Richard Brody (born January 22, 1958)[1] is an American film critic who has written for The New Yorker since 1999.
Richard Brody | |
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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.[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 freshman 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 on documentaries and made several independent films.[4][6][7] 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.[8]
Favorite films
Brody participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll,[9] 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[10]
- 2022: Benediction
- 2023: Killers of the Flower Moon