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.

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.

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.

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.

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

In Review: 'No Time to Die' and 'Lamb' →

October 07, 2021 by Keith Phipps in The Reveal

The James Bond series brings the Daniel Craig era to a close. Meanwhile, in Iceland, a grieving couple forms an unconventional family.

Beware of Unfounded Optimism: Shin Godzilla and Other Instructive Apocalypses →

October 06, 2021 by Keith Phipps in The Reveal

Sometimes the bleakest of kaiju movies and visions of relentless zombie hordes are the best way sense of the world.

Dalton, Timothy Dalton: Agent Double-O Gen X →

October 04, 2021 by Keith Phipps in The Reveal

A look at the short reign of the perfect Bond for a generation that’s fallen between the cracks.