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.

French film critic, influential film historian and theorist.

Swiss film scholar

Michael Keith Billington

Theater critic and art critic

Vlas Doroshevich

Journalist, theatre critic, acknowledged king of the feuilleton

Bella Ezerskaya

Journalist, theatre critic, essayist

American film critic and television presenter.

Ukrainian journalist, art historian, theatre critic

Ukrainian Soviet writer, literary critic

Italian theatre critic, theatre scholar, translator

Natalia Azhikmaa-Rusheva

Tuvan Soviet ballerina.

Natalia Kazmina

Theatre critic, author of articles on contemporary theatre.

Sergey Diagelev

Russian 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.

Jacob Guinsburg

Brazilian theater scholar and theater critic, editor, publisher, essayist, translator.

American columnist and film critic.

American film critic, writer, columnist and television host

American film critic and film scholar

Iosif Backshtein

Curator, art critic

Elisabeth Eastlake

German theater critic, director

Brooks Atkinson

American theater critic

Dutch poet, novelist, literary critic

Soviet theatre critic and theatre historian, literary scholar

Vladimir Lachinov

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

Estonian theatre critic, theatre director, director and politician

Joseph William Comyns Carr

English art critic

Writer, screenwriter, film critic

Victor Korshikov

Russian opera critic and collector.

Influential American theatre critic

Bosley Crowther

American film critic

Vimukthi Jayasundara

Soviet literary scholar, literary and theatre critic

Eugenio Montale

Italian poet and critic, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1975

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