J. Hoberman is the author of a number of books about cinema, most recently Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan (2019). For nearly three decades, he served as a staff writer and then later became the senior film critic for The Village Voice. Hoberman currently teaches in the graduate film program at Columbia University.

J. Hoberman

The Talking Cure: On Ruth Beckermann’s “Mutzenbacher”

"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers

Film

The Great Distraction: On Aaron Sorkin’s “Trial of the Chicago 7”

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Politics

J. Hoberman is the author of a number of books about cinema, most recently Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan (2019). For nearly three decades, he served as a staff writer and then later became the senior film critic for The Village Voice. Hoberman currently teaches in the graduate film program at Columbia University.