Kevin Bui

Freelance Film & Culture Writer

I'm a freelance writer with experience in film criticism and culture writing and a passion on everything genre cinema. My work has been published in a variety of online international publications.

I thrive both on collaboration and working with little oversight under tight deadlines. Comfortable interviewing talent!

Berlinale Talents Press 2025. MIFF Critics Campus 2023.

You can read some of my selected pieces below. Reach me at [email protected]

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The Big Issue
Honour Among Theives

Making crime-drama Dope Thief was more wholesome than it looks, according to Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura. It might have had something to do with a bouncy castle on set.

The Big Issue
Great Adaptations

In acclaimed returning drama Pachinko, 1980s businessman Solomon is buffeted by winds of fate and glory. Jin Ha, the actor behind the character, knows how that might feel.

Rough Cut
Monstrous Creations: 70 Years of Godzilla

Ahead of a marathon screening event at this month's Melbourne International Film Festival, Kevin Bui reflects on the iconic beast's passage across cultural fault lines of trauma and terror.