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Jourdain Searles biography & movie reviews

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Penelope Carter

Updated on March 09, 2026

Jourdain Searles is a freelance film and culture writer with bylines in The Hollywood Reporter, New York Magazine, Sight & Sound, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and Indiewire, among many other publications. She is a member of the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA) and the African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA). She lives in Brooklyn with her movie collection and stacks of unread books.