Admission to the Denver Film Critics Society is restricted to professional critics recognized by producers or editors of commercial media outlets as their official critical voice or staff authority on film. Candidates must serve a minimum of six months in their current positions to qualify for membership. Online based critics must publish a minimum of 50 quality reviews annually and contain no less than 400 words per review. Web sites should also be of a professional nature.

When applying, we ask that you provide samples of published or broadcast work along with links to your website(s).

To apply, please contact membership@denverfilmcritics.org

There is no membership fee.

Members:

Keith Breese
From the high-profile (the fantastic Lord of the Rings films) to the hopelessly remote (Miguel Bejo anyone?), high art (Wojciech Has) to lowbrow (Top Secret!), from a stint as a college film league co-director (bringing such luminary classics as Wrestling Women Vs. The Aztec Mummy to dismayed students) to reviews in obscure film journals, from high-fives with Henry Winkler to orphic e-mails from Alejandro Jodorowsky, Keith’s fascination with cinema has spanned decades and consumed millions of brain cells. He lives in Denver with his wife and daughter. Keith currently writes for the highly respected Filmcritic.com.

Erik Buckman
Erik is the Managing Editor of Reel Loop, a Denver-based movie news and review site. While writing for Examiner.com as the “Denver Movies Examiner,” he has appeared in national publications. Erik has covered both the local and national movie scene for more than a decade. Erik also prefers the taste of RC Cola over Coke.

Robert Denerstein
For 27 years, Robert Denerstein was the film critic at The Rocky Mountain News, a Denver daily that has now vanished from the publishing scene. The paper’s only round of buyouts made it possible for Denerstein to seek new challenges. Since leaving the News, he has made several short films (with a partner) and has done some teaching. He also writes  a movie-related blog, denersteinunleashed.com or rockymountainmovies.com.

Brandon Fibbs
He writes regularly for The Colorado Springs Gazette and Christianity Today Movies, and is a member of the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. You can find every review he’s ever written at www.BrandonFibbs.com. Brandon has a BA in English Literature from the University of Colorado and an MA in Cinema Studies from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He frequently assists with film festivals and has taught film at the university level.  While he adores writing about other people’s films, Brandon hopes that someday soon others will be writing about his films.

Kirk Montgomery
Kirk joined the 9News team as the Entertainment Reporter in March 2001. He also fills in Anchor duties occasionally. Kirk’s e-block can be seen weekdays on 4 o’clock at 9News and 9News at 9 p.m. on My20 Comcast channel 3. Kirk’s interest in entertainment started at an early age when he acted, sang and danced in high school. Kirk also worked on a number of television shows in the late 1980s and has the dubious distinction of being Pauly Shore’s body double in the really bad horror movie Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge. The film also starred Morgan Fairchild! Kirk won an Emmy Award in 2003 and again in 2005. He has won numerous Associated Press awards, and won a “Best Of” award from Westword in 2004 and 2005.

Elisabeth Rappe
Elisabeth spent too long in college studying history and English Literature. She planned to get a doctorate in medieval English literature so she could spend all day torturing students with Beowulf and Chaucer.  Fate intervened when Ms. Rappe began writing film news and reviews for FilmIck, and was still considering journalism to be “an interesting side job” when I was hired at Cinematical. A fun hobby has turned into an actual job, and I now work full time at Cinematical (and its spin-offs Sci Fi Squad and The Horror Squad) and the MTV Movies Blog.

Mark Sells
Mark Sells is a nationally syndicated film journalist for The Oregon Herald and its affiliates, including The Denver Herald.  He co-owns a production company, HFMedia, and is currently developing a handful of projects for the large and small screens. In addition to The Herald, Sells is a regular contributor to MovieMaker, Moving Pictures, 303, Denver Life, and Denver Magazines.

Dave Taylor
Dave Taylor has been watching films for as long as he can remember, and writes film reviews for a variety of outlets, including the Boulder Weekly, Colorado Business Magazine and his blog Dave On Film. He also tracks movie industry news through @FilmBuzz on Twitter. His favorites films include Lawrence of Arabia, Blade Runner, La Femme Nikita, Singing in the Rain, Double Indemnity and Rear Window.

Christian Toto
Christian Toto is a Denver-based movie critic, features reporter and Denver Film Community Examiner. His work appears in The Washington Times, The Denver Post, MovieMaker Magazine, boxoffice.com and Denver Magazine. He also contributes movie commentary to three radio stations as well as the nationally syndicated “Dennis Miller Show.” His film web site, What Would Toto Watch?, offers original interviews, reviews, and commentary.

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