Critic
Discover the most influential critics in the world. Our comprehensive list features notable individuals who provide insightful and thought-provoking commentary on a wide range of topics. From film and music to art and literature, these critics shape public opinion and influence cultural trends.

Alena Zhukova
Ukraine
UkraineWriter, screenwriter, film critic

Victor Korshikov
Russia
RussiaRussian opera critic and collector.

Elisabeth Eastlake
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer

Mel Gussow
USA
USAInfluential American theatre critic

Leonard Maltin
USA
USAAmerican film critic and film scholar

Johann Altman
Soviet literary scholar, literary and theatre critic

Andre Bazin
France
FranceFrench film critic, influential film historian and theorist.

Franco Quadri
Italy
ItalyItalian theatre critic, theatre scholar, translator

Bosley Crowther
USA
USAAmerican film critic

Petr Kozlanyuk
Ukrainian Soviet writer, literary critic

Freddy Buache
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss film scholar

Eugenio Montale
Italy
ItalyItalian poet and critic, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1975

Kurt Loder
USA
USAAmerican film critic, writer, columnist and television host

Willem Kloos
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch poet, novelist, literary critic

Otto Brahm
Germany
GermanyGerman theater critic, director

Vadim Dyshkant
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian journalist, art historian, theatre critic

Richard Roeper
USA
USAAmerican columnist and film critic.

Reed Oliver
France
FranceActor

Natalia Azhikmaa-Rusheva
Russia
RussiaTuvan Soviet ballerina.

Sergey Diagelev
Russia
RussiaRussian philanthropist, producer, who stood at the origins of the World of Art, creator of the Diaghilev Russian Ballet group. His special merits are associated with the popularization of Russian culture in the West.

Vimukthi Jayasundara
Sri Lanka
Sri LankaFilm critic

Bella Ezerskaya
Ukraine
UkraineJournalist, theatre critic, essayist

Jaak Allik
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian theatre critic, theatre director, director and politician

Iosif Backshtein
Russia
RussiaCurator, art critic

Vladimir Lachinov
Philologist, translator, dramatic artist, theorist of theatrical art, theater critic

Michael Keith Billington
USA
USATheater critic and art critic

Jacob Guinsburg
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian theater scholar and theater critic, editor, publisher, essayist, translator.

Natalia Kazmina
Georgia
GeorgiaTheatre critic, author of articles on contemporary theatre.

Vlas Doroshevich
Russia
RussiaJournalist, theatre critic, acknowledged king of the feuilleton

Roger Ebert
USA
USAAmerican film critic and television presenter.

Alexey Gvozdev
Soviet theatre critic and theatre historian, literary scholar

Brooks Atkinson
USA
USAAmerican theater critic

Joseph William Comyns Carr
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish art critic