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Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Retelling Jewish American Story Through History of Cinema

● The American Jewish Story Through Cinema By Eric A. Goldman University of Texas Press, 264 pages, $55. Eric A. Goldman’s look at about a dozen Hollywood movies released between 1927 and 2009 can be recommended especially to readers who don’t flinch when they ponder his book’s title. For me, the very notion of postulating…

By Jonathan Rosenbaum Apr 18, 2013 | 5 min read
Culture
The Best Jewish Director You’ve Never Heard Of

I’ve seen only two features written and directed by Michael Roemer — “Nothing But a Man” (1964), restored by the Library of Congress and “The Plot Against Harry” (made between 1966 and 1968, but released only in 1989 and recently revived at New York’s Film Forum ). Either of these would suffice to make him…

By Jonathan Rosenbaum Jan 31, 2013 | 5 min read
Culture
Spielberg’s Portrait of Lincoln Is A Bust

My suspicion that Steven Spielberg can’t really do historical films isn’t anything new, although the fact that he keeps trying shows at least how ambitious he can be. Conversely, the fact that he keeps failing, at least in my opinion, may point to a wider incapacity on the part of his audience, meaning you and…

By Jonathan Rosenbaum Nov 9, 2012 | 6 min read
Culture
The Jews of Hollywood

Hollywood’s Chosen People: The Jewish Experience in American Cinema Edited by Daniel Bernardi, Murray Pomerance, and Hava Tirosh Samuelson Wayne State University Press, 224 pages, $31.95 The co-editors of “Hollywood’s Chosen People: The Jewish Experience in American Cinema” stake their claim in the first sentence of their introduction: “This book sets out to mark a…

By Jonathan Rosenbaum Oct 9, 2012 | 6 min read

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