Keith Phipps

Pop Culture Writer/Editor

Keith Phipps is a veteran writer and editor with nearly three decades of experience covering pop culture, with a focus on film and television. He began his career at The A.V. Club, where he rose from assistant editor to editor in 2004, helping transform it from a niche offshoot of The Onion into a widely respected cultural institution. While there, he co-authored two books—The Tenacity of the Cockroach and Inventory—and oversaw a major expansion of the site’s scope and influence.

In 2013, he co-founded The Dissolve, a beloved film site from the makers of Pitchfork, where he served as editorial director. He later held the same title at Uproxx, editing critics like Alan Sepinwall, Brian Grubb, and Mike Ryan. His freelance work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Slate, GQ, The New York Times, The Daily Beast, Polygon, The Verge, and Vulture, among others.

He is also the author of Age of Cage: Four Decades of Hollywood Through One Singular Career and co-hosts The Next Picture Show, a biweekly podcast connecting classic and contemporary films. Keith holds a graduate degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and lives in Chicago with his family. He’s available for writing and editing projects. You can contact him below and find him on Bluesky at @kphipps3000.

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“I Didn’t Solve Anything”: With ‘Night Moves,’ Gene Hackman Found the Dark Heart of the 1970s →

March 12, 2025 by Keith Phipps
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Happy Face Review: Paramount+'s Sluggish True Crime Drama Never Goes for the Kill →

March 12, 2025 by Keith Phipps
March 12, 2025 /Keith Phipps

Dope Thief Review: Brian Tyree Henry Is Riveting in Apple TV+'s Tense, Thoughtful Crime Drama →

March 12, 2025 by Keith Phipps
March 12, 2025 /Keith Phipps

The Eight Biggest Story Lines Heading Into the 2025 Oscars →

February 27, 2025 by Keith Phipps
February 27, 2025 /Keith Phipps

Let’s Watch the 1975 Academy Awards! →

February 25, 2025 by Keith Phipps

It was a night of controversy, colorful costumes, and awkward jokes. Let's revisit the 47th Academy Awards.

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February 25, 2025 /Keith Phipps

Richard Pryor Kept Trying to Tell Us Something About His Life →

February 24, 2025 by Keith Phipps

Released in 1986, ‘Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling’ found the comic attempting to tell his personal history. It was one entry in an ongoing autobiography written in public.

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February 24, 2025 /Keith Phipps

Under the Sycamore Trees: The Night ‘Twin Peaks’ Went Off the Air →

February 24, 2025 by Keith Phipps

With the finale to the original run, David Lynch patched together pieces of a broken series and set the stage for the rest of his career.

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February 24, 2025 /Keith Phipps

Watson Review: Morris Chestnut Solves Medical Mysteries in CBS's Clever Sherlock Holmes Update

February 24, 2025 by Keith Phipps

The lively drama from Elementary EP Craig Sweeny follows a version of Watson who's nobody's sidekick

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February 24, 2025 /Keith Phipps /Source

The '80s in 40: 'Local Hero' (February 17, 1983)

February 24, 2025 by Keith Phipps

Bill Forsyth's gentle comedy constructs a bulwark against the harsh times surrounding it, and the harsher times to come.

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February 24, 2025 /Keith Phipps /Source

In Review: 'The Monkey,' 'The Gorge'

February 24, 2025 by Keith Phipps

A pair of new genre films offer threats both small and large with mixed results.

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February 24, 2025 /Keith Phipps /Source

In Review: 'Eternals,' 'Spencer,' 'Finch,' and 'The Beta Test' →

November 04, 2021 by Keith Phipps in The Reveal

In this week's reviews, the most beautiful MCU is also the worst, Pablo Larraín gives Princess Diana the 'Jackie' treatment, and robots and agents run on faulty programming.

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November 04, 2021 /Keith Phipps
The Reveal
The Reveal

In Review: 'Last Night in Soho,' 'Antlers,' 'The Souvenir Part II' →

October 28, 2021 by Keith Phipps in The Reveal

In this week's reviews, Edgar Wright enters an evocative, giallo-inspired portal to '60s London, horror gets elevated, and Joanna Hogg continues her semi-autobiographical journey.

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October 28, 2021 /Keith Phipps
The Reveal
The Reveal

‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Continues to Redefine What ‘Star Trek’ Means →

October 28, 2021 by Keith Phipps in Misc.
October 28, 2021 /Keith Phipps
Uproxx
Misc.

Can ‘Ordinary Joe’ Fix the Sliding Doors Problem? →

October 27, 2021 by Keith Phipps in Misc.
October 27, 2021 /Keith Phipps
Uproxx
Misc.

In Review: 'Dune,' 'The French Dispatch,' 'Halloween Kills'

October 21, 2021 by Keith Phipps in The Reveal

It's Two-mothée Chalamet week as the young star stars in a half-finished but rousing take on Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic and Wes Anderson's latest. Also: 'Halloween Kills' does not slay.

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October 21, 2021 /Keith Phipps /Source
The Reveal
The Reveal

Adam Driver Doesn’t Care If You Like Him →

October 20, 2021 by Keith Phipps in GQ

The Last Duel is another instance of the actor's fearless commitment to playing toxic, often villainous men.

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October 20, 2021 /Keith Phipps
GQ
GQ

When David Lynch Took on the Impossible Task of ‘Dune’ →

October 20, 2021 by Keith Phipps in The Ringer

Thirty-seven years before Denis Villeneuve tackled Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic, another distinguished director produced his own fascinatingly unique adaptation.

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October 20, 2021 /Keith Phipps
The Ringer
The Ringer

1991: A Summer at the Movies, the Best Job I Ever Had, and What Came After →

October 18, 2021 by Keith Phipps in The Ringer

Some reflections on working at a movie theater 30 years ago, things left behind, things lost, and hours spent watching films like 'V.I. Warshawski'

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October 18, 2021 /Keith Phipps
The Reveal
The Ringer

From Michael Myers to Rob Zombie: Into the Halloweenverse →

October 13, 2021 by Keith Phipps in GQ

Across 12 films and counting, the timeline of the Halloween films has gotten increasingly confusing. Here's how all the sequels connect (or don't) to each other.

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October 13, 2021 /Keith Phipps
GQ
GQ

Minding the Gaps: 'The End of Summer' (1961): “Until the moss grows” →

October 13, 2021 by Keith Phipps in The Reveal

A column dedicated to watching a previously unseen movie chosen at random kicks off with late work by a Japanese master

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October 13, 2021 /Keith Phipps
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