Eschewing the idea of film reviewer-as-solitary-expert, Jonathan Rosenbaum continues to advance his belief that a critic's ideal role is to mediate and facilitate our public discussion of cinema. Portraits and Polemics presents debate as an important form of cinematic encounter …
"Godard. Fuller. Rivette. Endfield. Tarr. In his celebrated career as a film critic, Jonathan Rosenbaum has undertaken wide-ranging dialogues with many of the most daring and important auteurs of our time. [This book] collects more than forty years of interviews that embrace Ros…
A study of Chinese stars and their transnational stardom, examining the career of Jet Li, probably the best martial arts actor alive.
"Explores virtuosic performance in film, ranging from classical works through to contemporary productions"--
American classic screen profiles
"The term "cult film star" has been employed, and used as a common-sense term, in publicity and popular journalistic writing for at least the last twenty-five years. However, what makes cult film stars or actors distinct or different from other film stars has rarely been address…