Barry Johann Ronge[2] (30 December 1947 – 3 July 2022) was a South African journalist, columnist, writer, broadcaster, movie reviewer and raconteur.
He was one of the country's best-known movie critics as well as one of its most widely read (and discussed) columnists.
[3][4] Ronge was born in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, and grew up on the West Rand where he attended Florida Park High School.
After writing for the Sunday Times for 27 years, he wrote his last column on 23 February 2014.
[9][10] During the 1990s and 2000s Ronge was a film critic on M-Net where worked on a number of movie review shows most notably Front Row, Revue Plus and Cinemagic with Barry Ronge.