGRATH

Kenta McGrath is a Japanese-Australian writer and filmmaker. He has contributed film criticism to BFI, Metro Magazine, Senses of Cinema, The Conversation, ScreenHub, 4:3 and The Big Issue, and published academic writing in various journals and edited collections. He is a former presenter for the Japanese Film Festival and Japanese Animation Film Festival in Perth, and regularly assists local and international arts organisations as a film consultant, translator/interpreter and judging assistant. He holds a PhD in Screen Arts from Curtin University, where he currently teaches in screen production and theory.

Website: kentamcgrath.com

KYLE MCGRATH

Kyle is a life-long movie fan and a reviewer of film, theater and video games for the last several years. His writings can be found on Subculture Entertainment and Lilithia Reviews.

He can also be heard on The Popcorn Conspiracy and Subculture Radio shows on CentralCoastRadio.com. Where he reviews the latest release movies and theater with his co-host David Griffiths, Lee Griffiths and Harley Woods.

Visit Kyle's Linktree for more information

VIRAT NEHRU

Virat is a freelance critic and a film programmer. A previous finalist at the NSW Premier's Multicultural Communication Awards, he is the Founding Committee Member of the Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival.

Find Virat's work at ScreenHub, SBS Movies, ArtsHub, Indian Link and High on Films.

GABRIELLE O'BRIEN

Gabrielle O'Brien is an award winning film critic and long form writer. In 2019 she received the Ivan Hutchinson award from the Australian Film Critics Association. She has an MA in film studies from Kingston University, London. An unrepentant cinephile, she likes it best in the dark.

MARCELLA PAPANDREA

Marcella Papandrea founded SuperMarcey.com known as The Super Network in 2009, as a place for people to share their Film/TV/Book ect reviews and opinions. It has since grown to host six podcasts, with Marcella co-hosting all six shows. In January 2022 Marcella launched her solo podcast After Dark With Super Marcey - An Adults Only Podcast with a focus on adult topics including discussions on controversial cinema/filmmakers, exploitation cinema, erotic cinema and much more.

Find Marcella's work on Linktree here

GRETA PARRY

Greta Parry is a freelance writer and editor, and former editor of Screen Education. Her writing on film and gender has been published in Metro and The Guardian.

Find her on Instagram @gretaparry and see her work at https://linktr.ee/gretaparry

TOM PARRY

A millennial whose interest in film unexpectedly grew into a passion, Tom has contributed his thoughts on cinema to Triple M’s ‘Night Shift with Luke Bona’, ABC Gippsland, RPP FM, The AU Review and SYN Media. He is currently employed as a radio journalist with Southern Cross Austereo, and previously worked as a print journalist with the Gippsland Times. He continues to write reviews for Rating Frames and his personal film blog, One Large Popcorn, Please!

Find Tom's work at Gippsland Times, Rating Frames, and One Large Popcorn, Please!

Social Media: @RatingFrames_AU - Twitter; PopcornTom - Letterboxd

ANDREW F PEIRCE

Andrew is a Perth based writer and critic who has a keen interest in Australian cinema. Andrew is the owner, editor, and writer at The Curb.

Find Andrew's work at The Curb or via Linktree

CARLO PERITORE

Carlo has been chasing his passion of film, cinema and writing for the better part of 10 years. As the editor of This Is Film (thisisfilm.com) his written numerous reviews and think pieces on the ever-expanding range that cinema provides. He has a particular fascination with both action cinema and the heaving behemoth that are comic book films, but his love for movies overall knows no bounds, a love that often glows when reading his work.

ADAM ROSS

From his start as a clerk at Blockbuster Video to the airwaves of the ABC, Adam has always strived to connect viewers with positive film experiences. Adam is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts and has contributed to a multitude of outlets in a variety of formats including the BBC, the ABC, Triple M, and Filmink. Adam currently reviews films for ABC and Triple M radio and is the co-chair of AFCA.

STEPHEN A RUSSELL

Stephen A Russell is an award-winning arts journalist and film critic whose work frequently appears in The Age, Saturday Paper, SBS, ABC, ScreenHub, Flicks, Time Out, The Big Issue and more.

Read Stephen's work at Flicks.com.au, Screenhub, Metro Magazine, Saturday Paper, ABC Arts, SBS Movies, Time Out, The Big Issue, Joy FM, Radio National, The Age

Social Media: @SARussellwords - Twitter

Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/stephen-a-russell/movies

ANNE RUTHERFORD

Anne Rutherford is a freelance film critic and an Adjunct Associate Professor (Cinema Studies) at Western Sydney University. She has published widely in academic film books and journals, including her monograph, What Makes a Film Tick (Peter Lang, 2011). Her recent film and art criticism and reviews have appeared in The Monthly; Australian Book Review (Arts); Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism; [In]Transition; and the Cinema Reborn festival catalogue. She has also published in The Conversation, Metro Magazine, Senses of Cinema, Independent Film and Video Monthly; Art India, Real Time, Eyeline and numerous other contexts, including in catalogues for Sydney Biennale and Cannes Film Festival.

Find Anne's work on the Australian Book Review, The Monthly, Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism, and Western Sydney Academia.edu

GRANT SHADE

Grant gets to the cinema as often as life allows him. He has a review site and podcast called Film Shapes, operating from Perth, and he occasionally writes for FilmInk. He has a BA in Film and Television from Curtin University and a couple of his music vids appeared on Rage long ago.

Find Grant's work at Film Shapes or via Linktree

Social Media: Film Shapes - Facebook; Film Shapes - Instagram; @filmshapes - Twitter

STEFAN SOLOMON

Stefan Solomon is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at Macquarie University and the co-editor of Incomplete: The Feminist Possibilities of the Unfinished Film (University of California Press, 2023).

Find Stefan's work here: https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/arts-update/author/3337-stefansolomon

JONATHAN J. SPIROFF

Jonathan J. Spiroff is the founding editor-in-chief of The Mono Report, a movie news and review website dedicated to bringing honest insight into movies. Since its inception in 2017, The Mono Report has amassed a following of more than 50,000 across social media.

Jonathan was the film critic for 6PR 882's "The Catch-Up" during the 2022-2023 season, while critical reviews have also been featured at VHS Tracking and The Curb.

Before film criticism, Jonathan studied Screen Arts at Curtin University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in 2016. After university, Jonathan worked in the Vancouver Film Industry, operating as a crewmember for productions such as Warner Bros.' Supergirl and Netflix's Lost in Space.

Find Jonathan's work on The Mono Report

Social Media: @TheMonoReport - Instagram; The Mono Report - Facebook; The Mono Report - Threads;

MADELEINE SWAIN

Originally from England where she trained as an actor, Madeleine has over 30 years' experience as a writer, editor and film reviewer in print, television, radio and online. At the end of 2023 she celebrated the 600th edition of her film review slot, Madeleine at the Movies, on Golden Days Radio. She is also Managing Editor of ArtsHub and currently Vice Chair of JOY Media.

Find Madeleine's work on Golden Days Radio 95.7FM and Managing Editor at ArtsHub artshub.com.au

CHRIS THOMPSON

Chris Thompson is a multi-award-winning writer working in film, television, theatre, radio and education. His theatre writing has received five AWGIE nominations winning for Shady Characters, The Bridge and The Sadness of Mister Saisson. His short story If You Sleep You Die won the Alan Marshall Award and Prayers of the Pagans was a finalist in the Aesthetica International Creative Writing Contest. His screenplay for The Tumbler was shortlisted for the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards and won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award. His short screenplay Cow won the VCA/Whistling Woods Award and was produced in India. He was Co-Creator and Head Writer for Shock Jock (Foxtel) and With Tim Ferguson (C31) and he wrote The Problem with Pluto (Melbourne Planetarium) and Bringing Our Stories Home (Open Channel and ABC iView).

Chris was a regular reviewer of children’s and young adult literature for Viewpoint Magazine, was State Editor and regular reviewer for Lowdown; The National Youth Arts Journal, and has reviewed for Australian Book Review, The Age and The Conversation. His written film reviews have appeared online at FakeShemp (2019 to 2021) and he’s been a contributing reviewer for Cinephilia (the online movie review site) since 2014. Since 2016, his radio reviews have been heard on Behind the Scenes, the weekly arts and culture programme on Vision Australia Radio. In 2018, he became the programme’s Presenter where he continues his reviews on Screens & Streams, the regular movie review segment with Marc Gracie on the first Monday of each month.

Find Chris' work at Vision Australia Radio

ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS

Alexei Toliopoulos is a comedian, writer, podcaster, film critic and technically a critically acclaimed investigative documentarian. You know him from investigating mysteries on Finding Yeezus, being funny on Question Everything, and celebrating cinema on The Last Video Store and Sunburnt Screens. Alexei owns over 3000 Blu-ray DVDs and three blu-ray DVD players.

MATTHEW TOOMEY

Born in Brisbane, Matt Toomey was introduced to the world of cinema when he landed a job at a video store fresh out of high school in 1995. A few years later, he started his own website and reviewed movies regularly on a community radio station. In 2005, he joined the team at 612ABC and can be heard reviewing the latest releases every Thursday morning. He can also be heard weekly on regional ABC throughout Queensland.

JAMIE TRAM

Jamie Tram is a regular contributor to ABC Everyday and the Small Screens Editor at The Big Issue. Their work can also be found in Spectrum – The Saturday Age, Senses of Cinema and FilmInk, amongst other publications. They’ve appeared on ABC’s Art Works and Triple R’s Primal Screen to gush about their favourite Hong Kong actors (amongst other less important topics). In 2022, they co-wrote the animated short Graveyard Shift, which premiered at MQFF Opening Night. They are an alumni of MIFF’s Critics Campus and the VCA, where they’ve since returned to tutor screenwriting.

PAUL TURNER

Producer / Host of the movie themed TV series The Reel Thing on C31 Melbourne & Geelong (Wednesday 7:30pm) and nationally on Foxtel's Aurora (Wednesday 9:30pm). Since 2014 The Reel Thing has provided weekly movie themed entertainment to Australia.

Find Paul's work at The Reel Thing

Social Media: @thereelthing - Twitter; @thereelthing - Instagram

CAROL VAN OPSTAL

Carol’s film knowledge and enjoyment spans silent films to contemporary cinema, film noir, musicals and documentaries.

Of particular interest, are film music, the history of cinema, and delving into the psychological and cultural analysis of film.

MICHAEL WALSH

Growing up constantly either renting movies from the local video store, or buying movies with his pocket money to add to his collection, Michael Walsh is an avid film fan with a passion for all things pop culture and awards season. He writes for Reel Dialogue and has contributed guest articles to other film blogs. With a background in performing arts and interest in anthropology, he enjoys exploring the intersection between culture and creative expression.

Find Michael's work via his Linktree

GRANT WATSON

Grant Watson is an independent film critic, writing for the website FictionMachine. He has previously written for FilmInk, VCinema, and SBS. In 2016 he served on the Fipresci Jury of the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. He is accredited with Rotten Tomatoes.

Find Grant's work at Fiction Machine

Social Media: FictionMachine - Facebook

Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/grant-watson/movies

EMMA WESTWOOD

Emma Westwood is an author and broadcaster on cinema who has written a compendium book on Monster Movies, a monograph on David Cronenberg’s The Fly, co-written a monograph on John Frankenheimer’s Seconds and edited a book of essays on James Whale’s Bride of Frankenstein. She was a former co-host on Triple R’s Plato’s Cave film criticism show and podcast, and is now an occasional guest on the show’s new iteration, Primal Screen. You'll notice her popping up on various podcasts and DVD commentaries & liner notes around the world.

Find Emma's work at Triple R, Diabolique Magazine, and EmmaWestwood.net

Social Media: @EmmaJWestwood - Twitter

NADINE WHITNEY

Nadine Whitney is an experienced film critic who works in the intersection of consumer reviews and academic writing. She is the co-chair of The Australian Film Critics Association, a Rotten Tomatoes accredited critic, a member of the Online Film Critics Society, and the Alliance of Women Film Journalists.

Nadine is also an international voter for The Golden Globes, The Independent Spirit Awards, and an occasional film festival judge.

Nadine is passionate about uplifting underrepresented voices in film criticism and filmmaking.

Find Nadine's work on The Curb, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, In Their Own League

Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/nadine-whitney/movies

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/nadinewhitney

JAKE WILSON

Jake Wilson is a film reviewer for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, a freelance writer, and the author of Mad Dog Morgan (Currency Press, 2015).

Find Jake's work at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald

LINDSAY WILKINS

I am the Host of the Schlock & Awe Podcast. Where we have a weekly show, as well as Audio Reviews for new releases and sometimes the more classic. I love movies, watching them and discussing them.

Find Lindsay's work at Schlock & Awe

Social Media: @SchlockAndAwe1 - Twitter; @SchlockAndAwe1 - Instagram

DEB VERHOEVEN

Deb Verhoeven is an academic, commentator and critic. Deb is currently Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender and Cultural Informatics at the University of Alberta. Deb’s research focuses on feminist appraisals of the film sector with a particular focus on the Australian film industry.