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Justin Chang

Justin Chang

Film Critic, FilmWeek

Justin Chang is a film critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR’s “Fresh Air” and is a regular contributor to LAist’s “FilmWeek.” Before joining The Times, he was chief film critic at Variety. He is the author of the book “FilmCraft: Editing” and serves as chair of the National Society of Film Critics and secretary of the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. In 2014, he received the inaugural Roger Ebert Award from the African American Film Critics Assn. A Southern California native and USC graduate, he lives with his wife and daughter in Pasadena.