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.

Eugenio Montale

Italian poet and critic, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1975

Bella Ezerskaya

Journalist, theatre critic, essayist

Influential American theatre critic

American film critic and film scholar

French film critic, influential film historian and theorist.

German theater critic, director

Brooks Atkinson

American theater critic

Victor Korshikov

Russian opera critic and collector.

Soviet theatre critic and theatre historian, literary scholar

Vlas Doroshevich

Journalist, theatre critic, acknowledged king of the feuilleton

American film critic and television presenter.

Estonian theatre critic, theatre director, director and politician

Michael Keith Billington

Theater critic and art critic

Jacob Guinsburg

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

Ukrainian journalist, art historian, theatre critic

Dutch poet, novelist, literary critic

Writer, screenwriter, film critic

Iosif Backshtein

Curator, art critic

Vimukthi Jayasundara

Italian theatre critic, theatre scholar, translator

Natalia Azhikmaa-Rusheva

Tuvan Soviet ballerina.

Soviet literary scholar, literary and theatre critic

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.

American film critic, writer, columnist and television host

Bosley Crowther

American film critic

Ukrainian Soviet writer, literary critic

Natalia Kazmina

Theatre critic, author of articles on contemporary theatre.

Elisabeth Eastlake

Joseph William Comyns Carr

English art critic

American columnist and film critic.

Swiss film scholar

Vladimir Lachinov

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

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