Justin Chang, Leading Film Critic, Leaves Los Angeles Times For The New Yorker

Justin Chang, Leading Film Critic, Leaves Los Angeles Times For The New Yorker

One of the nation’s top film critics, Justin Chang, is leaving the beleaguered Los Angeles Times, taking his fluid prose and winning personality to The New Yorker. Chang previously worked for years at Variety, from 2004 to 2016, when he moved to the LA Times. He starts his new position on Feb. 12. The New Yorker editor-in-chief David Remnick welcomed Chang in a memo to magazine staffers. “Justin and his family are based in Los Angeles, bu…

Film Critic and Variety Alum Justin Chang Leaves L.A. Times to Join The New Yorker

Film critic and Variety alum Justin Chang is leaving the Los Angeles Times for The New Yorker. He will join the publication as a film critic on Feb. 12. David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, made the announcement on Tuesday morning. Chang, who is based in Los Angeles, will visit New York “from time to time,” Remnick said. Chang was a longtime film critic as Variety, starting in 2004. He left to join the Los Angeles Times in 2016. Befo…

Critic Justin Chang Leaves the Los Angeles Times to Join the New Yorker

Justin Chang joins The New Yorker as a film critic after the Los Angeles Times layoffs.

L.A. Times Film Critic Justin Chang Joins the New Yorker

Justin Chang leaves the paper amid layoffs and executive shakeups. He takes over at the magazine as longtime critic Anthony Lane moves to a new beat.