Harlan Jacobson

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Harlan Jacobson
Born	Harlan Marshall Jacobson (1949-02-15) February 15, 1949 (age 75) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	Haverford College
Occupation(s)	Film critic, editor
Notable credit(s)	Variety Film Journalist (1973–1980) Film Comment Editor-In-Chief (1982–1990) USA Today correspondent WFUV On-Air Film Critic WBGO On-Air Film Critic For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009) Manufacturing Dissent (2007)
Spouse	Susan Jacobson
Children	3

Harlan Marshall Jacobson (born February 15, 1949) is an American film critic and scholar.

Harlan Jacobson received a bachelor's degree in English from Haverford College in 1971.^[1]

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,^[1] Robin Williams and Mia Farrow.

Jacobson's interview with Michael Moore ("Michael & Me") 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 (Abrams, 1993), Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise (Univ. Mississippi Press / 2001) as well as Steven Soderbergh's The King of Cannes: Truth or Consequences (Univ. Mississippi Press / 2002).

In 1992, Jacobson and his wife Susan created the national sneak preview and discussion program Talk Cinema,^[1] 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.