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Recently published long reviews:
Elegy and Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Reviewed 8/21/08
Frozen River, Reviewed 8/14/08
Swing Vote, Reviewed 8/07/08
Brideshead Revisited, Reviewed 7/24/08
The Dark Knight, Reviewed 7/17/08
The Wackness, Reviewed 7/10/08
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Reviewed 7/03/08
Get Smart; OSS 117, Reviewed 6/26/08
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation, Reviewed 5/22/08
Redbelt, Reviewed 5/15/08
Last Year at Marienbad, Reviewed 5/1/08
The Visitor, Reviewed 4/17/08

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Jonathan Rosenbaum's new Web site, jonathanrosenbaum.com, has launched. Rosenbaum has retired but we've collected his favorite reviews, over a decade's worth of top-ten lists, an interview, and more.


The Best Movies of 2007:
  • Local premieres of a dozen masterpieces--almost none released in the past 12 months--made 2007 a good movie year. by Jonathan Rosenbaum
  • In a year when shirking responsibility was the rule, movies about accepting it stood out. by J.R. Jones

  • Excerpts from Jonathan Rosenbaum's Movie Wars: How Hollywood and the Media Limit What Movies We Can See.
    Rosenbaum's Top 40 Films of 2002, 2000.
    Rosenbaum's Top Ten for 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1997, and 1996.
    100 best American films.
    Ten Best Movies of the 90s.
    Where's the old On Film archive?

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