J. Hoberman | |
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 Hoberman in 2012 | |
| Born | James Lewis Hoberman March 14, 1949 New York City, U.S. |
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| Education | Binghamton University (BA) Columbia University (MFA) |
| Period | 1977–present |
| Subject | Film |
| Children | 2 |
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| j-hoberman.com | |
James Lewis Hoberman (born March 14, 1949)[1][2] is an American film critic, journalist,[3] author and academic. He began working at The Village Voice in the 1970s, became a full-time staff writer in 1983, and was the newspaper's senior film critic from 1988 to 2012.[4] In 1981, he coined the term "vulgar modernism" to describe the "looney" fringes of American popular culture (e.g. the animators Tex Avery and Chuck Jones, MAD Magazine, TV pioneer Ernie Kovacs and the films of Frank Tashlin).[5][6][7]
- ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
- ^ "Jim Hoberman's Oral History". Yiddish Book Center. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- ^ Wemple, Erik (January 5, 2012). "J. Hoberman departs the Village Voice". Washington Post.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
reuterswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Vulgar Modernism - Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism
- ^ Vulgar Modernism - Artfourm International
- ^ Film Theory - Google Books (pg.171)