Chris Knight
Chris Knight is a film critic at the National Post, focused on reviewing new theatrical releases and writing about how they sit within the wider cinema landscape. His work anchors the film coverage across Postmedia newspapers, giving the group a consistent voice on mainstream and independent titles alike. Alongside reviews, he covers films as cultural and political flashpoints, treating industry controversies as part of the story of modern cinema.
Film reviews and mainstream releases
Knight’s core output is regular film reviews for the National Post and other Postmedia papers, where he assesses new releases for a broad general-interest audience. He writes to the release schedule, handling studio franchise entries, genre pictures and smaller films with the same straight-ahead critical approach.
A recent example is his review of Supergirl under the headline “Movie review: Supergirl might just be the second-best Star Wars movie this summer,” where he builds his argument around comparison to the season’s Star Wars offerings and uses that benchmark to signal expectations for tone, spectacle and storytelling. His reviews are positioned as service pieces for readers choosing what to watch, but they also register the film’s place in a longer line of genre and franchise history.
Coverage of politically charged cinema
Knight also writes about films when they become contested political objects, following stories where cinema and geopolitics meet.
In one article on a Russian-Canadian filmmaker, he reports on attempts to suppress a controversial film and a Ukrainian probe into its subject matter, framing the movie within debates over propaganda, historical narrative and national image. In this kind of coverage he treats the film not just as an artwork but as evidence in larger disputes, describing how governments, institutions and audiences respond when a release touches raw political nerves.
The result is a strand of work that extends beyond review format into news-driven features about censorship, state pressure and the reputational stakes attached to certain films.
Role within Postmedia’s entertainment coverage
Within Postmedia’s entertainment pages, Knight functions as a central film voice whose copy is carried across multiple newspapers.
That syndication means his perspective on major releases and controversies can shape how cinema is presented to audiences in different cities, while keeping the tone and standards consistent. His work sits alongside television, music and broader culture coverage, but remains distinct in its film-first focus and regular cadence. For communications teams working around releases or film-related issues, his position as the group’s chief film critic places him at the nexus of both routine review coverage and the occasional higher-stakes story when a movie becomes a political or cultural flashpoint.
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