Jonathan Rosenbaum
Biography
Jonathan Rosenbaum (born February 27, 1943) is an American film critic and author. Rosenbaum was the head film critic for The Chicago Reader from 1987 to 2008. He has published and edited numerous books about cinema and has contributed to such notable film publications as Cahiers du cinéma and Film Comment.
Regarding Rosenbaum, French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard said, "I think there is a very good film critic in the United States today, a successor of James Agee, and that is Jonathan Rosenbaum. He's one of the best; we don't have writers like him in France today. He's like André Bazin."
Filmography
Constel·lació Portabella
2024
as Self
A House Is Not a Home: Wright or Wrong
2020
as Self
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
2016
as Self
Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas
2016
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
as Self - Film Critic
Life Itself
2014
as Self - Filmmaker
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Present
2013
as Self
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006
as Self
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
1998
as Self
Hotel New York
1984
- No poster
The Two-Backed Beast, or The Critic Makes the Film
1978
as Himself
Four Nights of a Dreamer
1972
as Extra (uncredited)