Members M to Z

 
 DANIELLE SOLZMAN

Danielle Solzman writes for Solzy at the Movies and for Awards Focus. When not writing about film, Solzman can be found using her free time for writing feature film screenplays, reading a book, watching TV, or just discussing film on social media.
 
 
 
 

MOIRA SULLIVAN

Moira Sullivan Moira Sullivan is a San Francisco-based film critic and scholar at City College of San Francisco. She’s a member of FIPRESCI and GALECA with a PhD in cinema studies. A leading expert on filmmaker Maya Deren, she is also a staff member on Movie Magazine International.org, She does weekly radio reports on her broadcast women in film for KXSF FM San Francisco Community Radio, annakarinaland.org, named for Anna Karina and writes for agnesfilms.com named for Agnès Varda.
 
JULIA SWIFT

Julia Swift is an Associate Professor at the prestigious University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She can be seen weekly reviewing movies on on FOX44/ABC22 and read on Rotten Tomatoes. After writing for network television and directing award winning shorts, she switched to reviewing and teaching film. While on the faculty of Champlain College she was awarded a scholar’s Fulbright to South Korea.

 
 
JULIDE TANRIVERDI

Julide Tanriverdi is a Turkish-German journalist residing in NYC, relocating from Berlin in 1996 to be NY correspondent for Axel Springer.  She then became NY Bureau Chief for Gala, Germany’s popular entertainment weekly. She’s covered Berlinale, Sundance, Toronto Film Festival, Tribeca and NY Film Festivals. She freelances for leading international magazines: Germany’s Geek!, GQ, Glamour, Freundin, Austria’s Die Wienerin and Canada’s Cineplex . She’s a freelance broadcast producer, executive produced Cathryne Czubek’s documentary A Girl and A Gun, scripted the short film Hotel Terminus and is working on two feature films. She’s Vice President of AWFJ.
 
ERIN TRAHAN

Erin Trahan For two decades, Erin Trahan has reported on independent filmmaking for 90.9 WBUR, The Independent (which she edited), and Boston Globe. She’s on faculty in Emerson College’s film, television, and media arts and journalism departments. She released her first short documentary, Dukakis: Recipe for Democracy, and was named a Top Ten Emerging Artist by Art New England Magazine. She is working on new documentary projects as a fellow in Boston University’s Center for Media Innovation & Social Impact.

SILVI VANN-WALL

Sivi Vann-Wall” /> is a Melbourne-based genderqueer film critic and award-winning journalist, She contributes to ABC (Australian Broadcast Corporation), specialising in incisive reviews on genre film, streaming and animation.
 
 
 
 
 
LYNN VENHAUS

Lynn Venhaus writes film reviews for the Webster-Kirkwood Times and website www.PopLifeSTL.com, and discusses entertainment every Friday on KTRS radio. She’s based in St Louis.

JUSTINA WALFORD

Justina Walford is a film critic on a mission to spotlight visionary women behind the camera. Coming from a background in writing for stage and screen, Justina celebrates the diverse narratives and unique perspectives women bring to film. Her reviews not only critique cinematic techniques but also amplify the importance of representation in the film industry. Justina especially enjoys the edgier side of film in the rich and diverse landscape of art created by women. She is always on the hunt for trailblazers in horror and experimental work.

 
SARAH WARD

Sarah Ward is a freelance film critic and writer. She is the Australian-based critic for Screen International, and writes for ArtsHub, Concrete Playground, Goethe-Institut Australien, SBS, SBS Movies and Flicks Australia. She has also contributed to the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Junkee, FilmInk, Birth.Movies.Death, Lumina, Senses of Cinema, Metro Magazine, Screen Education and the World Film Locations book series.

 
RACHEL WEST

Rachel West Based in Toronto, Rachel is a Senior Film Critic at ThatShelf.com. She has interviewed everyone from Michael Fassbender to Miss Piggy and has reported live from TIFF, the SAG Awards, Comic-Con, and the Golden Globes, among other events, and has contributed film writing and content to outlets including ET Canada, Telefilm, Global News, The National Post, Cineplex Magazine, and Letterboxd, among others. She is a member of the Toronto Film Critics Association.
 

NADINE WHITNEY

Nadine Whitney is a seasoned film critic and scholar. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Nadine contributes regularly to FILMINK, The Curb, and Mr Movies Film Blog. She holds a degree in cinema theory and cultural studies. Her specialty is surrealism in cinema. She is as passionate about cats as she is about film. She is co-chair of the Australian Film Critics Association and a member of FIPRESCI.
 
LIZ WHITTEMORE

Liz Whittemore authors AWFJ’s I SCREAM YOU SCREAM blog. She’s Co-Managing Editor and writes for www.ReelNewsDaily.com, hosts Girls On Film podcast, contributes to Cinemit.com and The ArtsWireWeekly. Now NY-based, she hails from northern Connecticut. She’s a graduate of American Musical & Dramatic Academy, has performed at Disneyland, Hartford Children’s Theater, NYC’s Boomerang Theater, Connecticut’s Simsbury Summer Theater and Virginia’s Offstage Theatre, where she also directed. Film credits include Suburban Skies and Surrender. Liz still directs and choreographs children’s theatre. She’s working on an updated adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and a series of children’s books.
 
AMBER WILKINSON

Amber Wilkinson is an Edinburgh-based journalist with more than 20 years of experience. She is the co-founder and editorial director of Eye For Film, a website specialising in independent and world cinema. Her byline regularly appears in Screen International. Additional outlets have included The Times, Sydney Morning Herald and Filmmaker Magazine. She also appears as an independent film critic on BBC Radio Scotland.
 
 
JEANNE WOLF

Jeanne Wolf covers film and entertainment for the Saturday Evening Post and Jeanne Wolf’s Hollywood. She has served as West Coast Editor for PARADE and written ”Celebrity Parade,” a daily column on Parade.com. Recent cover stories for PARADE include Charlize Theron and Whoopie Goldberg. She appears on radio and television, reporting on annual surveys including What America Eats, What America Earns and Pop Culture. Over the years, Wolf has covered every aspect of show business for television, radio, newspapers, magazines and the internet. She was awarded the Publicists Guild Press Award for outstanding show business reporting, and is known for being first with inside scoops  On radio, she hosts the daily syndicated ’Jeanne Wolf’s Hollywood,’ and created the ”Inside Entertainment Report” for Entertainment Tonight. She’s also reported for ABC’s ’Nightline’ and ’Good Morning America,’ and has hosted ’Jeanne Wolf With’ on PBS. She has been contributor/editor for Ladies Home Journal, TV Guide, Town and Country, and Redbook, and writes regularly for Ocean Drive  and Vegas Magazines.
 
 
JESSICA ZACK

Jessica Zack is a San Francisco Bay Area-based freelance journalist who has been writing about film for the San Francisco Chronicle since 2004. She also covers visual arts, books and general culture for the Chronicle, and contributes regularly to San Francisco Magazine and other publications. She is a graduate of Stanford University and got her start writing for the Palo Alto Weekly. Can be found on Twitter: @jwzack

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