Nat Hentoff

Nat Hentoff

Nathan Irving Hentoff (June 10, 1925 – January 7, 2017) was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media. Hentoff was a columnist for The Village Voice from 1958 to 2009. Following his departure from The Village Voice, Hentoff became a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and continued writing his music column for The Wall Street Journal, which published his works until his death. He often wrote on First Amendment issues, vigorously defending the freedom of the press. Hentoff was formerly a columnist for: Down Beat, JazzTimes, Legal Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Progressive, Editor & Publisher and Free Inquiry. He was a staff writer for The New Yorker, and his writings were also published in: The New York Times, Jewish World Review, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Commonweal, and Enciclopedia dello Spettacolo. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

  • Popularity : 0.367
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1925-06-10
  • Place of Birth : Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Nat Hentoff Movies

  • 1972
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    Lenny Bruce: Without Tears

    Lenny Bruce: Without Tears

    3.3 1972 HD

    The outrageous, groundbreaking comic Lenny Bruce, whose iconoclastic material in a conservative era got him into tragic trouble, is profiled by a...

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  • 2000
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    Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

    Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

    7.1 2000 HD

    Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when studio powers agreed to let him make his directing...

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  • 2013
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    The Pleasures of Being/ Out of Step: Notes on the Life of/ Nat Hentoff

    The Pleasures of Being/ Out of Step: Notes on the Life of/ Nat Hentoff

    5 2013 HD

    'Pleasures' profiles legendary jazz critic and civil libertarian Nat Hentoff, whose pioneering career tracks the greatest cultural and political...

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  • 1999
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    Sweet and Lowdown

    Sweet and Lowdown

    6.795 1999 HD

    In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

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  • 1987
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    The Day They Came to Arrest the Book

    The Day They Came to Arrest the Book

    1 1987 HD

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