Online by September 2005, when Rubin Safaya was posting commentaries on new releases such as Proof and Corpse Bride and Todd VanDerWerff was reviewing TV seasons on DVD.
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Cinemalogue is a Dallas-Fort Worth film criticism site founded by Rubin Safaya, its executive editor and publisher. It was online by September 2005, when Safaya was writing long commentaries on new releases such as Proof and Corpse Bride. That year's staff page also listed Meghan White as film content editor and Todd VanDerWerff as television content editor on the West Coast, reviewing season sets on DVD.
The site describes its staff as people with backgrounds in journalism, criticism, screenwriting and teaching, and it runs no ratings or spoiler warnings. Today most new reviews come from Todd Jorgenson, a critic since 1993 at papers including the Denton Record-Chronicle and president of the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Boo Allen, longtime principal critic of the Denton Record-Chronicle, contributes DVD features. Safaya, a voting member of the association, also hosted the site's podcasts on science fiction film and TV, and speaks each year in Richland College's International Film Series. Cinemalogue was still posting weekly reviews in October 2026.
| Its December 2005 staff page listed Rubin Safaya as senior editor and publisher, with editors and writers assigned by region (Central, West Coast, East). | ↗︎ |
| The site says it runs no star ratings or spoiler warnings, on the view that criticism should broaden how a reader thinks rather than prescribe a verdict. | ↗︎ |
| Two of its critics, Todd Jorgenson and Rubin Safaya, sit on the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association, where Jorgenson is president. | ↗︎ |
| Still posting weekly reviews in October 2026, with more than 400 pages of archived posts. | ↗︎ |
| Name | Role | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rubin Safaya | founder, executive editor and publisher | 2005- | ↗︎ |
| Meghan White | film content editor; editorial writer | 2005- | ↗︎ |
| Todd VanDerWerff | television content editor (West Coast), DVD reviews | 2005 | ↗︎ |
| Todd Jorgenson | critic, theatrical features | current | ↗︎ |
| Boo Allen | critic, DVD features (retired) | current | ↗︎ |