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.
2026-27 Members
Sarah Knight Adamson
SarahsBackstagePass.com | Hollywood 360 Radio Network
Zbigniew Banas
WPNA-AM | WEUR-AM | Polish Daily News
Angelica Jade Bastien
New York Magazine
Sam Bodrojan
Reverse Shot / Indiewire
Patrick Bromley
FThisMovie.com
Dave Canfield
Screen Anarchy | MindFrame(s)
Erik Childress
Movie Madness | Rotten Tomatoes | Business First AM | The Friendship Dilemma
Deirdre Crimmins
Freelance
Robert Daniels
RogerEbert.com
Cody Dericks
Next Best Picture
Nick Digilio
The Nick D Podcast | The Radio Misfits Podcast Network | nickdigilio.com
Andrew Alexander Dowd
Freelance
Mark Dujsik
MarkReviewsMovies.com | Roger & Me
Chaz Ebert
RogerEbert.com
Toussaint Egan
RogerEbert.com
Matt Fagerholm
CinemaFemme.com
Isaac Feldberg
RogerEbert.com
David J. Fowlie
Keeping It Reel
Marya E. Gates
RogerEbert.com
Dann Gire
Daily Herald
Daniel Gorman
In Review Online
Brendan Hodges
Next Best Picture | Bright Wall
Cortlyn Kelly
Chicago Reader | The Art Idiot | RogerEbert.com
Adam Kempenaar
Filmspotting / WBEZ
Robert Kojder
Flickering Myth
Chuck Koplinski
CBS 58 | Reel Talk with Chuck & Pam | The Illinois Times | The News-Gazette
Jim Laczkowski
JimLaczkowski.net | Director’s Club Podcast
Josh Larsen
Filmspotting | Think Christian
Zachary Lee
RogerEbert.com
Kyle Logan
Chicago Reader | Screen Anarchy
Sarah Marrs
Lainey Gossip
Patrick McDonald
HollywoodChicago.com | WGBR-FM | WSSR-FM | Missourinet Radio Network
Marianna Neal
Impression Blend
Jacob Oller
The A.V. Club
Matt Pais
MattPais.com
B.L. Panther
AV Club
Josh Parham
Next Best Picture
Keith Phipps
The Reveal
Michael Poulos
Journal & Topics Newspapers
Pamela Powell
CBS 58 | Reel Talk with Chuck and Pam
Steven Prokopy
Third Coast Review | Movie Madness
Alejandro Riera
Cinelandia | Third Coast Review | Substack
Peyton Robinson
RogerEbert.com | Cinema Femme
Tasha Robinson
Polygon
Richard Roeper
NBC 5 Chicago | RogerEbert.com
Lindsey Romain
MovieJawn | BW/DR | Nerdist
Lee Shoquist
ChicagoFilm.com
Caroline Siede
Girl Culture | The A.V. Club | The Daily Beast
Ian Simmons
Kicking the Seat
Alissa Simon
Variety | Facets Multimedia
Peter Sobczynski
RogerEbert.com | Auteurist Class | Movie Madness
Collin Souter
RogerEbert.com | CollinSouter.com | Christmas Movies Actually
Brian Tallerico
RogerEbert.com
Scott Tobias
The Reveal
Lisa Trifone
Third Coast Review
Michael Walters
HollywoodChicago.com
Sarah Welch-Larson
Bright Wall/Dark Room | Seeing & Believing
Clint Worthington
RogerEbert.com | The Spool