Movie & TV Features Writer
Lisa Laman (she/her) is a writer located both on the autism spectrum and in Dallas, TX. A life-long film fan, she’s now a film critic/freelance writer who has been published on an array of sites. These include IndieWire, Polygon, The Spool, ScarleTeen, Fangoria, Culturess, Dallas Observer, AutoStraddle, and many more. Among her additional accomplishments is presenting at a 2024 NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists National Conference panel. Her works focus largely on reviewing and analyzing film, as well as drawing from her personal experiences as a queer neurodivergent Texan.
She also co-hosts the weekly box office podcast The Outside Scoop, secured a Master of Arts in Visual and Performing Arts from the University of Texas at Dallas in May 2022, and has attended several film festivals, including the 2023 iteration of the Austin Film Festival. When she isn’t writing or watching movies, Lisa loves reading good books, karaoke with friends, playing with her pugs, and savoring divine Tex-Mex food.
