"Tati himself, who admired Kubrick immensely for his craft, was a big fan of 2001, but I have no idea what Kubrick thought of Playtime. By then many of my friends were squaring off by regarding either 2001 or Playtime as the great film of the modern era."
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https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2022/12/lines-and-circles-tk/

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Lines and Circles [PLAYTIME and 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY] | Jonathan Rosenbaum

"This is one of the best depictions of the alienation of exile that I know." Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chantal Akerman, News from Home, 1977

If the word 'mesmerizing' did not exist, I would have been invented to describe this chef d'oeuvre (and she had plenty of those) by the unparalleled Chantal Akerman.

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News From Home (1977) - "Your Loving Mother"

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Movie Wars: How Hollywood and the Media Limit What Films We Can See - Jonathan Rosenbaum

> Ebert reviews a good many film books, and to my knowledge Siskel never did; if he ever read any books about film on his own, it would have surprised me.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Interview on New Book and DVD Collection He Sold

Film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum tells IndieWire about his new essay collection and the DVD collection he sold to a pediatrician.

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