Jason Apuzzo is a filmmaker and the Co-Founder and Co-Editor of Libertas Film Magazine (LFM). He blogs for The Huffington Post and AOL-Moviefone.

Jason has appeared on CBS’ Inside Edition, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, Wolf Blitzer’s The Situation Room, Headline News’ Showbiz Tonight, Fox News, and other networks to discuss film. He has written on film for The Atlantic, the LA Times and other publications. The LA Times' Patrick Goldstein has called Jason's writing on film "provocative" and "intriguing" and has called Libertas "a must read for anyone who cares about film."

Jason has an MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, a Ph.D. in Germanic Literature from Stanford University, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Yale University. From 2010 to 2011 Jason was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University.

Jason Apuzzo is also a writer-director. His film Kalifornistan opened the 2010 Free Thinking Film Festival.

Previously, Jason co-founded The Liberty Film Festival in 2004. In 2005 Jason co-founded, wrote, and edited the popular film blog Libertas (forerunner to Libertas Film Magazine), which was voted the #3 culture blog on the internet in 2007.

Jason is married to actress and writer Govindini Murty.

Blog Entries by Jason Apuzzo

Hail Caesar! What's Good & Bad About the New Sword & Sandal Movies

(18) Comments | Posted April 4, 2012 | 04/04/12 10:02 AM ET

I come to praise Sword & Sandal movies -- not to bury them.

But with Wrath of the Titans and the Sword & Sandal/sci-fi mash-up John Carter not exactly setting the world on fire -- along with recent disappointments like Immortals and Conan -- it's getting more difficult by...

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Review: HBO's Game Change is like Days of our Lives for Republicans

(83) Comments | Posted March 5, 2012 | 03/05/12 07:39 AM ET

It used to be that a politician had to be a Kennedy to get a juicy, tell-all movie made about them.

On the odd chance that you can't get enough of this year's colorful Republican primaries -- if lurid accusations of Newt Gingrich's 'open marriage' or saucy rumors of Herman...

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The Oscars, The Battle of Los Angeles & The Top 10 Movies in Which Aliens Attack L.A.

Comments | Posted February 24, 2012 | 02/24/12 03:40 PM ET

Celebrities will invade Los Angeles this weekend for the 84th Academy Awards ceremony. Searchlights will blaze and flashbulbs will pop as Hollywood stars will descend from the heavens -- or maybe just the Malibu hills -- to touch the ground that regular Angelenos walk on each day.

They'll smile and...

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With Great Power: A Conversation with Stan Lee at Slamdance 2012

Comments | Posted February 1, 2012 | 02/01/12 08:22 AM ET

He's 89 years old, and his career is hotter than ever.

With hits like Thor, Captain America and X-Men: First Class dominating the box office in 2011, and upcoming films like The Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man looking to light up the summer in 2012, you'd think that a man...

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Why The Cold War Is Back at the Movies in The Iron Lady, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy & Mission Impossible

(28) Comments | Posted January 13, 2012 | 01/13/12 05:04 PM ET

The Cold War is back -- at least at the movies.

This weekend moviegoers can watch Meryl Streep portray ardent Cold Warrior Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, Gary Oldman root out a dangerous Soviet mole from the British intelligence service in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, and Tom Cruise...

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