Books by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Ugly Duckling but in reverse. Beastlings are fierce and scare for food, and this young group of Beastlings have an oddball that just can't scare. She was too cute to scare anything. We wonder if she'll survive. Just like the original fable, this story is about being yourself and being ok with it.

Collection of previously published essays and interviews, from 1972-2009.

The esteemed film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum has brought global cinema to American audiences for the last four decades. This book gathers together over fifty examples of Rosenbaum's criticism over the years, each of which demonstrates his passion for the way we view movies, as well as how we write about them.

A cogent and provocative argument about the art of film, Essential Cinema is a fiercely independent reference book of must-see movies for film lovers everywhere.

"Innovative film and theater director, radio producer, actor, writer, painter, narrator, and magician, Orson Welles (1915--1985) was the last true Renaissance man of the twentieth century. From such gre"