Nathan Rabin

Nathan Rabin
Nathan Rabin signs copies of his book The Big Rewind in 2009
Born
United States
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Occupations
  • Writer
  • film critic
  • music critic
SpouseDanya Maloon
Children2

Nathan Rabin (/rɑːˈbiːn/) is an American film and music critic.[1] Rabin was the first head writer for The A.V. Club,[2] a position he held until he left the Onion organization in 2013.[3] In 2013, Rabin became a staff writer for The Dissolve, a film website operated by Pitchfork Media.[4] Two of his featured columns at The Dissolve were "Forgotbusters" (looking back at films that were among the top 25 box office earners in their release years but had not had cultural or popular endurance) and "Streaming University" (reviewing documentaries that were available through sites such as Netflix and Hulu).

On April 29, 2015, Rabin announced he had parted ways with The Dissolve.[5] He later returned to The A.V. Club as a freelance writer.[6]

In April 2017, Rabin announced that The AV Club had canceled his My World of Flops column, and that he was establishing his own Patreon-funded website, Nathan Rabin's Happy Place.[7]

  1. ^ The Onion's Nathan Rabin Time
  2. ^ Articles by Nathan Rabin Archived June 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at The AV Club
  3. ^ An Update from the AV Club Archived April 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The AV Club April 26, 2013
  4. ^ "Introducing The Dissolve, A New Film Site" Archived June 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Pitchfork Media, May 30, 2013
  5. ^ Facebook Post Regarding Rabin Leaving The Dissolve. Archived November 8, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Facebook, April 30, 2015
  6. ^ Rabin, Nathan (August 25, 2015). "Nathan Rabin • The A.V. Club". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  7. ^ "Tweet by Nathan Rabin announcing his new website". Archived from the original on April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2017.