IndieWire After Dark</a>, offering <a href=https://www.indiewire.com/author/alison-foreman/"https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-midnight-movies-cult-classics-streaming/">fringe cinema selections</a> for the streaming age every Friday at 11:59pm E.T. </p>
<p>As the former West Coast News and Curation Editor, Foreman affably managed the never-ending philosophical debate that is film and television recommendation. She championed IndieWire's ranking of the <a href=https://www.indiewire.com/author/alison-foreman/"https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-american-indie-movies-21st-century/">Best American Indies of the 21st Century</a>, and has engaged in more debates about “Donnie Darko” and "500 Days of Summer" than she cares to admit. </p>
<p>Foreman delivers rich nuance as a reporter and absurd asides as a writer; one time, <a href=https://www.indiewire.com/author/alison-foreman/"https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/lily-tomlin-moving-on-trans-rights-lgbtq-interview-1234820485/">she made Lily Tomlin laugh!</a> Mostly known as Ali offline, Foreman started in video journalism in 2014, working as a broadcast news intern at "CBS This Morning" and later as a fact-checker with bylines at CNN and Refinery29. She interned on the production side of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Season 2 and was staffed on Showtime's "Our Cartoon President" Season 1. </p>
<p>Foreman pursued a reporting fellowship at Mashable in 2018, before joining the newsroom full time in Los Angeles the following year. There she covered movies, TV, video games, and music, as well as web culture, tech, and science. Foreman earned her Bachelor of Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology, graduating from a computer science/liberal arts hybrid program and specializing in interactive media and experimental design. She also minored in social justice. </p>
<p>In 2020, while at Mashable, Foreman was awarded Best Online TV Feature by the Los Angeles Press Club for her <a href=https://www.indiewire.com/author/alison-foreman/"https://mashable.com/article/tv-cops-black-lives-matter">reporting on police procedurals and the Black Lives Matter movement</a>. She was nominated for the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards <a href=https://www.indiewire.com/author/alison-foreman/"https://mashable.com/feature/room-104-series-finale-hbo-interviews">twice for her reporting on <a href=https://www.indiewire.com/author/alison-foreman/"https://mashable.com/article/netflix-2020-cancelations-and-diversity">diversity issues in 2021</a>. Foreman worked as an associate editor at The A.V. Club in 2022; she is a member of GALECA. Foreman is committed to authentic and diverse storytelling — with a particular soft spot for queer voices, psychic vampires, and Garfield. The cat. Not the president. </p>
<p>Follow Alison Foreman <a href=https://www.indiewire.com/author/alison-foreman/"https://twitter.com/alfaforeman">on X</a>, <a href=https://www.indiewire.com/author/alison-foreman/"https://www.instagram.com/alfaforeman/"> Instagram</a>, and other platforms @alfaforeman.</p> " />
IndieWire After Dark</a>, offering <a href=https://www.indiewire.com/author/alison-foreman/"https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-midnight-movies-cult-classics-streaming/">fringe cinema selections</a> for the streaming age every Friday at 11:59pm E.T. </p>
<p>As the former West Coast News and Curation Editor, Foreman affably managed the never-ending philosophical debate that is film and television recommendation. She championed IndieWire's ranking of the <a href=https://www.indiewire.com/author/alison-foreman/"https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-american-indie-movies-21st-century/">Best American Indies of the 21st Century</a>, and has engaged in more debates about “Donnie Darko” and "500 Days of Summer" than she cares to admit. </p>
<p>Foreman delivers rich nuance as a reporter and absurd asides as a writer; one time, <a href=https://www.indiewire.com/author/alison-foreman/"https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/lily-tomlin-moving-on-trans-rights-lgbtq-interview-1234820485/">she made Lily Tomlin laugh!</a> Mostly known as Ali offline, Foreman started in video journalism in 2014, working as a broadcast news intern at "CBS This Morning" and later as a fact-checker with bylines at CNN and Refinery29. She interned on the production side of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Season 2 and was staffed on Showtime's "Our Cartoon President" Season 1. </p>
<p>Foreman pursued a reporting fellowship at Mashable in 2018, before joining the newsroom full time in Los Angeles the following year. There she covered movies, TV, video games, and music, as well as web culture, tech, and science. Foreman earned her Bachelor of Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology, graduating from a computer science/liberal arts hybrid program and specializing in interactive media and experimental design. She also minored in social justice. </p>
<p>In 2020, while at Mashable, Foreman was awarded Best Online TV Feature by the Los Angeles Press Club for her <a href=https://www.indiewire.com/author/alison-foreman/"https://mashable.com/article/tv-cops-black-lives-matter">reporting on police procedurals and the Black Lives Matter movement</a>. She was nominated for the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards <a href=https://www.indiewire.com/author/alison-foreman/"https://mashable.com/feature/room-104-series-finale-hbo-interviews">twice for her reporting on <a href=https://www.indiewire.com/author/alison-foreman/"https://mashable.com/article/netflix-2020-cancelations-and-diversity">diversity issues in 2021</a>. Foreman worked as an associate editor at The A.V. Club in 2022; she is a member of GALECA. Foreman is committed to authentic and diverse storytelling — with a particular soft spot for queer voices, psychic vampires, and Garfield. The cat. Not the president. </p>
<p>Follow Alison Foreman <a href=https://www.indiewire.com/author/alison-foreman/"https://twitter.com/alfaforeman">on X</a>, <a href=https://www.indiewire.com/author/alison-foreman/"https://www.instagram.com/alfaforeman/"> Instagram</a>, and other platforms @alfaforeman.</p> " />
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Alison Foreman is a Features Writer at IndieWire covering and critiquing TV, film, and trends in Hollywood. Foreman describes herself as a journalist with a passion for blood, spectacle, and basic human decency. She's also one half of the midnight movie column IndieWire After Dark, offering fringe cinema selections for the streaming age every Friday at 11:59pm E.T.
As the former West Coast News and Curation Editor, Foreman affably managed the never-ending philosophical debate that is film and television recommendation. She championed IndieWire's ranking of the Best American Indies of the 21st Century, and has engaged in more debates about “Donnie Darko” and "500 Days of Summer" than she cares to admit.
Foreman delivers rich nuance as a reporter and absurd asides as a writer; one time, she made Lily Tomlin laugh! Mostly known as Ali offline, Foreman started in video journalism in 2014, working as a broadcast news intern at "CBS This Morning" and later as a fact-checker with bylines at CNN and Refinery29. She interned on the production side of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Season 2 and was staffed on Showtime's "Our Cartoon President" Season 1.
Foreman pursued a reporting fellowship at Mashable in 2018, before joining the newsroom full time in Los Angeles the following year. There she covered movies, TV, video games, and music, as well as web culture, tech, and science. Foreman earned her Bachelor of Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology, graduating from a computer science/liberal arts hybrid program and specializing in interactive media and experimental design. She also minored in social justice.
In 2020, while at Mashable, Foreman was awarded Best Online TV Feature by the Los Angeles Press Club for her reporting on police procedurals and the Black Lives Matter movement. She was nominated for the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards twice for her reporting on diversity issues in 2021. Foreman worked as an associate editor at The A.V. Club in 2022; she is a member of GALECA. Foreman is committed to authentic and diverse storytelling — with a particular soft spot for queer voices, psychic vampires, and Garfield. The cat. Not the president.
Follow Alison Foreman on X, Instagram, and other platforms @alfaforeman.
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