J. Hoberman, Author at Cleveland Scene

Get Smart redux is a rare TV remake that works

J. HobermanJune 18, 2008August 1, 2025

A red balloon watches over a lonely mother and son in the soaring Flight of the Red Balloon

J. HobermanMay 28, 2008September 4, 2023

Shots in the Dark: Reflecting its moment, Cannes 2008 takes a decidedly serious tone

J. HobermanMay 21, 2008July 4, 2023

Presenting the only Cannes awards that really matter: Ours.

J. HobermanMay 21, 2008July 30, 2025

Cannes Class of 2008

A jury divided unites around Laurent Cantet’s schoolhouse drama

J. HobermanMay 21, 2008July 5, 2025

It’s anime in overdrive for the Wachowski brothers’ souped-up Speed Racer

J. HobermanMay 7, 2008June 29, 2025

Leaving no gimmick unturned, Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? goes searching for Public Enemy No. 1

J. HobermanApril 16, 2008August 4, 2023

Protect the Legacy

Man From Plains tracks Jimmy Carter’s controversial book tour — and comes up empty.

J. HobermanJanuary 23, 2008May 24, 2025

California Burning

An epic gusher, There Will Be Blood strikes oil, and then some.

J. HobermanJanuary 9, 2008February 16, 2023

Mission: Still Impossible

A war-movie vet returns to the battlefield. Take cover.

J. HobermanDecember 5, 2007September 25, 2024

Like a Complete Unknown

I’m Not There and the changing face of Bob Dylan on film.

J. HobermanNovember 28, 2007April 25, 2025

Harlem Knight

A super-fly portrait of a gangster

J. HobermanOctober 31, 2007May 15, 2025