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Born and raised in London, David Thomson is the author of A Biographical Dictionary of Film and, most recently, The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film, among many other books.
A rock critic since 1967, Robert Christgau grades and reviews albums for Noisey weekly in his Expert Witness column. His memoir, Going Into the City, was published in 2015.
The late Ronald Haver was a noted film historian and film curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Peter Matthews is a senior lecturer in film and television at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London. He is also a regular contributor to Sight & Sound.
Charles Dennis is an actor, playwright, and author of two books on Hollywood, Talent and The Dealmakers. His new play, A High Class Sort of Heel, is based on the life of George Sanders.
Vida T. Johnson is professor of Russian film and culture at Tufts University and the co-author, with Graham Petrie of The Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue, Indiana University Press, 1994.
Siri Hustvedt is the internationally acclaimed author of a book of poetry, seven novels, four collections of essays, and a work of nonfiction. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Tullio Kezich wrote the biography Fellini and a diary of the shooting of La dolce vita. He also cowrote the screenplay for The Legend of the Holy Drinker with Ermanno Olmi. This piece previously appeared in the Criterion Collection’s 2001...
Richard Schickel is a film critic for Time. His latest book, Matinee Idylls, which was named a New York Times Notable Book, has recently been reprinted in paperback.
Kim Newman is a novelist, critic, and broadcaster. His books include the Anno Dracula series and Nightmare Movies. He is a contributing editor to Sight & Sound and Empire magazines and writes for Video Watchdog.