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Ted Hope

A producer on over 70 films, studio exec on over 60, Ted launched Amazon’s foray into feature film production. His memoir/handbook "HopeForFilm" is available for your reading pleasure.

Elissa Suh

Film critic and writer. Bylines in Vogue, MUBI, Eater, NYmag, Screen Slate, Cultured, Bomb Magazine, T Magazine, etc. Life's too short for bad movies and bad food.

Tyler Coates

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Nicolas Rapold

I write about movies and host the podcast The Last Thing I Saw. Author of THE WORLDS OF HAYAO MIYAZAKI (September 16, 2025). Bylines: New York Times, Sight & Sound, Filmmaker, W Magazine, Screen Slate. Editor-in-chief of Film Comment back in the day.

Mike Hogan

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Kevin Bui

Writer and critic from Melbourne.

Courtney Romano

Writing, directing, & producing NonDē films. Organizing the NonDē 50 Films Project, contributing to FilmStack Daily Digest, and making my feature directorial debut in 2026.

Tim Grierson

I'm the Senior U.S. Critic for Screen International. My writing appears frequently in the Los Angeles Times and Rolling Stone. My latest book is "This Is How You Make a Movie." You can follow me at https://bsky.app/profile/timgrierson.bsky.social

Caleb Hammond

LA-based writer and filmmaker

David Schwartz

Independent film curator and writer. Former Chief Curator at Museum of the Moving Image. Currently writing for publications including Filmmaker, Film Comment, Screen Slate, Reverse Shot, Criterion, and more.

Abe Beame

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Editorial Manager, Filmmaker Magazine. Freelance film writer, various other outlets.

Chloe Lizotte

Content Director, Filmmaker Magazine

Keva York

Writer and film critic, based in New York

Maxwell Paparella

Deputy Editor, Filmmaker Magazine

Alexander Mooney

Critic and filmmaker based in Toronto. Got something cooking…

Lauren Wissot

Veteran film critic and journalist who's written extensively for Filmmaker magazine, Documentary magazine, IndieWire, Modern Times Review (Europe's documentary magazine) and many other publications.

Alex Lei

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