Women and people of color can also be movie critics. All they need is:
The desire to be a movie critic.
Some semblance of qualification to be a movie critic.
Someone to accept their movie critiques.
Someone willing to publish them.
Be credible enough to continue getting the support.
If *white men* are the only ones with the moxie to fulfill all those basic requirements, then so be it.
If someone is going to be a critic, I’m going to want to know how competent they are in the knowledge of film.
Sony was hiring their own critics to generate pull quotes for sh!t films.
Simply being able to gush about some contemporary crap isn’t enough to qualify as a “critic”.
There are people who’ve pushed The BATMAN: Dark Knight Returns to #4 on the top 50 best movies of all time on IMDB. Was it REALLY that good of a movie? Avengers Infinity War is #20 OF ALL TIME??? Django Unchained #61????
https://www.imdb.com/chart/top