J. Hoberman

J. Hoberman has written, co-written, or edited 14 books, including The Red Atlantis: Communist Culture in the Absence of Communism and Film After Film (Or, What Became of 21st Century Cinema?).

Steve McQueen and Jonathan Glazer Confront the Holocaust 

Steve McQueen and Jonathan Glazer Confront the Holocaust  Steve McQueen and Jonathan Glazer Confront the Holocaust 

In Zones of Interest and Occupied City, the two filmmakers attempt to depict the ordinary fascism and everyday violence of World War II.

Dec 4, 2023 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman

A scene from “Youth (Spring).”

Wang Bing, the World’s Hardest-Working Director Wang Bing, the World’s Hardest-Working Director

In his new film, Youth (Spring), the prolific director examines how the People’s Republic became the workshop for much of the world.

Nov 9, 2023 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman

A scene from “Unrest”

The Swiss Village That Made Kropotkin an Anarchist The Swiss Village That Made Kropotkin an Anarchist

Cyril Schäublin’s Unrest may be the most orderly movie about anarchists ever made.

Jun 14, 2023 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman

Jerzy Skolimowski’s Wild and Kinetic EO

Jerzy Skolimowski’s Wild and Kinetic EO Jerzy Skolimowski’s Wild and Kinetic EO

If Au Hasard Balthazar is austere and precise, EO is excessive and elusive.

Dec 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman

Godard Was Cinema

Godard Was Cinema Godard Was Cinema

Was the French filmmaker the single most important individual in the history of cinema?

Sep 16, 2022 / Editorial / J. Hoberman

Why Keep Politics Out of the Oscars?

Why Keep Politics Out of the Oscars? Why Keep Politics Out of the Oscars?

The Academy might like to imagine that their star event is just fun and games, but the fact is the Oscars are always political. So why not have included Volodymyr Zelensky?

Mar 30, 2022 / J. Hoberman

The Surprising History of the Comic Book

The Surprising History of the Comic Book The Surprising History of the Comic Book

Since their initial popularity during World War II, comic books have always been a medium for American counterculture and for nativism and empire. 

Jan 25, 2022 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman

Mike Gold, Avant-Garde Bard of Proletarian New York

Mike Gold, Avant-Garde Bard of Proletarian New York Mike Gold, Avant-Garde Bard of Proletarian New York

A new biography charts Gold's many lives—as a novelist and journalist, as a working-class militant, and as a forerunner to the Beats.

May 12, 2021 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman

What Revolution?

What Revolution? What Revolution?

Enzo Traverso’s new book offers us a guide to the left that the 20th century left behind.

Nov 30, 2017 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman

Jean-Luc Godard and the End of Cinema

Jean-Luc Godard and the End of Cinema Jean-Luc Godard and the End of Cinema

The French director is still grappling with the collapsing culture of cinema while imagining its future incarnation.

Feb 25, 2015 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman

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