Contributors

Sarah Knight Adamson’s career as a film critic, radio personality and entertainment journalist began in 2007 by writing film articles for a Chicago suburban magazine—on April 2, 2009 her radio segment on WINDAM 560 in Chicago was launched. Since that time, she’s written for magazines, online and worked as the Regional Arts and Entertainment columnist for the TribLocal newspaper, the Chicago Tribune subsidiary. Today, as a free-lance writer she is very honored to have her articles appear on RogerEbert.com and to have had the pleasure of interviewing Ebert in 2011. Sarah’s an approved critic for Rotten Tomatoes; you can find her reviews for all three of her press outlets here: rottentomatoes.com/critics/sarah-k-adamson

Sarah K. Adamson is the film and television critic for the internationally syndicated radio show Hollywood 360. The 5-hour-per-week radio series is heard on 100+ radio stations coast to coast, including many of the largest affiliates in the nation. It is also a podcast globally and is listened to in 168 countries on American Forces Radio. TV Guide voted Hollywood 360 America’s #1 nostalgia radio series. Each week, Sarah’s weekly current film and TV segment is heard by millions of listeners.

A few of the larger stations include WINDAM560-Chicago, KRLA-Los Angeles, WNYM-New York, WWRC-Washington DC, WGKA-Atlanta, WWTC-Minneapolis, WGUL-Tampa, WLSS-Sarasota, and KNUS-Denver. Her recent radio podcasts are here: Hollywood 360 Radio Podcasts.

Sarah’s been a member of the Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles since 2014 and covered the awards in 2015 for Roger Ebert.com; she reports on the event annually, attending in LA.

Her interests are serving as a judge on film juries, film Q&A’s with talent, Red Carpet and talent interviews, film panel participation and attending Film Festivals. Her film jury experience includes the International 48 Hour Film Project, Chicago-2013,  the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival-2013, 2019, 2020 the Mendocino Film Festival-2019, the Memphis Film Prize-2019, Indy Short International Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN-2020, No Malice Film Contest-2021, Film Fest 919 (Chapel Hill, NC) Advisory Board 2019-present. Sarah attends and promotes major Film Festivals, such as Cannes, Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, Sundance, SXSW, Telluride, Toronto International Film Festival, Tribeca, and Whistler Film Festival; she’s also attended onsite screenings, writing or broadcasting reviews and interviews with talent.

Panel participation comprises the Chicago Public Library; ‘anti-heroes’ in comic books focusing on Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” and she recently served as a panel member of ‘Critical Mass: The Future of Film Criticism’ in April 2018 at the University of IL, at the Ebertfest Film Festival, and “How Do I Build My Brand (and Career) As A Filmmaker?” Memphis Film Prize 2019.

Sarah’s also taught a film criticism class in Chicago at Facets Cinémathèque for children ages 7-17. Her lengthy career (20 years) as a classroom teacher of gifted literature is a perfect match in critiquing children and family films. Her undergraduate degree includes a double major in Preschool and Elementary through Jr. High endorsement. Her coursework contains numerous Child Psychology and Child Development classes. She holds a Master’s Degree in Reading from Northern Illinois University.

Serving on the Executive Board for Variety Children’s Charity of Illinois; the past ten years, (2009-2019) Sarah has hosted the Variety IL fundraising event, the live telecast of the Academy Awards at a local theater. The garnered funds help buy adaptive bicycles and wheelchairs for special needs children.

In 2021, Sarah’s dream of becoming an accredited member of the Academy Awards Press was realized.