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 ".

Jonathan Rosenbaum, 2002.

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.

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.

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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.

This too refers to Targum Onkelos on the public Torah reading and to Targum Jonathan on the haftarot from Nevi ' im.

The term cliometrics was originally coined by Jonathan R. T. Hughes and Stanley Reiter in 1960 and refers to Clio, who was the muse of history and heroic poetry in Greek mythology.

The folk song " Athens County " by Jonathan Edwards refers to Athens Ohio, where Edwards attended college in the 1970s.

In Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, the eponymic hero refers to his travels in Tartary on two occasions, and suggests that the then modern geographers of Europe were " in a great error, by supposing nothing but sea between Japan and California ; for it was ever my opinion, that there must be a balance of earth to counterpoise the great continent of Tartary ..."

" In fact, the 1835 source cited refers to a foreign-speaker: " Jonathan distinguishes a Dutch or a French Canadian, by the term Kanuk ".

Despite Uriah's status as one of David's mighty men, British rabbi Jonathan Magonet observes that Uriah refers to Joab, not David, as ' my lord ( or commander )' ( 2 Samuel 11: 11 ).

The name refers to Jonathan Klein's comment about bloggers working in their pajamas.

In Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn, a character refers to it as " the only body of water in the world that is 90 percent guns.

It refers to a mooted attempt to rescue Jonathan Trelawny.

Perhaps inspired by Johannes Kepler ( and quoting Kepler's third law of planetary motion ), Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels ( 1726 ) refers to two moons in Part 3, Chapter 3 ( the " Voyage to Laputa "), in which Laputa's astronomers are described as having discovered two satellites of Mars orbiting at distances of 3 and 5 Martian diameters, and periods of 10 and 21. 5 hours, respectively.

In her first book, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke, in her faux footnotes, refers to a book called, " The Language of the Birds.

Its members are Cornelius Boots, Jonathan Russell, Jeff Anderle, and Aaron Novik, playing what the group refers to as " heavy chamber music.

In addition, Raimi needed $ 3 million to finish his movie, but Universal was not willing to give him the money and delayed its release because they were upset that De Laurentiis would not give them the rights to the Hannibal Lecter character so that they could film a sequel to Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs.

* Mr. Billion, 1977 film by Jonathan Kaplan

* 1971 – Jonathan M. Parisen, American film director

Aleandro is depicted by Jonathan Firth in the 2003 film Luther as the main antagonist.

He also has the lead role in Christiano's film The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry.

* Jonathan auf der Heide, director of the 2009 film Van Dieman's Land

Scorsese was anxious to make the film so he considered this option, but actress Verna Bloom arranged a meeting with potential financial backer, Jonathan Taplin, who was the road manager for the musical group, The Band.

* 1891 – Jonathan Hale, Canadian film and television actor ( d. 1966 )

* 1961 – Jonathan Nossiter, American film director

Cruz's performance in the film was praised by film critics, with Jonathan Holloland of Variety magazine writing " if confirmation is still needed that Cruz is an actress first and a pretty face second, then here it is.

* Rings ( short film ), a 2005 horror film by Jonathan Liebesman

* Tom and Huck, a 1995 film starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Brad Renfro

U-571 is a 2000 film directed by Jonathan Mostow, and starring Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Thomas Kretschmann, Jon Bon Jovi, Jack Noseworthy, Will Estes, and Tom Guiry.

The film stars Jonathan Brandis in the title role, supported by Leo McKern, Stefanie Powers, and Joan Fontaine as Ludmila.

* March 30 – Jonathan Campbell, American film pioneer ( d. 1942 )

* 2004 film Omagh by actor Jonathan Ryan.

Horne was played in the West End and in the film by Jonathan Rigby, who in 2008-9 reprised the role in a new show, devised this time by Barry Took's ex-wife Lyn, called Round the Horne – Unseen and Uncut.

The New York Post film critic Jonathan Foreman was one of several focusing on this distortion in the film and wrote the following in an article at Salon. com:

Jonathan Holland of Variety called the film " emotionally satisfying and brilliantly played " and commented, " The emotional tone is predominantly dark and confrontational.

The film was directed by Jonathan Lynn, who collaborated on the script with John Landis, and stars Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Madeline Kahn, Colleen Camp, and Lee Ving.