Deirdre Crimmins

Deirdre Crimmins

Senior Critic
Deirdre Crimmins is Chicago-based freelance film critic and a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. She contributes regularly to Rue Morgue magazine, previously she wrote for both High Def Digest and Birth.Movies.Death. Though a lifelong horror film fan, she also loves a good musical or screwball comedy when the mood strikes.

Articles by Deirdre Crimmins:


  • January 27, 2020
    Slamdance 2020: Big Fur Review

    Documentaries don’t always need to claim that their subjects change the world or study incidents that send ripples across the annals of history. Some of them merely peek into a corner of the world where few have peeked. Big Fur is in the latter category of documentary film and it focuses its gaze on a […]