Richard Brody
Richard Brody (born January 22, 1958) is an American film critic who has written for The New Yorker since 1999.
Richard Brody | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 22, 1958 |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (BA) |
| Occupation | Film critic |
| Employer | The New Yorker (1999–present) |
| Spouse | Maja |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2014) |
Background
Brody grew up in Roslyn, New York. He is Jewish and has personally identified as an atheist. Brody attended Princeton University, receiving a BA in comparative literature in 1980. He first became interested in films after seeing Jean-Luc Godard's seminal French New Wave film Breathless during his freshman year at Princeton.
In the early 1980s, after graduating from college, Brody briefly lived in Paris. 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.
Career
Before becoming a film critic, Brody worked on documentaries and made several independent films. In December 2014, he was made a Chevalier (Knight) in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions in popularizing French cinema in America.
Favorite films
Brody participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll, where he listed as his ten favorite films the following:
- Gertrud (Denmark, 1964)
- The Great Dictator (USA, 1940)
- Husbands (USA, 1970)
- Journey to Italy (Italy, 1954)
- King Lear (USA, 1987)
- The Last Laugh (Germany, 1924)
- Marnie (USA, 1964)
- Playtime (France, 1967)
- The Rules of the Game (France, 1939)
- Shoah (France, 1985)
Best films of the year
- 2007: The Darjeeling Limited
- 2008: Still Life
- 2009: Fantastic Mr. Fox
- 2010: Shutter Island
- 2011: The Future
- 2012: Holy Motors and Moonrise Kingdom
- 2013: To the Wonder and The Wolf of Wall Street
- 2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel
- 2015: Chi-Raq
- 2016: Little Sister
- 2017: Get Out
- 2018: Madeline's Madeline
- 2019: The Irishman
- 2020: Kajillionaire
- 2021: The French Dispatch
- 2022: Benediction
- 2023: Killers of the Flower Moon
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