Jason Bailey is a film critic, historian, and the author of six books, including Gandolfini, Richard Pryor: American Id, and Fun City Cinema: New York City and the Movies that Made It. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Bloomberg, Vanity Fair, Vulture, Rolling Stone, The Playlist, Slate, and more. He is the cohost of the podcast A Very Good Year. He lives in the Bronx with his wife and two daughters.