John Bleasdale is a writer, podcaster and film critic based in Italy. He hosts the Writers on Film and Cinema Italia podcasts, as well as the James Bond Book Club. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Times, The Economist, Variety and Sight and Sound. He is the author of a novel, ‘Blood is on the Grass’ (2019) and the first biography of Terrence Malick, ‘The Magic Hours: the Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick’ (2024).
