Harlan Jacobson
Harlan Marshall Jacobson is an American film critic and scholar.
Education
Harlan Jacobson received a bachelor's degree in English from Haverford College in 1971.Career
Jacobson has interviewed numerous actors, musicians, directors, and producers over his 30-year career, some of whom include Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Robin Williams and Mia Farrow.Jacobson's interview with Michael Moore in the December 1989 edition of Film Comment Magazine for the film Roger & Me sparked an international debate over the methodology of Moore's misrepresentation of then General Motors CEO Roger Smith in the film.
From 1982 to 1990 Harlan Jacobson was the Editor-in-Chief of Film Comment Magazine. He continues to contribute articles and interviews to this day.
Jacobson was a contributing author in Variety's History of Show Business, Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise as well as Steven Soderbergh's The King of Cannes: Truth or Consequences.
In 1992, Jacobson and his wife Susan created the national sneak preview and discussion program Talk Cinema, a multi-city film discussion series for film lovers, which has early showings of new films with comments by a local critic and audience participation. Talk Cinema Travels hosts guided tours to international film festivals in Cuba, Iceland, Israel, Spain, California and to a variety of other regional and international festivals.