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Beandrea July FilmWeek Critic

Beandrea July

Film Critic, FilmWeek

Beandrea July (@beandreadotcom) is the creator and host of Annotations, the podcast that thinks critically about cultural criticism. An independent film critic and programmer based in Los Angeles, her reporting in The New York Times on women 50+ in film has helped secure millions in financing for their stories. Her criticism has appeared in several outlets including IndieWire, Vanity Fair, Time and The Hollywood Reporter. A member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, she also programs at the UCLA Film & Television Archive and produces audio stories, including CNN’s The Prince Mixtape (one of Spotify’s Best Podcasts of 2023). She was a 2024 Nieman Foundation for Journalism Fellow at Harvard and earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.