Writing for the Chicago Reader, Jonathan Rosenbaum called the film " generic " and " standard issue ", stating that the audience shouldn't " expect to remember it ten minutes later ".

However, Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote in the Chicago Reader, " To be sure, The Big Lebowski is packed with show-offy filmmaking and as a result is pretty entertaining.

Among the film's strongest detractors was Jonathan Rosenbaum, who described it as " creepy " and claimed " this characterless world of Manhattan-Venice-Paris, where love consists only of self-validation, and political convictions of any kind are attributable to either hypocrisy or a brain condition, the me-first nihilism of Allen's frightened worldview is finally given full exposure, and it's a grisly thing to behold.

Jonathan Rosenbaum from the Chicago Reader observed that " Raimi tries to do a Sergio Leone, and though The Quick and the Dead is highly enjoyable in spots, it doesn't come across as very convincing.

: Film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum refers to a makeshift 1960s and 1970s genre called the acid Western, associated with Dennis Hopper, Jim McBride, and Rudy Wurlitzer, as well as films like Monte Hellman's The Shooting, Alejandro Jodorowsky's bizarre experimental film El Topo ( The Mole ), and Robert Downey Sr .' s Greaser's Palace.

On March 30, 2007, it opened in select theaters in the United States and Canada and was released on DVD on November 13, 2007 as part of a deluxe box set with a director's cut of Burnett's sophomore feature My Brother's Wedding and three Burnett shorts: Several Friends ( a 1969 aesthetic precursor to Killer of Sheep ), The Horse ( an " allegory of the South " in Burnett's words ), and When It Rains ( praised as one of the greatest short films of all time by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum ).

Critics such as Jonathan Rosenbaum and Charles Taylor, as well as filmmaker Jacques Rivette, have gone on the record defending Showgirls as a serious satire.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, in his review for the Chicago Reader, praised Holly Hunter's performance as " something of a revelation: her short, feisty, socially gauche, aggressive-compulsive character may be the most intricately layered portrait of a career woman that contemporary Hollywood has given us ".

Chicago Reader film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote that what director James Brooks " Manages to do with ( the characters ) as they struggle mightily to connect with one another is funny, painful, beautiful, and basically truthful-a triumph for everyone involved.

Jonathan Rosenbaum refers to the film as " the best expression of Spielberg's benign, dreamy-eyed vision.

However, Jonathan Rosenbaum gave the film a mixed review in the Chicago Reader.

Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader wrote, " Undeniably provocative and reasonably entertaining, The Truman Show is one of those high-concept movies whose concept is both clever and dumb.

Of Tati, Lynch would add in a conversation with Jonathan Rosenbaum, " You know, I feel like in a way he's a kindred soul.

Chicago Reader critic Jonathan Rosenbaum surmised that the media was eager to torpedo Ishtar in retaliation for instances of Beatty's perceived " high-handed way with members of the press ".

Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader rated it a " masterpiece ," giving it the paper's highest rating of four stars.

Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader labelled it Brooks ' best film, stating " what Brooks manages to do with characters as they struggle mightily to connect with one another is funny, painful, beautiful, and basically truthful — a triumph for everyone involved.

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One of the best foreign films, heck, one of the best films I have seen ", while Jonathan Rosenbaum of The Chicago Reader stated, " About as entertaining as a no-brainer can be -- a lot more fun, for my money, than a cornball theme-park ride like " Speed ," and every bit as fast moving.

* Jonathan Rosenbaum: 1000 Essential Films

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" The Chicago Reader < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s Jonathan Rosenbaum compared Night Shift to the subsequent comedy film Risky Business ( which also dealt with the theme of prostitution ), noting that Night Shift isn't "... as snappily directed or as caustically conceived, ... but it's arguably just as sexy and almost as funny.

* Jonathan Rosenbaum on the lack of Daney translations

" Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader remarked, " There's almost no plot here and even less character — just a lot of pretexts for S & M imagery, Catholic decor, gobs of gore, and the usual designer schizophrenia.

Chicago Reader critic Jonathan Rosenbaum stated, " This is a powerful, convincing, and terrifying look at teenage crime in contemporary Watts.

In September 2002, Omega World, a d20 System mini-game based on Gamma World and written by Jonathan Tweet, was published in Dungeon 94 / Polyhedron 153.

* Israel, Jonathan I., Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity, ( Oxford University Press, 2002 ).

Reanimation debuted on July 30, 2002, featuring the likes of Black Thought, Jonathan Davis, Aaron Lewis, and many others.

* 1914 – Jonathan Harris, American actor ( d. 2002 )

* Banks, Jonathan C .; Mitchell, Anthony D .; Waas, Joseph R. & Paterson, Adrian M. ( 2002 ): An unexpected pattern of molecular divergence within the blue penguin ( Eudyptula minor ) complex.

The report picked up on an article originally written in 2002 by Jonathan Kay of the New York Times regarding the recent introduction of " Nazi protagonists " in the online gaming market ( referring specifically to Day of Defeat and Wolfenstein ).

* Sacks, Jonathan, The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations, London, Continuum, 2002 ISBN 0-8264-6397-5

( left to right ) George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury ( 1991 – 2002 ), Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi ( UK ), Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia, Jim Wallis, Sojourners, USA.

* Gawne, Jonathan, Ghosts of the ETO ( American Tactical Deception Units in the European Theater, 1944-1945 )( Casemate Publishing, Havertown, PA, 2002 )

The first decade brought further exploration, including Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything is Illuminated ( 2002 ) and Will Christopher Baer's Phineas Poe trilogy ( 2005 ).

* Vertigo Pop: Tokyo # 1-4 ( Sep-Dec 2002 ) by Jonathan Vankin and Seth Fisher

This short film was selected by director and animator Terry Gilliam as one of the ten best animated films of all time, and critic Jonathan Romney included it on his list of the ten best films in any medium ( for Sight and Sound's 2002 critics ' poll ).

* Jonathan Torrens-( September / October 2002 )

Jonathan David Katz assumed the role of executive coordinator in 2002 ; in 2003 he commented that while women's studies or African American studies have been embraced by American universities, lesbian and gay studies have not.

* Harris, Jonathan, ' The influence of Plethon's idea of fate on the historian Laonikos Chalkokondyles ', in: Proceedings of the International Congress on Plethon and his Time, Mystras, 26 – 29 June 2002, ed.

Like Mike is a 2002 film fantasy sports-comedy film, directed by John Schultz and starring Lil ' Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki and Brenda Song.

* Jonathan Harris ( 1914 – 2002 ), actor

* The Chameleon Poet: A Life of George Barker, Jonathan Cape Ltd ( 21 Feb 2002 ), ISBN 978-0-224-06242-8

In April 2002, Jonathan Abrams created his profile on Friendster.

The 2002 novel Everything Is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer, tells a fictional story set in the Ukrainian shtetl Trachimbrod.

The six non-Canadian winners are Americans Brian Leetch, who won it in 1994, Tim Thomas in 2011, and Jonathan Quick in 2012, Russian Evgeni Malkin, who won it in 2009, and Swedes Nicklas Lidstrom and Henrik Zetterberg, who won it in 2002 and 2008, respectively.

Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 British comedy-drama film starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis, and Archie Panjabi first released in the United Kingdom.

Foer is the brother of novelist Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything Is Illuminated ( 2002 ).

After leaving Project Cadmus and living on his own for a brief time in Metropolis, in Superboy No. 100 ( Jul 2002 ), the final issue of the series, at Superman's suggestion Kon-El goes to live with Martha and Jonathan Kent in Smallville, where he adopts a secret identity as their nephew ( and Clark's cousin ) Conner Kent.