Witney Seibold

contributor to IGN, and co-host of the podcast Critically Acclaimed

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Contributor to IGN and co-hosts the podcast Canceled Too Soon.

Witney Seibold on KCRW

Our critics review “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn),” which follows Harley Quinn as she’s on the run from thugs, and teams up with three deadly…

‘Birds of Prey’: Director, writer, and lead cast are all women

Our critics review “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn),” which follows Harley Quinn as she’s on the run from thugs, and teams up with three deadly…

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Our critics review “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” about forbidden love between a painter and her subject, who’s also a woman; “The Aeronauts,” about a real-life British scientist who…

Critic: ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ makes tropes of trashy romance novels unbearably real

Our critics review “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” about forbidden love between a painter and her subject, who’s also a woman; “The Aeronauts,” about a real-life British scientist who…

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Critic Witney Seibold reviews “The Irishman,” in which a truck driver gets involved with a criminal family and climbs the ranks to become a hitman; “American Dharma,” a documentary…

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ is the same thing all over again

Critic Witney Seibold reviews “The Irishman,” in which a truck driver gets involved with a criminal family and climbs the ranks to become a hitman; “American Dharma,” a documentary…

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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