Membership in the Chicago Film Critics Association is restricted to professional film critics recognized by editors or producers as their commercial media outlets' official critical voices or staff authorities on the cinematic arts and whose work has a Chicago presence.
To join, a critic must provide a letter written on company stationery and signed by a producer or editor attesting to the paid employment and official status of the critic. We also need samples of published or broadcast work or websites. Reviews should be full-length works in their respective media: interviews, gossip columns and capsule comments are not acceptable as critiques. Candidates must serve a minimum of six months in their current positions to qualify for membership, and must reside within the Chicago area, defined as Cook County, the collar counties and part of Northwest Indiana.
2022-23 Members
Sarah Knight Adamson
SarahsBackstagePass.com | Hollywood 360 Radio
Nick Allen
RogerEbert.com
Zbigniew Banas
WPNA | WNVR | Polvision TV
Angelica Jade Bastien
New York Magazine / Vulture
Patrick Bromley
FThisMovie.net | Bloody-Disgusting.com | Daily Dead
Dave Canfield
Screen Anarchy | MindFrame(s)
Erik Childress
Movie Madness | The Friendship Dilemma | Business First AM | Rotten Tomatoes
Matt Cipolla
The Film Stage | The Spool
Lauren Coates
Culturess
Deirdre Crimmins
Freelance
Robert Daniels
812filmreviews
Nick Digilio
The Nick D Podcast | WLS-AM
A.A. Dowd
Freelance
Mark Dujsik
MarkReviewsMovies.com | RogerEbert.com
Chaz Ebert
RogerEbert.com
Toussaint Egan
Polygon
Jovanny Evans
Univision Chicago
Matt Fagerholm
RogerEbert.com
Isaac Feldberg
Paste Magazine | RogerEbert.com
Sheri Flanders
Chicago Reader | Chicago Sun-Times
David J. Fowlie
Keeping It Reel
Marya E. Gates
RogerEbert.com
Dann Gire
Daily Herald
Adam Kempenaar
Filmspotting
Robert Kojder
Flickering Myth
Chuck Koplinski
Illinois Times | News-Gazette | WCIA-TV
Jim Laczkowski
Director's Club | Now Playing Network
Andrew Lapin
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Josh Larsen
Think Christian | Filmspotting
Sarah Marrs
Lainey Gossip
Patrick McDonald
HollywoodChicago.com | WGBR-FM | WSSR
Marianna Neal
Impression Blend
Jacob Oller
SYFY WIRE
Erika S. Olson
Redbox | SarahsBackstagePass.com
Matt Pais
MattPais.com
B.L. Panther
The Spool
Locke Peterseim
Hammer & Thump
Keith Phipps
GQ / The Ringer / TV Guide / Vulture
Michael Poulos
Journal & Topics Newspapers
Pamela Powell
The Daily Journal | Reel Talk with Chuck and Pam
Brigid Presecky
Impressionist Media
Steven Prokopy
Third Coast Review
Alejandro Riera
Mano Magazine | Gozamos.com
Katie Rife
Polygon | RogerEbert.com | Indiewire
Tasha Robinson
Polygon
Richard Roeper
Chicago Sun-Times | Windy City Live | WGN Radio
Allison Shoemaker
Freelance
Lee Shoquist
ChicagoFilm.com
Caroline Siede
The A.V. Club
Ian Simmons
Kicking the Seat
Alissa Simon
Variety | Facets Multimedia
Michael Snydel
The Film Stage
Peter Sobczynski
RogerEbert.com | The Spool
Collin Souter
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
RogerEbert.com
Scott Tobias
Freelance | The Reveal
Lisa Trifone
Third Coast Review
Michael Walters
HollywoodChicago.com
Clint Worthington
Consequence of Sound | The Spool