BJ Colangelo
Location
Los Angeles, California
School
Western Illinois University
Expertise
Cult Cinema, Coming-of-Age Teen Girl Movies, Adult Animation
- BJ is an award-winning filmmaker known for her shorts "Labrys," "Margaret," her feature film "Powerbomb," and her contribution to the anthology film "Deathcember."
- She was a panelist for the San Diego Comic-Con "Queer Fear" legacy panel in 2019, El Rey Network's 'Top 5,' in 2020, and featured in the "Queer for Fear" docuseries on Shudder from Bryan Fuller in 2022.
- BJ is a voting member of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.
Experience
BJ Colangelo is the Lead Evening News Editor at /Film, meaning her years of training her brain to stay up late watching movies have finally paid off. BJ has been writing professionally about film for over a decade, having been published everywhere from Fangoria Magazine, Playboy.com, Autostraddle, Vulture, The Daily Dot, and Shudder. BJ has contributed to the books "Creepy B****es," "When Animals Attack!," "Hidden Horror 101," "Evil Seeds: The Ultimate Movie Guide to Villainous Children," and the upcoming "Haunted Reels" from Dark Matter Ink and "Sleepaway Camp" from DieDieBooks. She also co-hosts the popular podcast, "This Ends at Prom," with her wife Harmony, during which they analyze movies marketed to teen girl audiences from the cis and transgender lens. She often serves as a jury member for film festivals specializing in horror or queer cinema.
Education
BJ Colangelo has a B.A. in Theatre from Western Illinois University with a minor in English Literature with an emphasis on film theory.
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Stories By BJ Colangelo
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Nobody has shaped the landscape of primetime network TV sitcoms from the past several decades quite like Chuck Lorre. Here's our ranking of his five best shows.
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Gen Z Star Wars fans are keeping the franchise fresh and exciting by taking their own approach to experiencing the Skywalker Saga for the first time.
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To have a movie in the Criterion Collection is a great honor. However, there are a few misconceptions regarding what the Collection even is and its purpose.
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Crime musical Emilia Pérez scored 13 nominations at the 2025 Oscars, demonstrating just how out of touch the Academy is with marginalized communities.
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Oscar season is upon us once again! In honor of the upcoming 97th Academy Awards, we're ranking the 10 Best Picture nominees from worst to best.
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One of the best scenes in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 not only features Jim Carrey going all-out comedically, but it was also the actor's idea to begin with.
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David Lynch was incredibly influential, which is why it's so strange he spent 40 years being unable to realize one of his greatest passion projects.
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A throwaway joke in the underseen William Zabka 1980s high school comedy Just One of the Guys raises major questions about the larger Karate Kid universe.
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Star Trek: Lower Decks may be over, but the show's cast is reuniting for the season finale of Dropout's Dirty Laundry. We can't wait to see what happens.
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Elphaba's sister Nessarose in Wicked is destined to become The Wicked Witch of the East in the Wizard of Oz universe. Here's how it happens.
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The real-life Los Angeles fires illustrate that the truly despicable villains in 2024's disaster blockbuster Twisters aren't the tornadoes.
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Demi Moore won a Golden Globe for her work in The Substance, but there are plenty of other performances that should have put her in the awards conversation.
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If you have questions about what the post-credits scene in Squid Game season 2 means, creator Hwang Dong-hyuk is here to tease how it connects to season 3.
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David Fincher has used AI on Se7en's 4K release to fix something only the most extreme obsessives would have ever noticed in the first place.
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Squid Game season 2 brings back many elements seen in the first season of the Netflix hit, including a particularly disgusting storyline.
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Squid Game season 2 introduces a new twist to how the games are played, and it ends up increasing the tension significantly.
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Robert Eggers tells us why horror films are often undervalued by audiences and the Academy Awards, and explains his take on the power of vampire movies.
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Forget Netflix or Disney+; it's Dropout that emerged as the best streaming service in 2024 and is paving the way to a brighter streaming future.
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With Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the series seems to be turning into the Fast and the Furious franchise for kids, and we're okay with that! Here's our review.
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The '90s are history (sorry, millennials). Here's why Hollywood movies should avoid sugarcoating them for the sake of nostalgia.
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We spoke with Jude Law about working with a young cast of co-stars on Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, and chatted with the creators of the show as well. Check it out.
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From a crackling fireplace to cooking shows to Hallmark movies, Pluto TV is stacking up the Christmas presents for streamers.
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Skeleton Crew is a very different take on the Star Wars franchise than Andor, which is exactly what the beloved property needs.
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Neel (Robert Timothy Smith) might be the best character on Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. He's also not related to the Star Wars alien you're thinking of.
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Santa Claus: The Movie is widely considered one of the worst Christmas movies - but what if John Carpenter had been allowed to make his version?
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Nicole Kidman is in complete control of the tantalizing erotic thriller Babygirl, co-starring Harris Dickinson. Here's our review.
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Moana 2 introduced Moana's little sister Simea, and she is definitely the most adorable addition to the Walt Disney Animation canon in years.