Robbie Collin

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Robbie Collin is a British film critic.

Collin studied aesthetics and the philosophy of film at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.{{cite news|last=Collin |first=Robbie |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/8813640/Hello.-My-name-is-Robbie.-For-the-foreseeable-future-Ill-be-your-film-critic..html |title=Hello. My name is Robbie. For the foreseeable future, I’ll be your film critic. |publisher=Telegraph |date= 8 October 2011|access-date=26 June 2012 |location=London}} He edited the university's student newspaper, The Saint.

Collin has been the chief film critic at The Daily Telegraph since 2011. From 2007 to 2011 he wrote a weekly film column for the News of the World until the newspaper's closure. That year he was shortlisted for Critic of the Year at the British Press Awards,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/feb/25/press-awards-list-nominations |title=British Press Awards 2011: full list of nominees | Media | guardian.co.uk |newspaper=The Guardian |date= 25 February 2011|access-date=26 June 2012 |location=London}} and was shortlisted again in 2017, when he was highly commended by the jury.{{cite news|url=https://www.newsworks.org.uk/news-and-opinion/winners-announced-for-the-press-awards-2016 |title=Daily Mail named Newspaper of the Year at Press Awards |newspaper=Newsworks |date= 17 March 2017|access-date=2 July 2018 |location=London}}

He appeared on the Channel 4 Vue Film Show, presented by Edith Bowman, and contributed to the BBC Radio 2 Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman. In August 2013 he guest presented BBC Radio 4's Film programme. He guest-presents Kermode and Mayo's Film Review, also with Edith Bowman, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Ben Bailey Smith.

In 2018 Collin compiled a list of the 100 greatest films of all time for the Telegraph, with Singin' in the Rain at number one.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/top-greatest-movies/ |title=The Telegraph 100 Greatest Films |newspaper=The Telegraph |date= 25 June 2018|access-date=2 July 2018 |location=London}}