Amir Bogen is a New York-based film journalist and critic, scholar, and festival executive. He is the senior film and TV writer of Ynet, and critic. Additionally, Amir serves as the artistic director of the Lighthouse Int’l Film Festival (NJ) and a programmer at the Woodstock Film Festival. Amir is a Ph.D. candidate in film theory, he specializes in the philosophical and political dimensions of Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters. He has taught film courses at Wesleyan University.