Jonathan Rosenbaum

He lived with his father Stanley (a professor) and mother Mildred in the Rosenbaum House, designed by notable architect Frank Lloyd Wright.He attended Bard College, where he played piano in an amateur jazz ensemble that included future actors Chevy Chase as a drummer and Blythe Danner as a vocalist.Rosenbaum moved to Paris in 1969, working briefly as an assistant to director Jacques Tati and appearing as an extra in Robert Bresson's Four Nights of a Dreamer.[4] In 1974, he moved from Paris to London, where he remained until March 1977, when he was offered a two-semester teaching position at the University of California, San Diego by Manny Farber.In August 2007, Rosenbaum marked the passing of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman with an op-ed piece in The New York Times, titled "Scenes from an Overrated Career.
Jonathan Rosenbaum (scholar)Florence, AlabamaBard Collegefilm criticThe Chicago ReaderCahiers du cinémaFilm CommentFrench New WaveJean-Luc GodardJames AgeeAndré BazinFlorenceAlabamaRosenbaum HouseFrank Lloyd WrightThe Putney SchoolPutney, VermontWallace ShawnChevy ChaseBlythe DannerliteratureNew Yorkfilm criticismJacques TatiRobert BressonFour Nights of a DreamerThe Village VoiceSight & SoundLondonUniversity of California, San DiegoManny FarberDave KehrJim JarmuschDead ManPeter BogdanovichTouch of EvilUniversal PicturesThe Other Side of the WindIngmar BergmanThe New York TimesVirginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia2012 Sight & Sound critics' pollAFI list of 100 greatest American moviesJohn Cassavetessecond list by the AFICitizen KaneLa Région CentraleJacques RivetteJ. HobermanChicago Review PressThis is Orson WellesAdrian MartinSlant MagazineWayback MachineOxford American