Courtney Small

Courtney Small

Senior Critic
Courtney is a Rotten Tomatoes approved film critic and co-host of the radio show Frameline. He has written for several publications including POV Magazine, CBC Arts, Exclaim!, Cinema Axis, Leonard Maltin, In the Seats, Black Girl Nerds, and Comix Asylum. He also discusses diversity in cinema as host of the Changing Reels podcast and is a member of the Online Film Critics Society, GALECA, the African American Film Critics Association and is a Golden Globes international voter.

Articles by Courtney Small:


  • Tolkien Nicholas Hoult
    May 10, 2019
    Tolkien Review: The Real Lord of the Rings

    Tom of Finland director Dome Karukoski returns with another biopic about an influential creative mind, this time turning his sights to famed Lord of the Rings writer J. R. R. Tolkien. Does the film do justice to the man or is it more focused on his legendary work?

  • Little Review
    April 12, 2019
    Little Review

    With its message of female empowerment and the note perfect performances, Little offers some big laughs.

  • Carmine Street Guitars
    April 5, 2019
    Carmine Street Guitars Review

    Ron Mann’s Carmine Street Guitars carefully paints a portrait of an iconic piece of New York history and is a must-watch for music fans.

  • The Hummingbird Project
    March 21, 2019
    The Hummingbird Project Review

    Director Kim Nguyen’s The Hummingbird Project is a post-financial crisis thriller where success or failure literally hinge on milliseconds. But does a strong premise and two great leads mean a bear market or a bull market?

  • Ash Is Purest White Tao Zhao
    March 21, 2019
    Ash Is Purest White Review

    Jia Zhangke’s sprawling tale of love, ego and societal change in modern China is an entrancing look at how the cycles we often find ourselves in are just part of the universe’s design.

  • Riverdale Season 3
    January 16, 2019
    Riverdale Season Three: The Best One Yet

    Confidently finding its groove in storylines more outlandish than anything you will find in the comics, Riverdale is still going strong three seasons in.