Email Author J. Hoberman

Awards

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 13, 2009

  "Let the Mild Rumpus Start!"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 29, 2009

  "Robert Frank's Real America"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 4, 2009

  "Why Hard Times Won't Mean Good Times"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 12, 2008

  "Deep Freeze"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 18, 2008

  "What We Learned About the Election in this Summer's Movies"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 24, 2008

  "Kill One for the Gipper"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 5, 2006

  "Mel Gibson is Responsible for All the Wars in the World"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 16, 2006

  "The New Disaster Movie"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 14, 2006

  "Anarchy in the UK"

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2007 Stories by J. Hoberman

• Jimmy Carter Man From Plains

  published December 20, 2007

  Jonathan Demme, who directed Tom Hanks to an Oscar as the AIDS-afflicted lawyer in Philadelphia, may be the most well-meaning filmmaker... More >>

• The Walker

  published December 13, 2007

  Paul Schrader's cinema is largely defined by the pathology of his male protagonists, and with The Walker, he's added a striking... More >>

• Like a Complete Unknown

  published November 29, 2007

  I'm Not There is the movie of the year — but to whom does Todd Haynes's Bob Dylan biopic actually belong, and when was it really... More >>

• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

  published November 15, 2007

  Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is less Sidney Lumet's comeback than his resurrection. Three years after being presented a... More >>

• American Gangster

  published November 1, 2007

  American Gangster is a movie with obvious gravitas and a familiar argument: Organized crime is outsider capitalism. As archetypal as... More >>

• Eastern Promises

  published September 13, 2007

  I've said it before and hope to again: David Cronenberg is the most provocative, original and consistently excellent North American director of... More >>

• 3:10 to Yuma

  published September 6, 2007

  Puffing and puffing to resuscitate a long-moribund genre, James Mangold manages to imbue a 50-year-old western with the semblance of life.... More >>

• Saying Goodbye to Two Giants of Cinema

  published August 9, 2007

  Ingmar Bergman directed more than 50 features, but he was a significant figure in 20th-century culture in part because he was so obviously... More >>

• Rescue Dawn

  published July 12, 2007

  Nothing if not appropriate for summer blockbuster season, Werner Herzog's latest feature, based on his 1997 documentary Little Dieter Needs to... More >>

• Sicko

  published June 28, 2007

  We're Americans. We go into other countries when we need to. It's tricky, but it works." So declares Michael Moore in the midst of his new... More >>

• A Mighty Heart

  published June 21, 2007

  A skilled actor vanishes into a role; a movie star appropriates it. As presence trumps character, the star personifies Brecht's alienation effect,... More >>

• Nancy Drew

  published June 14, 2007

  So lame it's...cool? Nancy Drew, writer-director Andrew Fleming's attempt to jump-start a new Warner Bros. franchise, is a movie... More >>

• Ocean's Thirteen

  published June 7, 2007

  Lowest Common Denominator-ism writ large and engraved in stone like the Ten Commandments according to Cecil B. DeMille, the Hollywood blockbuster... More >>

• Cannes d'Awards

  published May 31, 2007

  Cannes, France — The 60th Cannes Film Festival was a generous one — and so was its jury, bestowing the Palme d'Or on the least... More >>

• America Cannes

  published May 24, 2007

  Cannes, France -- The world's preeminent film festival celebrated its 60th birthday party -- the opening banquet catered by the world's hippest,... More >>

• Palme d'Hoberman

  published May 24, 2007

  Cannes, France -- Sometimes the competition is actually competitive. No one disputes that the official section at the 60th Cannes Film... More >>

• Offside

  published May 3, 2007

  Jafar Panahi is a paradoxical populist. He makes crowd-pleasing art movies, often set in the midst of life — the urban crowd is one of hi... More >>

• Black Book

  published April 19, 2007

  Holland's gift to world cinema, Paul Verhoeven can be a very bad boy and a very good filmmaker. Any of his movies could have been titled Basic... More >>

• Inland Empire

  published March 29, 2007

  No director works closer to his unconscious than David Lynch, and, stimulated by the use of amateur digital video technology, his latest feature... More >>

• Mafioso

  published March 22, 2007

  Alberto Lattuada's tricky-to-parse Mafioso dates from 1962 but, with its abrupt tonal shifts and disturbing existential... More >>

• The Host

  published March 8, 2007

  Gross-out horror is never far from comedy, and The Host, Bong Joon-ho's giddy creature feature, has the anarchic mess factor worthy... More >>

• Nostalgia Trip

  published January 25, 2007

  The Good German, directed by Steven Soderbergh from Joseph Kanon's bestseller, is as much simulation as movie. Specifically, it's... More >>

• Magic Touch

  published January 11, 2007

  Written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth is something alchemical. To an astonishing degree, the 42-year-old... More >>