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Will Bjarnar

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As seen in: Substack, MLB (Major League Baseball), SB Nation, Screen Rant, MovieWeb, Letterboxd, NewsBreak, Buffalo Rumblings, Celtics Blog, Hoops Habit and
Covers:  Film; culture; media; television; entertainment news; basketball; the intersection of sports and culture
Doesn't Cover: The limit does not exist.
"an unemployed 20-something who fancies himself a writer. a real leap into the unknown" • member, @nyfco • co-host, @popcasestudy • at the movies, certainly

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Will Bjarnar’s Biography

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Hi! I'm Will Bjarnar. I'm a film and entertainment writer based in New York City. You'll currently find my work in a variety of places and forms. My writing can be found on Film Inquiry, Big Picture Big Sound, Cineccentric, and elsewhere; my video work can be found Vimeo and YouTube, as well as on MLB Network, where I serve as an Associate Producer.

Before joining MLB Network, I worked as a researcher at NBC Sports, where I primarily served as the head researcher on Peacock’s “Brother from Anot…

Will Bjarnar’s Journalist Portfolio

Dancing With Wolves

Dancing With Wolves

Reviewing Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon", as monumental and essential a film as we'll see thi…

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New York Film Festival 2023: ALL OF US STRANGERS - Film Inquiry

New York Film Festival 2023: ALL OF US STRANGERS - Film Inquiry

What Andrew has given us with All of Us Strangers is a gift of a film, a dream that we're lucky enough to pee…

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2023 New York Film Festival: Maestro Movie Review

2023 New York Film Festival: Maestro Movie Review

BPBS's coverage of the 2023 New York Film Festival kicks off with a biopic of renowned conductor Leonard Bern…

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New York Film Festival 2023: MAY DECEMBER - Film Inquiry

New York Film Festival 2023: MAY DECEMBER - Film Inquiry

In May December, as ever, Todd Haynes is perfectly content to leave plenty of doors unopened. He’d rather lea…

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Jayson Tatum has leveled up yet again

Jayson Tatum has leveled up yet again

Few players in the entire league have the dexterity nor skill to pull off what Jayson Tatum routinely pulls o…

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Kevin Garnett's ticket to immortality

Kevin Garnett's ticket to immortality

The NBA legend and 2008 champion with the Celtics was always going to be immortal. On Saturday, his induction…

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Articles

Movie Review: ‘The Last Picture Shows’ is a Bittersweet Story Of Survival

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Director: Rustin Thompson Synopsis: A journey into the American West on a search for traces of what was once a center of small-town life: the movie theater. The Sierra Theater in Susanville, California | Foghorn Features Five years ago, as the COVID-19 pandemic dawned, a documentary called Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets premiered in the Sundance Film Festival’s documentary competition.
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Movie Review: ‘Her Private Hell’ Refuses To Meet Audiences On Their Terms

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Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Writer: Nicolas Winding Refn Stars: Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Havana Rose Liu Synopsis: When a mysterious mist engulfs a futuristic metropolis, unleashing a deadly and elusive entity, a troubled young woman searches for her father. Her quest collides with an American GI on a harrowing odyssey to rescue his daughter from Hell.
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Following Direction: Christopher Nolan, Consequence, And The Journey Back To A Broken World

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Welcome to Following Direction, a new recurring series at InSession Film that charts the careers of directors through the lens of the themes commonly explored in their work. To kick things off, I’m taking a look at the mighty Christopher Nolan and his newest epic, The Odyssey, and how his career hasn’t just been about examining our relationship with time, but to our loved ones, and the lengths his characters are willing to go to return to them.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I announced the starting lineups at my high school's baseball games and called some football games on our school's radio feed. A thrill.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

The entire newsroom from "Broadcast News" and/or Charles Foster Kane from "Citizen Kane". (The latter might be a sociopath.)

What does it mean to be a journalist?

To tell stories, and to give a window into worlds readers, listeners, and watchers may not otherwise know to explore. This work is vital.

Awards

Excellence in Sports Communication Studies

2020 - Sports Communication studies at Marist College

Each year, Marist College awards the top student in each department for their exemplary studies and extracurricular efforts. Upon graduating in 2020, I was awarded the school's award for excellence in Sports Communication studies.

Emmy Award

2022 - Associate Producing

I was awarded a 2022-23 Emmy Award for my work as an Associate Producer/Researcher on NBC Sports coverage of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games.

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