Jason Apuzzo is a filmmaker and the Co-Founder and Co-Editor of Libertas Film Magazine (LFM). He blogs for The Huffington Post and also AOL-Moviefone, and his writing on film also appears at The Atlantic.


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. His writing on film has also appeared in 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 is married to actress and writer Govindini Murty.

Blog Entries by Jason Apuzzo

Skyfall & How James Bond Stays Current at 50

(5) Comments | Posted November 9, 2012 | 11/09/12 03:02 PM ET

How does James Bond do it? He barely seems to have aged a day. The famously overworked British Secret Service agent, drinker of vodka martinis, and seducer of dangerous women (why are Bond's girlfriends always pointing guns at him?) is now 50 years old in the movies -- yet it...

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Basketball Diplomacy: An American Point Guard Becomes a Symbol of Freedom in The Iran Job

(2) Comments | Posted July 17, 2012 | 07/17/12 03:39 PM ET

NBA fans know that two-time MVP point guard Steve Nash recently joined the Los Angeles Lakers. Fans are buzzing, because the addition of Nash could soon result in a return to championship glory for the league's most glamorous franchise. As big as Nash's impact on the Lakers might be, however,...

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Battleship, Memorial Day and the Top 10 Naval Warfare Movies of All-Time

(38) Comments | Posted May 22, 2012 | 05/22/12 07:26 PM ET

Memorial Day weekend is approaching, a time when Americans traditionally focus their attention on corn dogs, guacamole burgers and LeBron's fading playoff hopes -- but it's also a time when we remember the men and women who've made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and for freedom.

And although Universal's...

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"Step Up to the Loudmouth!" Morton Downey, Jr. and the 10 Ways to Improve Today's Political Talk Shows

(0) Comments | Posted May 11, 2012 | 05/11/12 04:43 PM ET

Recently, while attending New York's Tribeca Film Festival, I indulged in a guilty pleasure.

Wearing dark shades, and clutching my plastic media badge and a $7 bag of greasy popcorn, I stealthily ducked into a Chelsea multiplex to watch some of my youth flicker by across the big...

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

(19) 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.

(2) 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

(8) 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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