Justin Chang

Justin Choigee Chang is an American film critic and columnist currently working at The New Yorker. He previously worked for Variety and for Los Angeles Times. His 2023 reviews at the Times won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Chang first became interested in film critique while in high school because he found it fascinating that intelligent people could have very different reactions to films.

Career Chang was hired by Variety magazine in 2004, and became a senior film critic for the magazine in 2010 before being promoted to its chief film critic in 2013. In 2016, he joined the Los Angeles Times, where he remained until 2024, when he joined The New Yorker. He is a regular contributor to the NPR programs FilmWeek and Fresh Air.

End-of-year lists Chang produces an annual "best-of-the-year" movie list, thereby providing an overview of his critical preferences. His top choices were: 2013: Before Midnight 2014: Boyhood 2015: The Assassin 2016: Silence 2017: Call Me By Your Name 2018: Burning 2019: Parasite 2020: Vitalina Varela 2021: Drive My Car 2022: No Bears 2023: All of Us Strangers 2024: Close Your Eyes 2025: Sirāt

Personal life Chang is a Christian.