Ann Hornaday, Chief Film Critic at the Washington Post, Dies at 66

The Pulitzer Prize finalist’s longtime employer reports she succumbed to glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, on Sunday October 19, 2026 @ 5:59 PM Ann Hornaday attends the "Who Says? Underrepresented Voices In Film Criticism" panel discussion at Roosevelt Ballroom on Nov. 11, 2018 in Los Angeles. (Credit: Michael Kovac/Getty Images) Ann Hornaday, the longtime Washington Post film critic has died, according to the Post. She was 66. The Pulitzer Prize finalist’s longtime employer reports she succumbed to glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, on Sunday. Over her 20 year career at the Post, she wrote hundreds of reviews for the Washington Post and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2008. “For many years, Post readers were blessed by Ann’s informed, insightful, warm, accessible, and totally unique voice,” Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray said in a statement. “Reading her work was like talking with a close — if much more knowledgeable — friend.” More to come…