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."

Known For

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Self - Film Critic

Life Itself

Self - Filmmaker

Four Nights of a Dreamer

Extra (uncredited)

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

Self

Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

Self

Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown

Self

Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas

Hotel New York