Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
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This list contains the favorite movies of movie critic Jonathan Rosenbaum who writes for the Chicago Reader. The movies span virtually every decade, and include many an obscure movie.
#1 - #1012: original list
#1013 - #1073: 2008 additions
#1074 - #1133: 2016 additions
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Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple
1968 — a.k.a. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
1971, in 9 top lists Check -
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Les années 80
1983, in 1 top list Check -
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Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges
1989 — a.k.a. Images of the World and the Inscription of War, in 4 top lists Check -
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La cabale des oursins
1992, in 1 top list Check -
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Cézanne - Dialogue avec Joachim Gasquet (Les...
1990 — a.k.a. Cézanne - Conversation with Joachim Gasquet, in 1 top list Check -
1049 +7
Cha ma gu dao xi lie
2004 — a.k.a. Tea-Horse Road Series: Delamu, in 2 top lists Check -
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Le chant du Styrène
1958 — a.k.a. The Song of Styrene, in 1 top list Check -
1091 new
Chef-d'oeuvre ?
2010, in 1 top list Check -
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Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
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Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)
1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check -
991 +7
Cinéma, de notre temps: Où gît votre sourire...
2001, in 3 top lists Check -
1060 +7
Citadel
2006, in 1 top list Check -
1121 new
Citizenfour
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
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Le cochon
1970, in 1 top list Check -
1045 +7
The Corporation
2003, in 4 top lists Check -
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Crumb
1994, in 12 top lists Check -
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Cuadecuc, vampir
1971, in 4 top lists Check -
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Dal Polo all'Equatore
1987 — a.k.a. From the Pole to the Equator, in 2 top lists Check -
890 -
D'Est
1993 — a.k.a. From the East, in 5 top lists Check -
905 -
Dieu sait quoi
1994 — a.k.a. God Only Knows, in 2 top lists Check -
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Divorce Iranian Style
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
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Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer
1975, in 2 top lists Check -
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Entuziazm (Simfoniya Donbassa)
1930 — a.k.a. Enthusiasm, in 7 top lists Check -
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Essai d'ouverture
1988, in 1 top list Check -
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F for Fake
1973, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Famine Within
1990, in 1 top list Check -
938 -
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
1997, in 4 top lists Check -
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Filming 'Othello'
1978, in 1 top list Check -
1108 new
The Forgotten Space
2010, in 1 top list Check -
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France/tour/detour/deux/enfants
1977, in 1 top list Check -
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From the Journals of Jean Seberg
1995, in 1 top list Check -
1032 +7
Ganjine-haye gohar
1965 — a.k.a. The crown jewels of Iran, in 1 top list Check -
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Genèse d'un repas
1979 — a.k.a. Origins of a Meal, in 1 top list Check -
975 +7
Les glaneurs et la glaneuse
2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check -
1009 +7
Go Further
2003, in 1 top list Check -
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Golub
1988, in 1 top list Check -
918 -
A Great Day in Harlem
1994, in 1 top list Check -
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La guerre d'un seul homme
1981, in 3 top lists Check -
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Hamshahri
1983 — a.k.a. Fellow Citizen, in 1 top list Check -
1086 new
Helsinki, ikuisesti
2008 — a.k.a. Helsinki, Forever, in 1 top list Check -
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Une histoire de vent
1988 — a.k.a. A Tale of the Wind, in 5 top lists Check -
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Hôtel des Invalides
1952, in 3 top lists Check -
1128 new
I, Dalio
2015, in 1 top list Check -
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Ici et ailleurs
1976 — a.k.a. Here and Elsewhere, in 3 top lists Check -
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India: Matri Bhumi
1959, in 5 top lists Check -
1041 +7
Inventario balcanico
2000 — a.k.a. Balkan Inventory, in 1 top list Check -
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Joan Does Dynasty
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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Khaneh siah ast
1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check -
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L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat
1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source