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
2014
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
Four Nights of a Dreamer
1972
Life Itself
2014
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
2016
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
1998
Hotel New York
1984
Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas
2016
How I Fell in Love with Eva Ras
2016
A House Is Not a Home: Wright or Wrong
2020
Out 1: Solitaire
2014

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
12
Crew
3
2024
Constel·lació Portabella
as Self
2020
A House Is Not a Home: Wright or Wrong
as Self
2016
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
as Self
2016
Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas
2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Film Critic
2014
Life Itself
as Self - Filmmaker
2013
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Present
as Self
2006
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
as Self
1998
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
as Self
1984
Hotel New York
1978
The Two-Backed Beast, or The Critic Makes the Film
as Himself
1972
Four Nights of a Dreamer
as Extra (uncredited)