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Los Angeles Film Critics Association
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The official Bluesky account of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA). Founded in 1975.

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Aspiring film critics! LAFCA and @rottentomatoes.com are again offering TWO $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to students attending L.A.-area community colleges: one to a woman and one to a person from an underrepresented group(s). Apply by Dec. 7 and spread the word! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2025
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Congrats to our members who were nominated for Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards by @lapressclub.bsky.social! @jon-frosch.bsky.social @theamynicholson.bsky.social @joshuarothkopf.bsky.social @carlosfilm.bsky.social @williambibbiani.bsky.social @katiewalshstx.bsky.social @ajhan.bsky.social
B. CRITIC — Any Media Platform (Print, Broadcast or Online) B1. Film Critic (Over 1,000 Words) * Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter * Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times * Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times * Nick Schager, The Daily Beast * Divya Subbiah, Ampersand at AnnenbergMedia B2. Film Critic (Under 1,000 Words) * Siddhant Adlakha, Variety * Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times * William Bibbiani, TheWrap * Peter Debruge, Variety * Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times B3. TV Critic * Dan Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter * Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter * Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone * Bonnie Stiernberg, InsideHook * Aramide Tinubu, Variety
October 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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A truly iconic reaction from Kaufman
“I had just awakened from a Sunday nap and was lying in bed watching A Streetcar Named Desire on TCM when Robert Abele called to tell me the exciting news that LAFCA had given me their Career Achievement Award,” said Kaufman. “And I was suddenly struck by the realization that I have always depended on the kindness of strangers who were critics — and that some of the sweetest things that ever happened to me occurred while I was in bed.”
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Our 2026 Career Achievement Award recipient is Philip Kaufman
Photo of Philip Kaufman wearing a white shirt and looking to the left, standing behind a camera. “Intrepid doesn’t even begin to describe a director who, among his many considerable achievements, gave Indiana Jones his first assignment and inspired the NC-17 rating,” said LAFCA President Robert Abele. “A criminally underappreciated director, Philip Kaufman could never be pigeonholed, from his early days absorbing the independent spirit of homegrown DIY-ers and the European New Wave, to his cool, vivid command of genre in the ’70s, followed by a handful of uncompromising historical epics, including The Right Stuff and The Unbearable Lightness of Being, that belied anybody’s notion that American filmmakers couldn’t be versatile, intelligent and entertaining about big ideas. The L.A. Film Critics Association is immensely proud to be honoring this dyed-in-the-wool iconoclast.”
October 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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We strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! off the air.
FILM CRITICS’ GROUPS DENOUNCE NEXSTAR AND DISNEY-ABC DECISIONS TO SUSPEND “JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!” We, the members of the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics, strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air. For decades, our organizations have represented a profession that is enabled by the First Amendment. Kimmel’s long-running talk show promotes free speech, including when it gives film artists the chance to discuss their work. There is only one word to describe the decision by powerful media corporations to silence an individual’s perspective due to fear of repercussions by the government: censorship. This is the antithesis of the values embodied by our work. We demand a reversal of this decision and encourage our colleagues across the industry to do the same.
September 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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We join our colleagues in @nsfc.bsky.social, @nyfcc.bsky.social and @bsfc.bsky.social in condemning the attack on NO OTHER LAND co-director Hamdan Ballal.
U.S. FILM CRITICS’ GROUPS 
CONDEMN VIOLENCE AGAINST HAMDAN BALLAL We, the members of the National Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the Boston Society of Film Critics, express our support for the Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal and condemn, in the strongest terms, the brutal and unlawful attack he suffered this week at the hands of Israeli settlers, as well as his detainment by Israeli authorities. We are gravely concerned for Mr. Ballal’s health and safety, as well as the safety of his loved ones, and, now that he has been released, extend our hopes for his full recovery from his injuries. Mr. Ballal was assaulted near his home in Khirbet Susya, a village in the Masafer Yatta region of the occupied West Bank. Attacks on the residents of Masafer Yatta are nothing new, as we have seen from “No Other Land,” the Academy Award-winning documentary that Mr. Ballal co-directed with Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor. As critics representing four of the numerous organizations that honored “No Other Land” as the best documentary of 2024, we are infuriated that a filmmaker’s brave and principled advocacy has made him even more of a target in a community where Palestinians already exist under continual threat of displacement and violence. One of the most powerful aspects of “No Other Land” — and the reason so many have tried, in vain, to limit its reach and silence its message — is that it is itself a rare feat of collaboration between Palestinian and Israeli journalists, activists, and artists, united by their belief in dignity and equality for all. By the very nature of its form and creation, the film represents, and dares to imagine, a more peaceful future. We applaud Mr. Ballal and his colleagues for the courage and artistry with which they have advanced that vision and affirm that it will never be forgotten.
March 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Another great night at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood: LAFCA member Peter Debruge in conversation with Brad Bird in between THE IRON GIANT and THE INCREDIBLES
The Egyptian screen with the image of the LAFCA @ the Egyptian event: The Iron Giant and The Incredibles with Brad Bird Peter Debruge and Brad Bird onstage for a Q&A
March 27, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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We are delighted to introduce Hakim Muhammad and Arpa Vardanian, the 2024 recipients of the LAFCA Ruth Batchelor Scholarship, supported by @rottentomatoes.com! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2024Winnners 📽️ #filmcritics
February 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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We’re so glad filmmaker Eduardo Williams (“The Human Surge 3”) was in town to accept his plaque for the 2024 Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Award from LAFCA member Jordan Cronk, after a screening at @acropoliscinema.bsky.social
Two men (Eduardo Williams and Jordan Cronk) standing outside in front of a brown wall. Williams is holding his plaque for the Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Award.
January 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Congratulations to all our 2024 winners and runners-up. Here's a complete list of today's voting results: www.lafca.net/Years/2024.php
December 9, 2024 at 3:36 AM
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December 8, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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We have loved following Haein Shim’s work since awarding her our scholarship for aspiring film critics!

Your turn! LAFCA, w/ Rotten Tomatoes, is offering 2 $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending LA-area community colleges. Apply today! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2024
December 8, 2024 at 1:38 AM
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ONE MORE DAY to both our awards vote and our scholarship application deadline!

LAFCA, with Rotten Tomatoes, is offering TWO $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending L.A.-area community colleges. Apply by Dec. 8! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2024

#filmcritic #scholarship
December 7, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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Love catching up w/ Ang Cruz, LAFCA’s inaugural scholarship recipient!

Aspiring film critics—your turn! LAFCA, w/ Rotten Tomatoes, is offering 2 $3K SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending LA-area community colleges. Apply today: bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2024

📷: Matt Harbicht
December 6, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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Two more days to apply for LAFCA’s scholarship!

LAFCA, with support from Rotten Tomatoes, is offering TWO $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending L.A.-area community colleges. Apply by Dec. 8, and spread the word! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2024

#filmcritic #scholarship
December 6, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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Reminder: Join us right here this Sunday, starting around 10am, as we announce our winners and runners-up for the year's best films, performances and technical achievements. (You can see the results of last year's vote here: www.lafca.net/Years/2023.php)
December 6, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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It’s been a thrill to follow Kristen Huizar since awarding her LAFCA’s Ruth Batchelor Scholarship.

Aspiring film critics—your turn! LAFCA, w/ @RottenTomatoes, is offering 2 $3K SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics at LA community colleges: bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2024

📷: Matt Harbicht
December 5, 2024 at 11:06 PM
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@justincchang.bsky.social chatting with Michael Mann to kick off our screening series at The Egyptian Theatre
Film critic Justin Chang on stage at the Egyptian Theatre with filmmaker Michael Mann, both sitting in director’s chairs
December 5, 2024 at 10:01 PM
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There are just three more days to apply to LAFCA’s scholarship!

LAFCA, with support from Rotten Tomatoes, is offering TWO $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending L.A.-area community colleges. Apply by Dec. 8, and spread the word! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2024
December 5, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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Four days left to apply to LAFCA’s scholarship! LAFCA, with support from Rotten Tomatoes, is offering TWO $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending L.A.-area community colleges. Apply by Dec. 8, and spread the word! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2024

#filmcritic #scholarship
December 4, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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Meet LAFCA scholarship alum Alci Rengifo! Aspiring film critics—now it’s your turn! LAFCA, w/ Rotten Tomatoes, is offering 2 $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending LA-area community colleges. Apply by Dec. 8: bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2024

📷: Matt Harbicht
December 3, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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We are counting down to LAFCA’s awards vote—and the close of applications for our 2024 scholarship!

LAFCA, with Rotten Tomatoes, is offering 2 $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics at LA-area community colleges. Apply today & spread the word! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2024
December 3, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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On Sunday, December 8th, we will be announcing our winners for the year's best films and performances on Bluesky and Twitter. (One prize we've already announced: John Carpenter will be the recipient of our Career Achievement Award.) www.lafca.net/pressRelease...
December 2, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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Hey there film folks! Reminder that LAFCA, with support from Rotten Tomatoes, is offering TWO $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to students attending LA-area community colleges: one to a woman and one to a person from an underrepresented group(s). Apply by Dec. 8! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2024
December 2, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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Aspiring film critics! LAFCA and Rotten Tomatoes are again offering TWO $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to students attending LA-area community colleges: one to a woman and one to a person from an underrepresented group(s). Apply by Dec. 8 & spread the word! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2024
November 26, 2024 at 2:57 PM