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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Readings: James Agee’s Complete Film Criticism: Reviews, Essays, and Manuscripts

By Jonathan Rosenbaum
October 16, 2017
Be careful what you wish for: a comprehensive collection of the critic’s reviews for Nation and Time does not serve to burnish his legend

Festivals: Melbourne

By Jonathan Rosenbaum
August 22, 2016
Cinephilia down under: the Australian festival celebrates its 65th edition in one of the cradles of online criticism

An Epic of Understanding: John Gianvito’s Wake (Subic)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum
February 2, 2016
Damage report: on the filmmaker's steadfast cinematic scrutiny of U.S. colonialism and its legacy of destruction in the Philippines

Short and Sweet

By Jonathan Rosenbaum
February 11, 2013
Kiarostami's experimental origins

Mark Cousins’s Excellent Adventure

By Jonathan Rosenbaum
January 10, 2013
A friendly and innocent TV odyssey through film history

Festivals: Viennale

By Jonathan Rosenbaum
November 16, 2012
Chris Marker lives!

Devotional Reading

By Jonathan Rosenbaum
November 6, 2012
Two literary voyages into film analysis inspire a reflection on critical practice

Meta Critic

By Jonathan Rosenbaum
February 24, 2012
Novelist and film writer Gilbert Adair (1944-2011), an irreplaceable literary dandy

The Classical Modernist: Manoel de Oliveira

By Jonathan Rosenbaum
May 27, 2011
Negotiating the singular career of Portuguese master Manoel de Oliveira on the eve of his 100th birthday