Armond White

Armond White
Born
Armond Allen White

1953 (age 70–71)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater
OccupationFilm critic

Armond Allen White (born 1953)[1][2] is an American film and music critic who writes for National Review and Out. He was previously the editor of CityArts (2011–2014), the lead film critic for the alternative weekly New York Press (1997–2011), and the arts editor and critic for The City Sun (1984–1996). Other publications that have carried his work include Film Comment, Variety, The Nation, The New York Times, Slate, Columbia Journalism Review, and First Things.

White is known for his provocative, idiosyncratic,[3] and often contrarian reviews, which have made him a controversial figure in film criticism.[4] As an African-American, gay, conservative film critic, he has been called a "minority three times over in his profession."[5]

  1. ^ McGraw, Bill (January 18, 2014). "The Baddest Film Critic in New York Grew Up in Detroit and Went to WSU". Deadline Detroit. Archived from the original on November 3, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2021. This week, White, 60, made news when he was purged from the New York Film Critics Circle, the nation's oldest such group.
  2. ^ "Armond White". The African-American Literature Book Club. Archived from the original on October 30, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  3. ^ McNeil, Daniel (2015). "The last honest film critic in America: Armond White and the children of James Baldwin". In Frey, Mattias; Sayad, Cecilia (eds.). Film Criticism in the Digital Age. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. pp. 61–78. ISBN 978-0813570723.
  4. ^ Moore, Jack (October 31, 2011). "The 14 Worst Movie Reviews From America's Jerk Film Critic". Buzzfeed.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  5. ^ Brown, David Morgan (February 22, 2021). "Film Critic Armond White is Not a Troll". HighonFilms. Archived from the original on October 30, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2022.