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SIG ANDERSON

Sig’s Flicks is part of the Valley Lifestyles program.

DEREK ARMSTRONG

Derek Armstrong is an American married to an Australian who resides in Melbourne. He is the editor and lead critic of ReelGood and has written in the past for several American publications, including AllMovie.

Read Derek's work at ReelGood

GRACE BOSCHETTI

Grace Boschetti is a screen critic and a member of the Cinema Reborn organising committee from Naarm/Melbourne. Her writing has appeared in Metro, Senses of Cinema, The Big Issue and Rough Cut, among other places.

REBEKAH BRAMMER

Rebekah Brammer is a PhD candidate at the University of New England, with her research based on film and television made in Tasmania. She has published over 25 long-form critical essays in Metro and Screen Education on a range of screen texts and topics including documentaries, TV series, science fiction and features. Her recent publications include book chapters on Squid Game and Barbie, and articles on Tasmanian TV series. She is also an AACTA Professional member (film critic/writer).

https://rebekahbrammer.wordpress.com/

DAVID MICHAEL BROWN

David Michael Brown is a British ex-pat living in Sydney. Working as a freelance writer, he has contributed to Rolling Stone, GQ, TV Week, flicks.com.au, The Big Issue, SBS Movies, Cinema of the 70s, Cinema of the 80s, We Belong Dead and Empire Magazine Australia, where he was Senior Editor for almost seven years. As well as freelancing, he works with Umbrella Entertainment as a producer and writer and has contributed essays to their Blu-ray and 4K releases of Caligula, The Hitcher, Takashi Miike's Audition, The Raid, a box set of films by Korean director Lee Chang-dong and Coffy for which he interviewed director Jack Hill and Alejandro Amenábar’s Thesis and Open Your Eyes where he interviewed Eduardo Noriega. He has also worked on titles released by Imprint Films and Arrow Video and is presently writing a book on the film music of German electronic music pioneers Tangerine Dream.

LUKE BUCKMASTER

Luke Buckmaster is the film critic for Guardian Australia and the chief critic of Flicks.com.au

KEVIN BUI

Kevin Bui is a writer and film critic currently based in Melbourne, Australia. His work has been published in The Guardian, Little White Lies, The Big Issue, Rough Cut, Film Cred and elsewhere. He is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talents Press and MIFF Critics Campus programmes.

THOMAS CALDWELL

Thomas Caldwell is a writer, broadcaster, Auscritic award-winning film critic and film programmer based in Melbourne, Australia. He is currently the Artistic Director of the Children’s International Film Festival (Australia) and regularly discusses films on Primal Screen on Melbourne independent community radio station Triple R (3RRR 102.7FM). He is the author of the secondary school textbook Film Analysis Handbook (Insight Publications) and recent contributions to blu-ray releases have included titles from Second Sight Films (UK) and Umbrella Entertainment (Australia).

Find Thomas' work at Cinema Autopsy and via Linktree

ANTHONY CAREW

Anthony Carew is a Melbourne-based critic. He hosts the International Pop Underground on RRR FM.

ALEX CEARNS

Alex Cearns, founder of The Popcorn Panel, is passionate about films and writing. Her love for both sparked a film review hobby that has become a full-time obsession. In early 2024, she launched The Popcorn Panel to share her reviews, growing her social media communities. This year she started a local movie club and now hosts a monthly film review segment on Perth’s 6PR radio station as well as a segment on "The Couch" TV show airing on Foxtel. Despite having two full-time jobs (as a professional pet and wildlife photographer and a business coach) Alex makes time to see several movies a week at the cinema. For her, films are a true escape, and she enjoys sharing her thoughts while listening to others’ perspectives. She believes cinema is a wonderful gift and loves immersing herself in the worlds brought to life on the big screen.

JASMINE CRITTENDEN

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

Read some of Jasmine's work at Metro

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

Harris Dang is a film critic whom you will find in cinemas regularly. He decided to become one when his friends and family consistently told him to put his numerous blathering into words.

And so he did in such publications as The AU Review, Impulse Gamer, In Their Own League.

Over the past few years, he has covered festivals as Fantasia, Sundance and Fantastic Fest.

Social Media: @FilmMomatic - Twitter

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

ADRIAN DANKS

Adrian Danks is a teacher, editor, curator, Ivan Hutchinson award-winning critic and essayist. He is Associate Professor, Cinema Studies and Media, at RMIT University, co-curator and President of the Melbourne Cinémathèque, and was an editor of Senses of Cinema between 2000 to 2014. He is author of the edited collections, A Companion to Robert Altman (Wiley, 2015) and American-Australian Cinema (Palgrave, 2018, with Steve Gaunson), and the monograph, Australian International Pictures (with Con Verevis, Edinburgh UP, 2023). He has also contributed essays to dozens of books and journals as well as DVD/Bluray collections released by Criterion, Madman, the BFI, Arrow and Masters of Cinema, and has served on the selection committees, curatorial boards and judging panels of organisations like the Melbourne International Film Festival, ATOM, AACTA, the Multicultural Film Festival, ACMI, Experimenta, ReelDance and the Big West Festival.

ALYSSA DE LEO

Alyssa De Leo is a freelance writer and filmmaker located in Naarm/Melbourne. She loves writing about movies just as much as creating her own projects. Alyssa has previously written for Collider and ScreenHub, and currently writes for Yardbarker, Novastream and In Review. Her work has screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival and Poppy Jasper International Film Festival, and she has an Advanced Diploma of Professional Screenwriting. Additionally, Alyssa is also undertaking a Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing).

Find Alyssa's work at https://linktr.ee/alyssadeleo

BRADLEY J. DIXON

Bradley J. Dixon is a writer, critic, and media scholar working on Wurundjeri country in Melbourne, Australia. He is currently a Lecturer in Media at RMIT University, where he teaches courses on film criticism and film theory. His work can be found at https://bradleyjdixon.me.

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 Cultures in the Digital Age (2025) and completing books on Ageing Masculinity in Hollywood Action and Sharksploitation Movies in the 21st Century.

Find Glen's work at RMIT

KAHN DUNCAN

Kahn is a passionate movie lover based in Naarm (Melbourne) who uses film as a tool for entertainment, education, and feeling. He is a recent Graduate of Media Communications (Screen Studies) and Business (Marketing) at Monash University. He tries to watch at least one feature film a day. He is an open minded critic willing to watch and review everything from the tiniest indie flick to the largest blockbuster.

Kahn's work can be found at The Curb, Novastream, This Is Film, Insession Film or via Linktree

GLENN DUNKS

Glenn Charlie Dunks is a two-time AFCA award-winning film critic. His writing has appeared across Australian and international outlets including The Guardian, Vanity Fair, SBS, ScreenHub and The Big Issue. He has also represented AFCA on film festival duries in Europe (Stockholm, Liepzig) and the United States (San Francisco). He specialises in documentary, and since 2025 has appeared as a film correspondent on internationally recognised LGBTQIA+ radio station Joy 94.9 on Strictly Soundtracks and Joy Breakfast. He also contributes to programming notes for multiple film festivals.

Social Media: 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 attends preview screenings for the latest features, in Melbourne. When he is not watching and reviewing movies, Arnie works as a Media Officer.

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 on the Rating Frames website: https://ratingframes.com/

ALEX FIRST

I have been reviewing movies since I first began in radio at FOX-FM some decades back. It is a passion that has not waned over that time. I take my responsibility as a critic seriously, recognising that it can influence decisions others make about what to see and what to avoid. I am fortunate to have a wide audience in commercial radio, online and in print.

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

AGNES FORRESTER

Agnes Forrester is a writer and comedian based in Narrm/Melbourne. She has been published by The Big Issue, 4:3, Rough Cut, and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. She was op-shopping before it was cool.

ANDREW FRASER

Andrew Fraser is a critic whose work has appeared in Guardian Australia, The Big Issue, Rough Cut, International Network of Street Papers, MIFF Revue and Kinotopia. Fraser is an alumni of MIFF Critics Campus.

TERRY FROST

Terry is an independent YouTuber providing reviews on classic and modern cinema. In 2021, Terry was given the William Atheling Jr Award for excellence in science fiction reviewing for his channel, Terry Talks Movies, on YouTube.

TANSY GARDAM

Tansy Gardam is a writer and critic based in Naarm/Melbourne. She has bylines in The Big Issue, Strange Horizons, the ABC and Decoding Everything, among others. She hosts the Going Rogue podcast, and is fascinated by the intersection of art and capitalism, and movies that go wrong.

Find Tansy's work via Linktree

NICK GARDENER

Since sneaking out of bed as an impressionable youngster to watch monster movies I have been an avid film fan. My tastes have expanded a little since then and having presented film reviews on radio for over 30 years I have had the privilege of viewing and discussing the phenomenally diverse world of cinema. I have reviewed films on the community radio station 88.3 Southern FM since 1994, contributed to the podcast The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Film Show and I review a new release film every Wednesday morning at 7:30am on 94.1 3WBC FM with Greg King.

DAVID GRIFFITHS

David Griffiths is a film journalist with more than 25 years experience. Over that time he has practiced his craft for radio, television and print. Currently he works for outlets including The Phuket News, Subculture Entertainment, The Book The Film The T-Shirt and hosts several radio shows including “The Popcorn Conspiracy“, "Subculture" and "Mornings From Melbourne." Griffiths is also a Rotten Tomatoes approved critic and is an alternate judge for The Golden Globes.

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, The Guardian, 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.

BRUCE HATFIELD

Bruce has been presenting films and interviewing film makers and actors for the past 6 years on C31 and C44 Wombat and Goose present ""outta the can"" which has lead to film reviewing for MMM Southwest for Cliff and the drive home on a Friday afternoon.

Having done some acting as an extra as well as doing immersive theatre, Bruce has always had a love affair with the big screen, oh and those boysenberry choc tops are still the best!!!

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. He is also a member of AACTA and a voting member of the The Golden Globes.

ALEXANDRA HELLER-NICHOLAS

Alexandra is a film critic and author of ten books on cult, horror and exploitation film including The Cinema Coven: Witches, Witchcraft and Women's Filmmaking (2024), The Giallo Canvas: Art, Excess and Horror Cinema (2021), 1000 Women in Horror 1895-2018 (2020), Eyes Without Faces: Masks in Horror Cinema (2019), Found Footage Horror Films: Fear and the Appearance of Reality (2014), Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study (2011/2021), and monographs on Robert Harmon's The Hitcher (2018), Abel Ferrara's Ms. 45 (2017), Dario Argento's Suspiria (2015). She has also co-edited five edited collections and has published over thirty book chapters.

Alexandra received the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for Writer of the Year in 2025, and in 2024 appeared in Alexandre O Philippe's documentary Chain Reactions which celebrated the 50th anniversary of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, alongside Patton Oswalt, Stephen King, Karyn Kusama and Takashi Miike.

DAVID HESLIN

David Heslin is a Melbourne-based film critic and the publications manager for Melbourne International Film Festival. He previously edited Metro and Screen Education and served as a member of the Senses of Cinema editorial team.

DIGBY HOUGHTON

Digby is a film critic, programmer and screenwriter from Melbourne. He is interested in the intersection between history and film and completed his Honours thesis on late 1970s Australian cinema in 2022 at the University of Melbourne. He was the 2024 AFI Research Collection’s fellow where he is developing a screenplay based on Melbourne film culture from the 1970s and 1980s. He is also the founder of Kinotopia, a weekly newsletter published on Thursdays with long form reviews and film listings from cinemas in and around Melbourne.

CERISE HOWARD

Hailing from Aotearoa New Zealand, Cerise Howard is a co-curator of the Melbourne Cinémathèque. She is a former Program Director of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival (2023-2024); she was the co-founding Artistic Director of the Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia (2013-2018) and a co-founder in 2014 of Tilde – Melbourne Trans & Gender Diverse Film Festival. A Studio Leader at RMIT University specialising in incubating media festivals and interrogating the shortcomings of the canon, her commentary on film can be found across a wide array of outlets, variously in print, online (e.g., at Senses of Cinema) or integrated within home theatrical releases. She’s a regular on film festival juries (most recently as a FIPRESCI juror and a Teddy juror at the 2025 and 2024 Berlinales respectively), has talked film on 3RRR since 2006 and plays a mean bass guitar for Queen Kong and the HOMOsapiens and the emerging Age of Monotremes.

Find Cerise at Triple RRR and Senses of Cinema.

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 eight 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 has been the weekly film critic for the Star Mail newspaper group since 2014, and has had articles and reviews published in New Matilda, the Horsham Times, The Rationalist, The Skeptic, Data Extract, Wordly and Cosmos. He is also a freelance editor, and has self-published three books of short fiction and essays.

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

TRAVIS JOHNSON

SASCHA KENNY

Critic and contributor to Reelgood and other publications.

GREG KING

Greg King has had a lifelong love of movies. He has contributed The Herald Sun, BEAT magazine, the blurb. Since 2013 he has hosted Movies At Dusk, a two hour film review program on 3WBC 94.1FM every Sunday evening.

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

PETER KRAUSZ

Peter Krausz is a film critic, film judge, radio broadcaster, and Q & A host. He reviews all films on release on two, weekly two-hour film radio shows, plus weekly reviews on another radio show. As a member of FIPRESCI, he has served on three International film juries, and frequently hosts film discussion Q & As. He interviews international and local filmmakers for his Movie Metropolis YouTube Channel. Peter is the former Chair of AFCA, and was the former film writer of the now defunct Melbourne Catholic.

Social Media: MovieMetropolis - Facebook

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.

GARI MALLON

Gari is an freelance film critic, who after working as a cinema projectionist, graduating from film school and writing about everyone from David Fincher to Nadine Labaki, it seems only fitting their passion for in-depth film criticism continues through print and broadcast.

Gari reviews new releases at Gari Reviews (https://www.realmoviesfakehistory.com/moviereviews) and also co-hosts the Real Movies Fake History (https://www.realmoviesfakehistory.com/) podcast, which critiques movies based on a true story.

Visit them on Linktree (https://linktr.ee/garimallon), Bluesky (http://garimallon.bsky.social/), and Letterboxd (https://letterboxd.com/Gari_Mallon/)

PETER MALONE

Founding member, continuous member. Reviewing films continuously since 1968. President Catholic Film Offices of the Pacific, OCIC, 1989-1998. World president OCIC (Organisation Catholique Internationale du Cinema), 1998-2001, World President SIGNIS, (World Catholic Association for Communication), 2002-2005, SIGNIS Cinema desk, 2006-2010 - London based, member of the London Film Critics Circle. Reviews, BBC, English newspapers, Radio and TV spots. Author of around 40 books on cinema issues, periodical articles, chapter contributions to books on cinema.

RUSS MATTHEWS

Russ Matthews writes for Reel Dialogue. He enjoys developing large public forums throughout the city to engage people with the bigger questions of life. Russ writes and edits film reviews and articles for Reel Dialogue + publications and websites across Australia. He has a passion for film and getting the conversations started on themes from these visual creations. Russ is married to Cathy and they enjoy spending as much time with their children, grandchildren and family as possible. he is the author of The Word Becomes Film, Reel Marriage & The Maker's Quest. Website: reeldialogue.com

KENTA MCGRATH

Kenta McGrath is a Japanese-Australian writer, critic and filmmaker whose work has appeared in Metro Magazine, Senses of Cinema, The Conversation, ScreenHub, 4:3, The Big Issue, and various journals and edited collections. His recent work includes a pair of audio commentaries (for Stray Dog and Sanjuro) and an essay (for The Hidden Fortress), produced for the British Film Institute’s slate of UHD and Blu-ray editions of restored films by Akira Kurosawa.

Kenta is a former presenter for the Japanese Film Festival and the Japanese Animation Film Festival in Perth, and regularly works with artists and organisations as a translator and film consultant. He holds a PhD in Screen Arts from Curtin University, where he teaches screen production and theory.

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

ALICE McSHANE

Alice McShane is a screen programmer born in Tasmania / Lutruwita and is now living and working in Melbourne / Naarm.

With a speciality in documentary filmmaking, she's programmed the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), SXSW Sydney, the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival (HRAFF), and contributed as a panelist for the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). She's been a film juror for the VCAA's Top Screen program, as well as the Melbourne Women in Film Festival. She's also a board member of the Melbourne Women in Film Festival.

Catch her on Triple R in Melbourne, where she contributes as a critic to Primal Screen (hosted weekly by Dr. Flick Ford).

JULIAN MEYERS

Julian Meyers has been a film lover ever since Alien (1979) first traumatised them as a child. Julian loves to respect the craft of filmmaking in his reviews, appreciating production design and the score and how they build the world of the film. He also loves horror, but everything is horror when you think about it.

VIRAT NEHRU

A longtime film programmer and critic, Virat is the Treasurer for the Australian Film Critics Association and the Founding Committee Member for the Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival. He is also the Strategy & Marketing Manager for indiVisual Films - International.

CAIN NOBLE-DAVIES

Cain is a freelance Sydney-based writer. Self-taught in the ways of film criticism, he cut his teeth on any new film he could get his hands on, writing mini-reviews for his own amusement before eventually pouring well over a million words into his personal blog. Particularly fond of speculative fiction and pondering the bigger ideas behind the stories, but he will basically watch anything put in front of him. He currently writes for FilmInk.

GABRIELLE O'BRIEN

Gabrielle O'Brien is a Melbourne based film writer and commentator who specialises in long form. She has twice won the Ivan Hutchinson award for her long form writing on Australian film. An unrepentant cinephile, Gabrielle 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

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 the Times, as well as Rating Frames and his personal film blog, One Large Popcorn, Please!

You can follow Tom on his official Letterboxd account via https://letterboxd.com/popcorntom/ or at Gippsland Times, Rating Frames, and One Large Popcorn, Please!

ANDREW F PEIRCE

Andrew is passionate about Australian film and culture. He is the co-chair of the Australian Film Critics Association, a Golden Globes voter, and the author of two books on Australian film, The Australian Film Yearbook – 2021 Edition, and Lonely Spirits and the King. You can find him online trying to enlist people into the cult of Mac and Me. Andrew is an Author Member of The Alliance of Independent Authors.

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 11 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.

DAMIAN ROBB

Damian Robb is a writer, podcaster, and educator who moonlights as a film critic. He’s one of the hosts of Scaredy Boys, a horror podcast where three self-proclaimed cowards face their fears one spooky movie at a time, and a co-host of Eye Cramps, a show that celebrates the many strange and wonderful corners of cinema.

You can find Damian's work via his Linktree (https://linktr.ee/damianrobb.writer)

ADAM ROSS

Adam is a Melbourne-based film critic whose journey has seen him go from a 13-year-old video clerk to a Chairman of the Australian Film Critics Association.

Now on the airwaves of the ABC, Adam had always strived to connect viewers with positive film experiences.

A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, Adam has contributed to a multitude of outlets in a variety of formats including the BBC, the ABC, Triple M, and Filmink.

STEPHEN A RUSSELL

Stephen A Russell is an award-winning film critic imported from Glasgow to Melbourne with snort laugh included. His work can be read on the ABC, SBS, The Saturday Paper, Time Out, The Big Issue and more, as well as popping up as a guest on the radio.

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

ANNE RUTHERFORD

Anne Rutherford is a film critic and Adjunct Associate Professor (Cinema Studies) in the Writing and Society Research Centre at Western Sydney University. She is the author of What Makes a Film Tick (Peter Lang) , and her film criticism has been published widely. Her recent work has appeared in The Monthly, Australian Book Review, Meanjin, [In]Transition and Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism. In 2022 she was awarded the Australian Film Critics’ Association award for best international review. Since 2024 she has edited the Cinema Reborn catalogue.

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

SHANTELLE SANTOS

Shantelle is Head of Film and Screen Culture at The Phrasemaker. Based in Melbourne, she's also worked with the AU review, Pedestrian.TV, Lifehacker Australia, Kotaku Australia, SBS on Demand, Novastream Network, and so much more.

You can find her on Letterboxd and Bluesky @sahntelle, and on Instagram @shantellesantos.

GRANT SHADE

Grant gets to the cinema as often as life allows him. He has a website 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.

Grant is a vocal supporter of Perth's Revelation Film Festival but tries to get to as many different film festivals as possible. He won't stop banging on about actually going to cinemas to watch films.

Find Grant's work at Film Shapes or via Linktree

Social Media: Film Shapes - Facebook; Film Shapes - Instagram

SAJ SINNIAH

Saj Sinniah is a Melbourne-based film lover who co-hosts the podcast Rewind, Rethink and appears on Channel 31’s The Film Whisperers. Their love of movies started early with one of their first memories is watching Back to the Future on VHS, completely mesmerised. From there, they were hooked. Saj spent most of their childhood in video stores, building their taste one rental at a time.

That early obsession turned into a lifelong passion. These days, Saj is still just as excited about film—especially rewatching old favourites and asking what they mean now. Saj is interested in how stories age, who they centre, and what they say about the world we live in. Saj's background is in learning and development, so they tend to look at movies through a cultural and people-focused lens.

Saj is all about honest takes, unexpected insights, and occasionally calling out the weird stuff we all used to accept as normal.

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 garnered a following of over 60,000 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

I have been working non-stop as a reviewer for 30 years in Melbourne, in print, on television and now on radio and online. Full time work as the managing editor at ArtsHub means I often have to miss media previews, so membership of Auscritic is a vital resource. Previously a reviewer on ABC TV (Express, The Arts Show), then for many years in Melbourne Weekly, sporadically in Cinema Papers, Metro etc. Now as the writer and presenter of Madeleine at the Movies (Golden Days Radio 95.7FM, Tuesdays 12.10 and repeated on Friday at the same time). Currently about to record episode 674. I am the Managing Editor at ArtsHub (artshub.com.au) and review for our sister site ScreenHub (www.screenhub.com.au) when required.

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.

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 writer, comedian, podcaster, film critic and technically, an internationally acclaimed investigative documentarian.

Currently, Alexei utilizes his unmatched encyclopaedic film knowledge and infectious passion to celebrate cinema on The Last Video Store. In collaboration with Betoota Advocate, Alexei chats to guests about their favourite films in the style of an old-school video store rental combo. Featuring conversations with George Miller, Chris Hemsworth, Anya Taylor-Joy, Troy Cassar-Daley, Angela White, Miranda Tapsell and many more the show has quickly become a go-to podcast for film lovers.

Alongside creative partner Cameron James, Alexei created and stars in the investigative-comedy YouTube docuseries Finding Yeezus. The cult series is a follow-up to their deeply beloved and obsessively listened to ABC podcasts Finding Drago and Finding Desperado. The ‘Finding’ series is cherished for its artisanal blend of goofy comedy, heartfelt emotional resonance and bedevilling procedural style. It captures that ‘tumbling down the rabbit hole’ feeling of being the only one tugging at an unravelling thread of obscure pop culture conspiracy… and it’s all true.

Alexei caught attention as a breakout panellist on ABC TV’s news satire panel show Question Everything hosted by Wil Anderson & Jan Fran, having appeared on more episodes across the 2 seasons than any other guest. He has also appeared on The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, Netflix’s Heartbreak High, The Feed on SBS and was cut out of Colin From Accounts (this has been left in the bio to display his humble nature).

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 Brisbane 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 an award-winning culture writer. She is the Small Screens Editor at The Big Issue magazine and a film critic for the ABC. Her work can also be found in The Guardian, Spectrum - The Saturday Age, Senses of Cinema, Filmink, and elsewhere. She's appeared on ABC’s Art Works, ABC Radio Melbourne and Triple R’s Primal Screen, and was a Critics Lab mentor at the 2025 Melbourne Women in Film Festival.

PAUL TURNER

Producer and host of the The Reel Thing on C31 Melbourne & Geelong and Foxtel's Aurora channel since 2014 featuring news, reviews and interviews from movies. Prior the show was a two hour weekly radio show on Plenty Valley FM.

Find Paul's work at The Reel Thing

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

SILVI VANN-WALL

Silvi Vann-Wall is a gender-diverse critic, journalist, award winning-writer and podcaster from Melbourne. They are best known as the content lead for ScreenHub, but can also be heard on the airwaves for Triple R's film show Primal Screen. Their passions include film, TV, theatre, chronic illness, and video games.

DEB VERHOEVEN

Deb Verhoeven is a researcher, writer and broadcaster with a special interest in the Australian film industry. She has a longstanding record in film criticism having served for many years as a film critic on public radio (3CR, 3PBS-FM), ABC Radio (local and national), for the Melbourne Times. Most recently her critical engagement has taken a research focus with detailed publications in scholarly outlets, media blogs and The Conversation.

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. With a background in performing arts and anthropology, he enjoys exploring the intersection between culture and creative expression. He writes for Reel Dialogue and has contributed guest articles to other film blogs / media outlets.

Find Michael's work via his Linktree

GRANT WATSON

Grant Watson is a film critic based in Melbourne, Australia. His work is primarily available via independent website FictionMachine, but he has previously written for FilmInk, SBS Online, Out in Perth, and VCinema. He is a two-time winner of the William Atheling Jr Award for Science Fiction Criticism and Review.

Find Grant's work at Fiction Machine

Social Media: FictionMachine - Facebook

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

NADINE WHITNEY

Nadine Whitney is a RT certified critic, Golden Globes voter, member of OFCS, GALECA, AWFJ, and an essayist on physical media releases. She loves films that challenge her — especially the surreal and absurd. Runs on caffeine and questionable punctuation.

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

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/nadinewhitney

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

JAKE WILSON

Jake Wilson is a Melbourne writer who has been a film critic for the Age since 2006. His reviews of new releases are now syndicated to The Sydney Morning Herald and other Nine publications around Australia, while his longer essays on film and TV appear weekly in his own Substack newsletter Moving Targets. His monograph Mad Dog Morgan, on the 1976 bushranger film of the same name, was published in 2015 as part of the Australian Screen Classics series. He is among the curators for the seasonal Bulleke-Bek Brunswick Cinema, and at the time of writing is teaching courses on film history and lifestyle journalism at the Australian College of the Arts (Collarts).

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

JOSEPH XUEREB

Joseph is a co-presenter on the 3MBS program (103.5), Film Scores with Richard Leathem.