20 Facts About Armond White

Armond Allen White was born on 1953 and is an American film and music critic who writes for National Review and Out.

Armond White was previously the editor of CityArts, the lead film critic for the alternative weekly New York Press, and the arts editor and critic for The City Sun.

Armond White was born in Detroit, the youngest of seven children.

Armond White's family was the first African-American family to move to a primarily Jewish neighborhood on the city's northwest side, where he grew up.

Armond White received a Bachelor of Arts in journalism at Wayne State University, followed by a Master of Fine Arts degree in film from Columbia University's School of the Arts in 1997.

Armond White was the arts editor for The City Sun, where he wrote film, music and theater criticism, for the span of its publication from 1984 to 1996.

Armond White was hired by New York Press in 1997 and wrote for the paper until it ceased publication in August 2011.

Armond White is a member of the National Society of Film Critics and New York Film Critics Online.

Armond White is a three-time chairman of the New York Film Critics Circle, has served as a member of the juries at the Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and Mill Valley Film Festival, and was a member of several National Endowment for the Arts panels.

Armond White has taught classes on film at Columbia University and Long Island University.

In 1992, Armond White was one of nine newspaper and magazine writers to win the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for music criticism.

In January 2014, Armond White was expelled from the New York Film Critics Circle for allegedly heckling director Steve McQueen at an event for the film 12 Years a Slave.

Armond White received an Anti-Censorship Award at the 35th annual American Book Awards for being "unfairly removed" from the critics' organization.

Armond White has listed directors Steven Spielberg, Alain Resnais, Zack Snyder, Clint Eastwood, and S Craig Zahler among his favorites.

Armond White is critical of films that promote consumerism, arguing that Toy Story 3 does so, while citing Small Soldiers as a superior film featuring toys.

Armond White is generally critical of superhero movies, unfavorably reviewing The Dark Knight, Wonder Woman, Avengers: Endgame, and The Batman, while calling Marvel Cinematic Universe films "formulaic".

Armond White has praised Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Watchmen, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Zack Snyder's Justice League; writing that Snyder "rescued comic-book movies from nihilism and juvenilia, making modern myths worthy of adult spirituality and politics".

Armond White has attacked contemporary film criticism, awards shows, and film journalism.

Armond White derided the Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2022 poll for selecting Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles as the greatest film of all time, calling it "a dull Marxist-feminist token" chosen for political reasons.

Armond White provided his own selections for the poll, which included A bout de souffle, Battleship Potemkin, Intolerance, Jules et Jim, L'Avventura, Lawrence of Arabia, Lola, The Magnificent Ambersons, Nashville, and The Passion of Joan of Arc.