J. Hoberman Movies

  • 2017
    Waiting for Ishtar

    Waiting for Ishtar

    Waiting for Ishtar

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    A conversation about guilty pleasures turns into one man's quest to find others on a library waiting list, while simultaneously examining the fate of...

    Waiting for Ishtar
  • 1998
    Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

    Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

    Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

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    This film discusses the effect on how major American films in Hollywood were influenced by the Eastern European Jewish culture that most of the major...

    Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
  • 2020
    'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

    'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

    'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

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    Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the perva...

    'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
  • 2003
    Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof

    Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof

    Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof

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    Documentary profile of legendary dance choreographer Busby Berkeley.

    Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof