The Last Critic

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The Last Critic (2026)

Directed by Matty Wishnow

Documentary, Music · 1h 22m

Sixty years & a million records ago, Robert Christgau invented Rock music criticism. Anyone who has ever read or written a Pop music review has been influenced by Christgau, who canonized legends from The Ramones to Public Enemy & infuriated icons from Lou Reed to Billy Joel. Now in his eighties, Bob is still at it—amazingly with the same vigor, wit, concision and craft that has defined his expansive career. But in a world where albums are irrelevant, where print is dead & where algorithms have eclipsed critics we are forced to ask: What happens next—for Bob, but also for all music criticism? Is this the end of something? Is Robert Christgau the last critic?

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Cast

Crew

Director
Matty Wishnow
Editor
Paul Lovelace
Producer
Ben Wu, Paul Lovelace, Joe Levy

Details

Release date
2026-03-14
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Documentary, Music
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America