Awards
2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards , published October 13, 2009
2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards , published September 29, 2009
2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards , published February 4, 2009
2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards , published June 12, 2008
2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards , published September 18, 2008
2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards , published January 24, 2008
2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards , published December 5, 2006
2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards , published May 16, 2006
2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards , published March 14, 2006
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2011 Stories by J. Hoberman
published December 28, 2011
Strange by even film noir standards, Otto Preminger's 1944 Laura, which is showing in a new 35mm print at Film Forum, starts out with a... More >>
published December 28, 2011
A Separation—the fifth feature by Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi—is an urgently shot courtroom drama designed to put... More >>
published December 21, 2011
The past 12 months brought a number of powerful, introspective, big-theme cine-statements, many of them by old masters (see below). Some... More >>
COVER STORY
published December 21, 2011
"A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees," per William Blake. Ain't that the truth! Although listed by barely half of the 95... More >>
published December 21, 2011
Consummate technicians with bankable interests and personal trademarks, Steven Spielberg and David Fincher are something more than auteurs, but... More >>
published December 14, 2011
Not yet entirely vaporized by The Cloud, DVDs are still things that can be wrapped, tied, and stuffed into a stocking. Herewith, and with a... More >>
published December 7, 2011
John le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, the 1974 spy novel generally regarded as the writer's finest, is predicated on a... More >>
published December 7, 2011
Described as a "psychotic prom-queen bitch," the anti-heroine of Young Adult is a prize part that affords Charlize Theron one of the... More >>
FEATURED STORY
published Nov 30, 2011
The big news to emerge from yesterday's New York Film Critics Circle voting--held early this year to scoop the other year end awards--is, of course, the second coming of homeboy Harvey Weinstein.
Not...
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published November 30, 2011
Steve McQueen's first two films both star Michael Fassbender, feature virtually interchangeable titles, and are nearly as grueling to watch as... More >>
published November 23, 2011
A Dangerous Method, the title of David Cronenberg’s viscerally cerebral new film, is something of an understatement. As... More >>
published November 16, 2011
For those combatant nations able to produce movies, World War II inspired all manner of morale-boosting epics. The Nazis conjured up the period... More >>
published November 16, 2011
As life-or-death dramedy, The Descendants poses several important questions: Why has it taken Alexander Payne seven years to follow up... More >>
published November 9, 2011
A man of many worlds, Robert Gardner is a descendent of Boston aristocrat Isabella Stewart Gardner (as in the Museum), the founder (and funder)... More >>
published November 9, 2011
A resounding “yes” to the question trembling on every lip: There is life after Hereafter! Clint Eastwood goes deep into... More >>
published November 9, 2011
The first thing you see in Lars von Trier’s Melancholia is a tight close-up of Kirsten Dunst’s face. Behind her, slow as... More >>
published November 2, 2011
One great thing about Paris: New prints of old movies from the ’70s, ’60s, and even the ’50s get extended runs in large... More >>
published October 26, 2011
However commonplace today, gallery video or film installations were once seen as blatantly vanguard—evidence of art’s forward march... More >>
published October 26, 2011
Written and directed by Bruce Robinson, The Rum Diary is what the Brits might call a rum movie—an oddly inoffensive piece and a... More >>
published October 19, 2011
Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre is something of a comeback for the Finnish filmmaker. His warmhearted comedy of underdog... More >>
published October 19, 2011
As taut and economical as its title is unwieldy, Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene—a first feature that won the Best... More >>
published October 12, 2011
Digital might be the future of the motion-picture medium, but for film preservation, it’s a mixed blessing. Archivists polled in a recent... More >>
published October 5, 2011
The 49th annual New York Film Festival is in full swing at Lincoln Center and continues through October 16. Here's where you can find ongoing... More >>
published October 5, 2011
Jean-Luc Godard changed the course of film history with his debut Breathless (1960) and then again when he capped an unprecedented... More >>
published September 28, 2011
Golden anniversary approaching, the New York Film Festival maintains a singular position. Because it’s curated rather than competitive,... More >>
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