Bill Bria
School
Fairfield University
Expertise
The Halloween Franchise, Classic Comedies, Auteur Filmmakers
- Bill is an actor, comedian, songwriter, music producer and performer with numerous years of experience. He's been a member of SAG-AFTRA since 2010 and has been and continues to be involved with multiple levels of entertainment production.
- A writer of several produced one-act plays as well as a completed TV pilot script and a feature screenplay, Bill has been involved with storytelling from multiple angles.
- Bill has multiple personal connections to people active in the film and television industries today, friendships that also allow him to build a quick and easy rapport when conducting interviews with such artists as David Harbour, John Leguizamo, and Tony Kushner.
Experience
Bill has been writing longform essays on cinema on a regular basis for nearly a decade. Delving into as many genres and time periods across the existence of cinema as possible, he has honed his unique perspective on the past and present of filmmaking into one that attempts to encapsulate the totality of the medium. With bylines at /Film, Polygon, Crooked Marquee, Vague Visages, Bloody Disgusting, Daily Grindhouse, and The Quietus, Bill has established himself as an insightful and well-researched historian of cinema, and is adding daily news desk pieces to his continuous rotation to keep readers informed on the latest happenings in film as well as its history.
Education
Bill has a Bachelor's Degree in the Visual and Performing Arts with a concentration on both Theatre and Film.
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Stories By Bill Bria
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If you ever noticed what looked like a Battlestar Galactica Cylon in the opening credits of The A-Team ... you were right! Here's why that's there.
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The films of 2023 are markedly different than what we've seen in cinema in years past. Here's how they're different and what many of them share in common.
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The Twilight Zone season 2 was hit with more challenges than just the network edict to shoot on cheap video; no, two lawsuits made things even worse.
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A particularly sensitive viewer of The Twilight Zone couldn't read the larger message of the Christmas episode, and so complained (to deaf ears).
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We haven't heard any updates on the possible Edge of Tomorrow TV series in a while, so now is the perfect time to fantasy book what we'd like to see.
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John Woo is known for his unique aesthetic, often consisting of an operatic style and guys shooting two guns. Here's what Silent Night does differently.
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John Woo's first Hollywood feature in two decades packs a massive punch, but what does the ending mean for Joel Kinnaman's character?
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/Film spoke with Joel Kinnaman about being absolutely locked in for every take of the new action film Silent Night and working with action maestro John Woo.
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We spoke with legendary action director John Woo about Silent Night, which marks his return to Hollywood and puts him back in action mode once again.
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Let's put on our bicorne spoiler hats and look at the ending of Ridley Scott's historical epic Napoleon, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby.
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Wish comes out during Disney's 100-year anniversary. We delve into explaining the ending, including the context of the film within Disney's oeuvre.
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/Film spoke with Oppenheimer editor Jennifer Lame about her second collaboration with Christopher Nolan, building the film's relentless pacing, and much more.
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/Film spoke with Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson about reuniting with Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer, finding the film's key musical theme, and more.
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There's an Edgar Wright surprise in Scott Pilgrim Takes off, and it isn't Edgar Wright, it's his frequent collaborator Simon Pegg, and boy do we love it.
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/Film spoke with director Eli Roth, who adapted his Thanksgiving short into a full-length feature, about casting, the mixture of comedy and horror, and more.
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Eli Roth's long-awaited slasher, Thanksgiving, is finally here. But what does the ending mean and should we expect a sequel?
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/Film sat down with Christopher Nolan to talk about his spectacular 2023 film Oppenheimer, as well as his approach to bonus features for physical releases.
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David Fincher's newest film is a pitch-black comedy crime thriller, but what does the ending mean?
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Following the decision to shelve the completed Coyote vs Acme film, the Warner siblings have declared war on Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav.
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The Marvels connects Captain Marvel to the series Ms. Marvel and WandaVision, but here's a complete guide to everything you need to know about the ending.
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/Film sat down with Laura Karpman, the composer of The Marvels, to talk about finding the sound of the score, getting music out of 'space junk,' and more.
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/Film sat down with Mary Livanos, an executive producer of The Marvels, to talk about fitting the film into the MCU's continuity, its cosmic setting, and more.
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Tommy Doyle in Halloween Kills was almost the type of man who channeled his trauma through musical theater.
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Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One director Christopher McQuarrie said he wasn't sure the cameras filming the train crash would survive the fall.
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The animatronics in Five Nights at Freddy's are some of the scariest monsters to come out of horror in a while. But which is the scariest?
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The only name given to Alden Ehrenreich’s Oppenheimer character is Senate Aide. In a new book, we find out why.
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Rob Zombie's Halloween is hated by many horror fans, but not this writer.