Other publications that have carried his work include Film Comment, Variety, The Nation, The New York Times, Slate, Columbia Journalism Review, and First Things.
"[7] White's interest in journalism and film criticism began as a student at Detroit's Central High School, when he first read the book Kiss Kiss Bang Bang by film critic Pauline Kael,[7] whom he cites for "her willingness to go against the hype", along with Andrew Sarris, for his "sophisticated love of cinema",[8] as major inspirations for his choice of career.
[13] 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.
[27] He has listed directors Steven Spielberg,[7] Alain Resnais, Zack Snyder, Clint Eastwood, and S. Craig Zahler[28] among his favorites.
"[12] Films that White has praised include Mom and Dad,[32] Richard Jewell,[33] Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,[34] France,[35] and Cry Macho.
for their depictions of racism,[41] has cited Cyborg in Zack Snyder's Justice League as a positive example of a black superhero, and Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as a poor one.
[42] 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".
[43][44] He has praised Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,[45] 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".
[48] He provided his own selections for the poll, which included À 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.
Godard's rarely screened Nouvelle Vague looms in my memory as his grandest work—grander and more important still due to cinephilia's recent decline.
"[54] Time Magazine called White an "undeniably talented writer" who "developed a kind of notoriety for his rather contrarian opinions.