Richard Brody

Richard Brody
Born (1958-01-22) January 22, 1958 (age 68)
United States
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
OccupationFilm critic
EmployerThe New Yorker (1999–present)
AwardsChevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2014)

Richard Brody (born January 22, 1958) is an American film critic, filmmaker, and author.

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 first 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 as a researcher on documentaries and made an independent film, Liability Crisis, released in 1995. 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.

Favorite films

Brody participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll, where he listed as his ten favorite films the following:

In the 2022 Sight & Sound critics' poll, four of the films selected remained the same:

Best films of the year

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Notice de personne "Brody, Richard (1958–....)"". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French). Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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.
  3. ↑ Brody, Richard (July 20, 2009). "Catching Up". The New Yorker.
  4. 1 2 Bale, Miriam (February 24, 2009). "A Dialogue with Richard Brody". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  5. ↑ Brody, Richard (May 31, 2009). "The Groom". The New Yorker.
  6. ↑ Cheshire, Godfrey (June 12, 1995). "Liability Crisis". Variety. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
  7. ↑ 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)
  8. ↑ "Richard Brody | BFI". BFI. Archived from the original on February 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ Brody, Richard (December 9, 2010). "The Best Movies of 2010". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  10. ↑ Adams, Ryan (December 7, 2011). "Richard Brody names "The 26 Best Films of 2011"". Awards Daily. Sasha Stone. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  11. ↑ Brody, Richard (December 9, 2012). "The Best Movies of 2012". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  12. ↑ Brody, Richard (December 9, 2013). "The Best Movies of 2013". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ Brody, Richard (December 11, 2015). "The Best Movies of 2015". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved March 29, 2020.[dead link]
  15. ↑ Brody, Richard (December 9, 2016). "The Best Movies of 2016". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  16. ↑ Brody, Richard (December 8, 2017). "The Best Movies of 2017". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  17. ↑ Brody, Richard (December 5, 2018). "The Best Movies of 2018". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  18. ↑ Brody, Richard (December 4, 2019). "The Best Movies of 2019". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  19. ↑ Brody, Richard (December 2, 2020). "The Best Movies of 2020". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  20. ↑ Brody, Richard (December 2, 2021). "The Best Movies of 2021". The New Yorker. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  21. ↑ Brody, Richard (December 5, 2022). "The Best Movies of 2022". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  22. ↑ 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.
  23. ↑ Richard Brody (December 5, 2024). "The Best Movies of 2024". The New Yorker. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  24. ↑ Chang, Justin; Brody, Richard (December 5, 2025). "The Best Films of 2025". The New Yorker.