Richard Brody
Richard Brody, a film critic at The New Yorker, began contributing in 1999. For his column, The Front Row, he has reviewed blockbusters, such as “Top Gun: Maverick”; international movies, such as “Parasite”; independent films, including “Lady Bird”; and documentaries, such as “Let It Be,” the 1970 film about the Beatles. His roundups have included the best performances of the twenty-first century and the best documentaries of all time. Brody has also contributed articles about directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Wes Anderson. 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.
“The Chronology of Water” Is an Extraordinary Directorial Début
Kristen Stewart’s first feature, based on a memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch, packs great emotional power into its boldly original form.
“Dead Man’s Wire” Is a Tangle of Loose Threads
In dramatizing a real-life hostage crisis from 1977, Gus Van Sant teases out enticing themes that remain undeveloped.
Dances of the Georgian Court and Countryside
Also: Bang on a Can and St. Vincent in Richard Foreman’s “What to Wear,” the celestial folk of Cassandra Jenkins, Jennifer Wilson and Richard Brody on comfort in the cold weather, and more.
January Festivals Bring the Weird, Wonderful Shows
Also: “Tartuffe” mania, the guitar stylings of William Tyler and Yasmin Williams, Justin Chang’s movies for a new year, and more.
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“Father Mother Sister Brother” Explores the Mysteries of Family Life
Jim Jarmusch’s three-part drama, set in New Jersey, Dublin, and Paris, casts such notables as Adam Driver and Cate Blanchett in wry, ironic probes of grown children’s relationships with their parents.
“Marty Supreme” ’s Megawatt Personality
In Josh Safdie’s hectic new film, Timothée Chalamet plays a gifted Ping-Pong player who’s also a born performer.
Jim Jarmusch’s Ironically Optimistic Family Movie
Also: Graciela Iturbide’s tranquil photographs of Mexico, Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson in “Song Sung Blue,” the coke-rap of Clipse, and more.
Nancy Shaver Is the Real Deal
Also: Murray Hill’s holiday variety show, Kara Young and Nicholas Braun in “Gruesome Playground Injuries,” James L. Brooks’s anti-romantic comedy “Ella McCay,” and more.
What the Warner Bros. Sale Means for the Art of Movies
The competition between Netflix and Paramount Skydance to acquire the studio is haunted by the ghosts of mergers past.
Two New Movies Revivify the Portrait-Film Genre
Documentaries about individuals are ubiquitous, but “Suburban Fury” and “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk” explore the filmmaker-subject relationship in ways that recall classics of the form.
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Guanyu Xu’s Powerful Photographs of Immigration Limbo
Also: Alvin Ailey’s annual City Center residency, the D.I.Y. virtuoso Jay Som, Alexandra Schwartz’s Shakespeare-movie picks, and more.
God Bless “A Christmas Carol,” Every One
Also: the galloping Americana of Ryan Davis, Michael Urie’s tragic “Richard II,” a holiday roundup, Inkoo Kang’s TV picks, and more.
“The Secret Agent” Is a Political Thriller Teeming with Life
The Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho conjures fateful interconnections among vivid characters living in the grip of military dictatorship.
Dev Hynes Returns as Blood Orange
Also: the kamancheh playing of Kayhan Kalhor, Ethan Lipton’s surrealist “The Seat of Our Pants,” our writers’ holiday traditions, and more.
“Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face” Brings a Star’s Genius to Light
A new biography traces the self-transformative creation of the most movie-made actress of classic Hollywood.
The Icelandic Artist Ragnar Kjartansson, Absurd and Profound in Equal Measures
Also: The weird and wild new music of Geese, the tweetstorm-inspired “Slam Frank,” the elaborate cocktails of Double Chicken Please, and more.
The Joyful Mythology of “Nouvelle Vague”
Richard Linklater’s dramatization of Jean-Luc Godard’s making of “Breathless” embraces the legend of the French New Wave and its enduring influence.
Renoir’s Surprising Experiments in Perception
Also: a Quadrophenia ballet, the brave women of “Liberation,” the cultural business of affairs, and more.