J. Hoberman Libri

Exploring the intersection of American politics and popular culture during the Cold War's initial decade, J. Hoberman offers a compelling analysis that parallels his previous work on the 1960s. This book combines historical insight with film criticism, providing a nuanced understanding of how cinema reflected and influenced the political landscape of the era. It promises to be an essential read for those interested in the cultural dynamics of the Cold War.

How the digital turn and 9/11 have changed motion picture history.

The book offers an in-depth year-by-year exploration of Hollywood during the early Cold War, emphasizing the interplay between American politics and popular culture. J. Hoberman, a leading film critic, presents a detailed analysis that goes beyond cinematic examination, placing films within their broader political context. Acclaimed for its insightful critique, it captures the essence of a transformative era in American history, making it a significant contribution to film history and cultural criticism.

The book offers a sharp analysis of the intertwining of politics and pop culture during the 1960s, a transformative decade marked by significant events like the Vietnam War and the rise of Pop art. Through witty and insightful prose, Hoberman examines Hollywood films such as Bonnie and Clyde and The Wild Bunch, while exploring influential figures from Che Guevara to Jane Fonda. By reinterpreting these cultural artifacts, he uncovers the underlying political narratives that shaped America's mass-mediated political landscape.

Focusing on the transformative "magic hour" of film, this anthology compiles the author's insightful movie reviews, cultural critiques, and political essays from a pivotal era marked by significant historical events, including the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Trade Towers. Through a lens of cinematic and social exploration, the collection reflects on the interplay between art and culture during times of change, offering readers a rich tapestry of thought-provoking commentary.

A collection of essays on the most hotly debated films features discussions on Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, the ratings war, and the war of the sexes by such critics as Pauline Kael, Roger Ebert, and Terrence Rafferty. Original.

A study of the Marx Brothers' classic 1933 Hollywood comedy Duck Soup in the BFI Film Classics series.

Acclaimed media critic J. Hoberman's masterful and majestic exploration of the Reagan years as seen through the unforgettable movies of the era. The third book in a brilliant and ambitious trilogy, celebrated cultural and film critic J. Hoberman's Make My Day is a major new work of film and pop culture history. In it he chronicles the Reagan years, from the waning days of the Watergate scandal when disaster films like Earthquake ruled the box office to the nostalgia of feel-good movies like Rocky and Star Wars, and the delirium of the 1984 presidential campaign and beyond. Bookended by the Bicentennial celebrations and the Iran-Contra affair, the period of Reagan's ascendance brought such movie events as Jaws, Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, Ghostbusters, Blue Velvet, and Back to the Future, as well as the birth of MTV, the Strategic Defense Initiative, and the Second Cold War. An exploration of the synergy between American politics and popular culture, Make My Day is the concluding volume of Hoberman's Found Illusions trilogy; the first volume, The Dream Life, was described by Slate's David Edelstein as "one of the most vital cultural histories I've ever read"; Film Comment called the second, An Army of Phantoms, "utterly compulsive reading." Reagan, a supporting player in Hoberman's previous volumes, here takes center stage as the peer of Indiana Jones and John Rambo, the embodiment of a Hollywood that, even then, no longer existed