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Jonathan Rosenbaum

A collection of 10 posts

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For the Love of Movies That Never Played at the Mall...

In my experience of discussing movies online, few people have challenged me to dig deeper and look closer at movies than Ken Morefield. That's why I'm enthusiastic about having his as a "guest reviewer" so often at Looking Closer. So I am delighted to

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Charlton Heston dead at 84

"Charlton Heston might be said to achieve his apotheosis as Moses ... unless one decides that it's Moses who's achieving his apotheosis as Heston." - Jonathan Rosenbaum Here's the MSNBC story. The actor died Saturday night at his home in Beverly Hills with his

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More 2007 Lists Worth Noting

My Netflix queue just went into cardiac arrest as I read about all kinds of new movies on the 2007-Best lists from Doug Cummings and Robert Koehler. What would I do without tour guides like them? Nate Bell separates wheat from chaff. Brandon Fibbs is impressed with many, but

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Specials: Lynch, Chaucer, and Branagh

It's a bright sunny day in Seattle, and it'll be a bright sunny evening in the theater, as I head out to feast my eyes on Danny Boyle's Sunshine for the first time. I've heard all kinds of things -- severe disappointment (from

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Rosenbaum on "World Trade Center"

At The Chicago Reader, Jonathan Rosenbaum weighs in on World Trade Center: They probably aren’t the priorities of Oliver Stone, whose ruthlessly circumscribed World Trade Center isn’t about the 2,749 citizens of 87 countries who got killed in the 9/11 assault on the Twin Towers and

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Rosenbaum Reviews "Three Times"

Sure to be one of the year's best, Three Times is the latest from Hou Hsiao-hsien, whose film Cafe Lumiere is one of the best I've seen in the past few years. Here's a review by Jonathan Rosenbaum.

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Specials: Rosenbaum on "Three Burials." Walter on "Crash." And the sequel we've all been waiting for.

Monday specials: "A QUIRKY COWBOY MASTERPIECE" Jonathan Rosenbaum raves about Tommy Lee Jones' directorial debut: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. There are elements in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada that I tend to distrust when they crop up in other movies. There's the

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Specials: Dead Can Dance. B&C on Grimm Brothers and Donnie Darko. Dead Can Dance live.! Lanois touring. Rosenbaum on Grimm.

Today's specials: * Peter T. Chattaway talks with writer/director Scott Derrickson about The Exorcism of Emily Rose. My own interview will be published at SPU's Response soon. * Favorite line from a film review this week: (From the PullQuote review of Broken Flowers.) "Suffice it to

Specials: Lizz Wright! Rosenbaum on Last Days

Today's specials: I've just discovered an album that's definitely going to be on my year-end favorites list. Lizz Wright's Dreaming Wide Awake is a revelation (at least to me, I didn't hear her previous release, Salt.) Dreaming Wide Awake

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Jonathan Rosenbaum on Crash and how he rates movies

Today, Jonathan Rosenbaum zeroes in on what drove me crazy about Crash. (Warning: Spoilers!) Following the template of films such as Short Cuts and Magnolia, Crash tells several independent stories that gradually merge. But it’s blatantly contrived, depending on coincidence and surprise for much of its interest, and it’