Contributors
Richard Brody
@tnyfrontrowRichard Brody began writing for The New Yorker in 1999 and has contributed articles about the directors François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, and Wes Anderson. Since 2005, he has been the movie-listings editor at the magazine; he writes film reviews and a blog about movies. He is the author of the book “Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard” and is at work on a book about the lasting influence of the French New Wave.
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- Richard Brody
“Birdman” Never Achieves Flight
Billed as Michael Keaton’s comeback, “Birdman” is an exercise in cinematic half-assedness: it tackles big questions and offers conventional answers.
October 23, 2014
- Richard Brody
“The Marriage of Figaro” at the Met
A new production reveals anew the miracle of Mozart’s composition and unfolds the depth of thought that its melodies contain.
October 22, 2014
- Richard Brody
The Mild Controversies of “Dear White People”
“Dear White People” is a skitlike film that conceals its schema under a familiar naturalism.
October 21, 2014
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Resounding Silents
Richard Brody highlights “Bert Williams: 100 Years in Post Production,” as well as “The Cave of the Silken Web” and “The Iron Mask.”
October 17, 2014
- Richard Brody
Movie of the Week: “Margaret”
Kenneth Lonergan’s second feature, “Margaret,” is a big-time masterwork, one of the major American cinematic achievements of recent years.
October 16, 2014
- Richard Brody
Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s Rare “Escape”
Mankiewicz sets up a trim and brisk thriller that, under its clipped British accents and terse visual style, roils with righteous fury.
October 14, 2014
- Richard Brody
Getting Jazz Right in the Movies
Damien Chazelle’s new film, which stars Miles Teller and J. K. Simmons, honors neither jazz nor the cinema; it’s a celebration of petty mastery.
October 13, 2014
- Richard Brody
Iris Barry: The Secret Heroine of the Cinema
Tonight at the Museum of Modern Art, a film series begins dedicated to Iris Barry, the groundbreaking British critic and founding MOMA film curator.
October 10, 2014
- Richard Brody
Movie of the Week: “Outrage”
Ida Lupino’s 1950 drama, “Outrage,” is so impressive and moving that I felt impelled to discuss it in detail in this clip.
October 9, 2014
- Richard Brody
David Fincher’s Portrait of a Marriage
David Fincher's “Gone Girl” lifts the lid off the black box of marriage.
October 3, 2014
