Creating a community of young film critics

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How to Cure Romcom Aversion Syndrome in Under Two Hours

By Anastasia Ibrahim

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Hugo: A Love Letter to Early Cinema and the Broken Artist

By Fizzah Arshad

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Wonder Woman: Who Exactly Are You Trying to Empower?

By Simone Chaney

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The Master: No Other Love Can Warm My Heart

By Nadia Jo

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Minari: Planting Hope in the Broken American Dream

By Angela Kwak

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Embracing Monstrosity: The Power of Posthumanity in Titane

By Amanda Cataldo

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Gen Z Critics seeks to amplify the voices of

young film critics.

We bring young film critics together, giving them a platform to broadcast
their opinions while helping them to connect with fellow critics.

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Our critics are a diverse group of young people.

See a full roster of members, judges, and our team and partners.

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Tatiana Diomi

Silver Spring, MD

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Majorca Bateman-Coe

New York, NY

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Clement Tyler Obropta

Hillsborough, NJ

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Veronica Wang

San Francisco, CA

Latest Reviews & Essays

Review
March 6, 2022

Summer of Soul: The Warmest of Watches for a Winter’s Night

Looking back upon the year in film, there has been no brighter a ray of sunshine to reminisce upon than Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution…
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Essay
March 6, 2022

Film Criticism in a Digital World: A Passion with Many Pathways

We find ourselves in a world where criticism has become digitally democratised. Though this sort of environment has its benefits, there are two sides to the coin. On the one…
Samuel Hornsby
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Essay
March 2, 2022

Film Critique: A Form That Isn’t Nearly as Pretentious as It Sounds

Until recently, my mental picture of a film critic was similar to that of the heckler duo in The Muppets. Old and bitter white men cackling at the back of…
Simone Chaney
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2022 Grand Prize Winner

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Anastasia Ibrahim

New Haven, CT

2022 Finalists

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Fizzah Arshad

San Diego, CA

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Simone Chaney

Interlochen, MI

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Nadia Jo

Stanford, CA

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Angela Kwak

Dhahran, SA

2022 Honorable Mention

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Amanda Cataldo

Melbourne, AU