Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw is a freelance critic and entertainment journalist with 10 years of experience covering geek culture, TV, and film. Previously a staff writer at the Daily Dot, she has written for Wired, TV Guide, Empire Magazine, and others.

She also co-hosts the movie podcast Overinvested, co-edits the Hugo-shortlisted fandom newsletter The Rec Center, and contributes to BBC radio as a film commentator.

Retrospective

25 Years Later, 'The Matrix' Still Defines Cinematic Cool

Dust off your trenchcoat.

ByGavia Baker-Whitelaw
Retrospective

One of the Most Underrated Sci-Fi Shows of the 2000s Marked an Important Fandom Milestone

RIP the Livejournal era.

ByGavia Baker-Whitelaw
Retrospective

'The Exorcist' Changed Horror Cinema Forever

What an excellent day for an exorcism.

ByGavia Baker-Whitelaw
Inverse Recommends

A Shocking 2023 Body Horror is the Smartest Take on Frankenstein Yet

How far would you go to save a child?

ByGavia Baker-Whitelaw
Inverse Recommends

Found Footage Has Suffered Diminishing Returns, but an Obscure Indie Gave the Genre a Jolt

Just when you thought you’d seen every kind of haunted house...

ByGavia Baker-Whitelaw
The Inverse Interview

The Most Unique Sci-Fi Movie of 2023 Has a Surprising Star Wars Connection

The Creator production designer talks techniques he brought from Star Wars, and how the movie is doing something totally new.

ByGavia Baker-Whitelaw