Writer Critic Editor

Yo·lan·da (yoh-LAHN-dah) — noun: a Los Angeles–based entertainment journalist who's spent 16 years telling you exactly what to watch, skip, and argue about.

Bilingual film and TV criticism, interviews, and reporting, with the opinions left in.

Los Angeles, CA Bilingual

01 — About

On the Record

Yolanda Machado is a Los Angeles–based, first-generation Peruvian Mexican American entertainment writer, editor, and critic. Her most recent staff post was as a digital editor at Entertainment Weekly, following film-critic roles at TheWrap and Nerdist.

Her byline has run in the New York Times, Elle, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, GQ, the Los Angeles Times, and the Criterion Collection, among others. Bilingual, she got her start as a Latina blogger and content creator before moving into staff journalism — and Latino representation on screen has stayed the throughline of her work ever since.

She writes with a witty, analytical style: short paragraphs, a clear take, and zero interest in burying the lede to be polite about it.

"I don't review a movie so you'll agree with me. I review it so you know exactly what you're walking into." — Editorial approach

Entertainment Weekly The New York Times TheWrap Nerdist Elle Marie Claire Harper's Bazaar GQ Los Angeles Times Criterion Collection Entertainment Weekly The New York Times TheWrap Nerdist Elle Marie Claire Harper's Bazaar GQ Los Angeles Times Criterion Collection

02 — Selected Work