Richard Brody
Richard Brody | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 22, 1958 United States |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (BA) |
| Occupation | Film critic |
| Employer | The New Yorker (1999–present) |
| Awards | Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2014) |
Richard Brody (born January 22, 1958)[1] is an American film critic, filmmaker, and author.
Background
Brody grew up in Roslyn, New York.[2] He is Jewish and has personally identified as an atheist.[2][3] Brody attended Princeton University, receiving a BA in comparative literature in 1980.[2] He first became interested in films after seeing Jean-Luc Godard's seminal French New Wave film Breathless during his first year at Princeton. In the early 1980s, after graduating from college, Brody briefly lived in Paris.[4] He is the author of a biography of Godard. Brody has two children with his wife, Maja, who immigrated to the United States from Yugoslavia.[2][5]
Career
Before becoming a film critic, Brody worked as a researcher on documentaries and made an independent film, Liability Crisis, released in 1995.[4][6] Since 1999 he has written for The New Yorker. In December 2014, Brody was made a Chevalier (Knight) in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions in popularizing French cinema in America.[7]
Favorite films
Brody participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll,[8] where he listed as his ten favorite films the following:
- Gertrud (Denmark, 1964)
- The Great Dictator (US, 1940)
- Husbands (US, 1970)
- Journey to Italy (Italy, 1954)
- King Lear (US, 1987)
- The Last Laugh (Germany, 1924)
- Marnie (US, 1964)
- Playtime (France, 1967)
- The Rules of the Game (France, 1939)
- Shoah (France, 1985)
In the 2022 Sight & Sound critics' poll, half of the films selected remained the same:
- King Lear (US, 1987)
- Shoah (France, 1985)
- The Last Laugh (Germany, 1924)
- The Gold Rush (US, 1925)
- The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (Japan, 1939)
- Citizen Kane (US, 1941)
- Playtime (France, 1967)
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Belgium-France, 1975)
- Faces (US, 1968)
- Daughters of the Dust (US, 1991)
Best films of the year
- 2007: The Darjeeling Limited
- 2008: Still Life
- 2009: Fantastic Mr. Fox
- 2010: Shutter Island[9]
- 2011: The Future[10]
- 2012: Holy Motors and Moonrise Kingdom[11]
- 2013: To the Wonder and The Wolf of Wall Street[12]
- 2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel[13]
- 2015: Chi-Raq[14]
- 2016: Little Sister[15]
- 2017: Get Out[16]
- 2018: Madeline's Madeline[17]
- 2019: The Irishman[18]
- 2020: Kajillionaire[19]
- 2021: The French Dispatch[20]
- 2022: Benediction[21]
- 2023: Killers of the Flower Moon[22]
- 2024: Nickel Boys[23]
- 2025: Sinners[24]
Bibliography
- Brody, Richard (2008). Everything is cinema : the working life of Jean-Luc Godard. New York: Metropolitan Books.
- — (2010). Jean-Luc Godard, tout est cinéma: Biographie. Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Jean-Charles Provost. Paris: Presses de la Cité.
References
- ^ "Notice de personne "Brody, Richard (1958–....)"". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French). Retrieved February 4, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Collins, Glenn (February 11, 1993). "A Film Maker's Lot: Frustration, Devotion, Rejection and Some Fun". The New York Times. p. C19. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
- ^ Brody, Richard (July 20, 2009). "Catching Up". The New Yorker.
- ^ a b Bale, Miriam (February 24, 2009). "A Dialogue with Richard Brody". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- ^ Brody, Richard (May 31, 2009). "The Groom". The New Yorker.
- ^ Cheshire, Godfrey (June 12, 1995). "Liability Crisis". Variety. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
- ^ Adams, Sam (December 15, 2014). "The New Yorker's Richard Brody Named Chevalier, Offers Top 10 List". Indiewire. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Richard Brody | BFI". BFI. Archived from the original on February 14, 2016.
- ^ Brody, Richard (December 9, 2010). "The Best Movies of 2010". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ Adams, Ryan (December 7, 2011). "Richard Brody names "The 26 Best Films of 2011"". Awards Daily. Sasha Stone. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ^ Brody, Richard (December 9, 2012). "The Best Movies of 2012". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ Brody, Richard (December 9, 2013). "The Best Movies of 2013". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ Brody, Richard (December 11, 2014). "The Best Movies of 2014". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ Brody, Richard (December 11, 2015). "The Best Movies of 2015". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ Brody, Richard (December 9, 2016). "The Best Movies of 2016". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ Brody, Richard (December 8, 2017). "The Best Movies of 2017". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
- ^ Brody, Richard (December 5, 2018). "The Best Movies of 2018". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ Brody, Richard (December 4, 2019). "The Best Movies of 2019". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ Brody, Richard (December 2, 2020). "The Best Movies of 2020". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
- ^ Brody, Richard (December 2, 2021). "The Best Movies of 2021". The New Yorker. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ Brody, Richard (December 5, 2022). "The Best Movies of 2022". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- ^ Brody, Richard (December 1, 2023). "The Best Movies of 2023". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ Richard Brody (December 5, 2024). "The Best Movies of 2024". The New Yorker. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
- ^ Chang, Justin; Brody, Richard (December 5, 2025). "The Best Films of 2025". The New Yorker.