Josh Rosenblatt
Josh Rosenblatt writes about film from New York City.
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When Ann Richards Ruled: HBO’s All About Ann
For those not old enough to remember the great Ann Richards, even the possibility of her seems mythic—a bedtime story liberal parents tell their kids to give them some small shred of optimism in a seemingly hopeless world. Full Story -
A Tex-Centric Guide to the Austin Film Festival
Don’t be fooled by the marquee names and Oscar buzz. Don’t be dazzled by the presence of famous directors like the Coen Brothers and […] Full Story -
Long Road Out of Jasper: A Documentary Chronicles James Byrd Jr.’s Life and Tragic Death
The fact that Byrd's producers are unwilling to screen the film in its subject's hometown, fearing racist backlash, may be proof enough of its importance. Full Story
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The Observer Review: Our Secret Life in the Movies
Our Secret Life in the Movies offers dueling fragmentary bursts of short fiction that blur the lines between memoir, fiction and homage, and offer a peek inside the minds of two men raised on movies at the tail end of the Cold War. Full Story -
Ornette Coleman Documentary, Made in America, Honors a Jazz Pioneer
Filmmaker Shirley Clarke's Ornette Coleman documentary, Made in America, honors the jazz pioneer. Full Story -
Hellion’s Aaron Paul and the Art of Collapse
Hellion is a story about the unspoken consequences that come from growing up in a world where adults have no more answers than the kids do. Full Story -
Richard Linklater Reels in the Years in Boyhood
Boyhood may not be a great film, but there’s no denying that watching it is an experience unlike any other. Full Story -
A Man in Part: Cesar Chavez and the Perils of the Biopic
Acknowledging the presence of moral ambiguity in Chavez’s history and in his heart could only have made his character, and the movie, more compelling. Full Story
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