Josh Rosenblatt

Life Or Nothing Like ItMay 13, 2013
Byington’s latest employs a rigid devotion to deadpan, keeping the story’s humanity at a safe and manageable distance, locked behind walls of dispassion. Full Story
What’s the Frequency, Terrence? Malick Returns With To the WonderApr 09, 2013
Maybe it’s best after all that Malick wait years between movies. Full Story
Portrait of Wally Recounts Sordid History of Egon Schiele’s Painting of his MuseNov 15, 2012
Schiele painted “Portrait of Wally” in 1912. In it, the artist’s mistress and muse, Valerie “Wally” Neuzil, is clothed nearly to her chin in a garment resembling a long-sleeve puritan gown, complete with a white Bertha collar. Full Story
The Dictator on the RanchAug 06, 2012
The late spring of 1961 was a rough time for President John F. Kennedy. The residual thrills from his inauguration in January and his [...] Full Story
Friedkin Continues Career DiveJul 31, 2012
After the one-two punch of The French Connection and The Exorcist in the early 1970s, William Friedkin was on top of the world. The [...] Full Story

JFK’s Cinematic LegacyJan 03, 2012
Several years ago, I visited a friend in Dallas. While I was there I went to Dealey Plaza, scene of one of the most [...] Full Story
Documentary’s Focus Is Subject to DebateDec 13, 2011
Now that Friday Night Lights has completed its fifth and final season, it might be an appropriate time for our football-crazy state to consider [...] Full Story
Coming HomeNov 03, 2011
The small town of Hancock in Michigan’s sparsely populated Upper Peninsula is a land of snow drifts, saw mills and economic decline. It’s the [...] Full Story
Slacking off in AustinOct 20, 2011
Though few people listened to the Velvet Underground when they were making records in the 1960s, it’s said that those who did went off [...] Full Story
TEstOct 17, 2011
PULL QUOTE: Black Like Me made Griffin an immediate expert and spokesman on race, with the support of civil rights stalwarts. But his pioneering [...] Full Story