Richard Brody bibliography

List of works by or about American film critic Richard Brody.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2023)

Books

• 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.

Essays and reporting

2000–2004

• Brody, Richard (November 20, 2000). "An exile in paradise : how Jean-Luc Godard disappeared from the headlines and into the movies". Profiles. The New Yorker.

2005–2014

• Brody, Richard (June 6, 2005). "After the silence". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. Reviews Charlie Chaplin's A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) and Manoel de Oliveira's A Talking Picture (2003).
• — (August 1, 2005). "French twists". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. Reviews Jacques Rivette's The Story of Marie and Julien (2003) and Chantal Akerman’s Tomorrow We Move (2004).
• — (September 19, 2005). "Romance revisited". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. Reviews Robert Luketic's Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004) and Peyton Reed's Down with Love (2003).
• — (October 10, 2005). "Get hitched". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker.
• — (November 28, 2005). "Bugs and Lenny". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker.
• — (December 26, 2005). "Noir and again". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker.
• — (March 13, 2006). "History lessons". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker.
• — (March 20, 2006). "The rhythm method". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker.
• — (April 17, 2006). "New York, New York". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. 82 (9): 19.
• — (May 8, 2006). "The road to Welles". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker.
• — (June 5, 2006). "Teen spirit". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker.
• — (June 26, 2006). "Why out West?". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker.
• — (July 31, 2006). "Teutons of fun". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker.
• — (August 21, 2006). "Smooth operator". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker.
• — (October 9, 2006). "Glass houses". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. Reviews Jacques Tati’s Playtime (1967).
• — (October 16, 2006). "It's hard to do". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. Reviews Peyton Reed’s The Break-Up (2006).
• — (December 4, 2006). "Mother of all stories". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. Reviews
  Jared Hess' Nacho Libre
  (2006).
• — (December 18, 2006). "The war at home". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. Reviews Howard Hawks' Sergeant York (1941).
• — (January 29, 2007). "Martial artistry". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. Reviews
  Yasuzo Masumura's Red Angel
  (1966).
• — (February 19, 2007). "The credible hulk". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. Reviews DVD boxset Robert Mitchum : the Signature Collection.
• — (March 12, 2007). "Battle of the sexes". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. Reviews Busby Berkeley's The Gang's All Here (1943) and Vincente Minnelli's The Clock (1945).
• — (April 19, 2010). "Family circuits". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 86 (9): 16. Reviews Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire (1973).
• — (April 26, 2010). "The outsiders". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. 86 (10): 8. Reviews Douglas Sirk's All I Desire (1953) and There's Always Tomorrow (1956).
• — (May 24, 2010). "The way West". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. 86 (14): 15. Some films inspired by the 1962 Oberhausen Manifesto.
• — (January 28, 2013). "Making love and war". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. 88 (45): 15.^[1]
• — (February 25, 2013). "Summertime blue, white, and red". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. 89 (2): 14. Reviews Edgar Morin and Jean Rouch's Chronicle of a Summer (1960).
• — (April 8, 2013). "Tech talk". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 89 (8): 16.
• — (April 15, 2013). "The comedy of terrors". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. 89 (9): 16. Reviews Charlie Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux (1947).
• — (May 6, 2013). "Being released". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 89 (12): 12. Reviews D. A. Pennebaker's Dont Look Back (1967).
• — (May 13, 2013). "Before the fall". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 89 (13): 16. Reviews Maurice Pialat's Under the Sun of Satan (1987).
• — (June 3, 2013). "Cactus rosebud". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 89 (16): 10. Reviews Raoul Walsh's Pursued (1947).
• — (June 10–17, 2013). "Royal pains". Goings on About Town. DVD Notes. The New Yorker. 89 (17): 34. Reviews Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Cleopatra (1963).
• — (July 1, 2013). "Getting psyched". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 89 (19): 14. Reviews Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger (1927).
• — (August 5, 2013). "Bigger than life". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 89 (23): 13. Reviews D. W. Griffith's Intolerance (1916).
• — (November 25, 2013). "The bard of movies : Orson Welles's Shakespeare, at Anthology Film Archives". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 89 (38): 28.
• — (December 2, 2013). "A star is reborn : Max Linder at French Institute Alliance Française". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 89 (39): 11.
• — (December 16, 2013). "By George : a retrospective of George Cukor's films, at Lincoln Center". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 89 (41): 8.
• — (January 6, 2014). "The cane mutiny : Charlie Chaplin's freethinking comedy, at Film Forum". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 89 (43): 6.
• — (March 3, 2014). "Spring preview". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 90 (2): 12.
• — (April 14, 2014). "Nothing is real : blurring the boundaries of reporting and fiction, at Lincoln Center". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 90 (8): 8.^[2]
• — (Apr 21, 2014). "Journey to the West". Goings on About Town. Movies. Of Note. The New Yorker. 90 (9): 15. Reviews
  Tsai Ming-Liang's Journey to the West
  (2014).
• — (Apr 21, 2014). "Soft in the head". Goings on About Town. Movies. Of Note. The New Yorker. 90 (9): 16. Reviews Nathan Silver's Soft in the Head.
• — (May 12, 2014). "Ladies' man : Kenji Mizoguchi's feminist cinema, at Museum of the Moving Image". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 90 (12): 17.
• — (May 12, 2014). "GriGris". Goings on About Town. Movies. Of Note. The New Yorker. 90 (12): 18. Reviews
  Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's GriGris
  (2013).
• — (June 2, 2014). "Summer preview". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 90 (15): 14.
• — (August 4, 2014). "Framing the conflict : Hollywood's great directors on the First World War, at MOMA". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 90 (22): 15.
• — (December 15, 2014). "The bigger sleep : a rare version of a Howard Hawks classic". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 90 (40): 14.

2015–2019

• Brody, Richard (February 9, 2015). "Lost and found : Kathleen Collins's 1982 feature gets its first release at Film Society of Lincoln Center". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 90 (47): 11. Reviews Kathleen Collins' Losing Ground (1982).
• — (March 23, 2015). "Their generation : new traditions in American independent filmmaking". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 91 (5): 26.^[3]
• — (April 6, 2015). "Sex and the city : the director Tsai Ming-Liang eroticizes Asian cinema". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 91 (7): 10.^[4]
• — (April 20, 2015). "Out of the past : two historical dramas shine in this year's Tribeca Film Festival". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 91 (9): 23.^[5]
• — (May 25, 2015). "Summer preview". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 91 (14): 6.^[6]
• — (February 1, 2016). "Family affair". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 91 (46): 8.
• — (February 22, 2016). "Heart of the country". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 92 (2): 12.^[7] Reviews Terence Davies' Sunset Song (2015).
• — (March 7, 2016). "Love and freedom : the energetic actresses of Hollywood's Jazz Age let loose". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 92 (4): 12.
• — (March 21, 2016). "The real world : a new wave of political documentaries". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 92 (6): 24.
• — (May 23, 2016). "Stars align". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 92 (15): 16.
• — (June 20, 2016). "The best of the fests : leading independent films get their New York premières at BAM". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 92 (18): 16.
• — (August 8–15, 2016). "Dance revolution : the politics of disco, caught on film". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 92 (24): 12.^[8]
• — (November 7, 2016). "First person singular : Romy Schneider confesses to the camera". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 92 (36): 9.^[9]
• — (December 19–26, 2016). "The memory card : the Chilean director Raúl Ruiz adapts Marcel Proust's masterwork". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 92 (42): 30.
• — (March 13, 2017). "Spring preview". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 93 (4): 6.^[10]
• — (April 24, 2017). "Past tense". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 93 (10): 22. Reviews
  Dan Lindsay and T. J. Martin's LA 92, and Pacho Velez and Sierra Pettengill's The Reagan Show.^[11]
• — (June 19, 2017). "Building blocks : a new independent film looks at a young architecture connoisseur". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 93 (17): 6.^[12]
• — (July 3, 2017). "On the wild side : Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges star in a great, rowdy modern Western". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 93 (19): 12.^[13] Reviews Michael Cimino's Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974).
• — (August 21, 2017). "Family business". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 93 (24): 6. Reviews Yuliya Solntseva's The Enchanted Desna (1960).^[14]
• — (February 12–19, 2018). "The Bergman touch : Ingmar Bergman unfolded personal and social traumas in a seven-decade career". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 94 (1): 22.^[15]
• — (April 2, 2018). "Social studies : two new films showing historical forces in local action have New York premieres". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 94 (7): 14. Reviews Hu Bo's An Elephant Sitting Still (2018) and Khalik Allah's Black Mother (2018).^[16]
• — (September 17, 2018). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. In Revival. The New Yorker. 94 (28): 9.^[17]
• — (January 7, 2019). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. In Revival. The New Yorker. 94 (43): 10. Reviews Horace B. Jenkins' Cane River (1982).
• — (February 11, 2019). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 94 (48): 11. Reviews Marielle Heller's Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018).
• — (February 11, 2019). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 94 (48): 11–12. Reviews Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher's The Gospel of Eureka (2018).
• — (March 4, 2019). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 95 (2). Reviews Robert Rodriguez's Alita: Battle Angel (2019).
• — (May 27, 2019). "Monsters, celebrities, friends, and lovers". Goings on About Town. Movies. The New Yorker. 95 (14): 5.^[18]
• — (June 3, 2019). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. In Revival. The New Yorker. 95 (15): 12. Reviews Mrinal Sen's Interview (1971).
• — (November 18, 2019). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. In Revival. The New Yorker. 95 (36): 14. Reviews Patricia Mazuy's Travolta and Me (1993).
• — (December 30, 2019). "Draw stars : the surprise and wonder of early animated films". The Critics. Annals of Animation. The New Yorker. 95 (42): 69–71.^[19]

2020–

• Brody, Richard (January 6, 2020). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. In Revival. The New Yorker. 95 (43): 10. Reviews Blake Edwards' Days of Wine and Roses (1962).
• — (January 13, 2020). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. In Revival. The New Yorker. 95 (44): 10. Reviews short films by Leo Hurwitz.
• — (July 27, 2020). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 96 (21): 8. Reviews William Greaves's Ida B. Wells : a passion for justice (1989).
• — (September 7, 2020). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 96 (26): 12. Reviews
  Danièle Huillet's Sicilia!
  (1999).
• — (September 21, 2020). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 96 (28): 8. Reviews Jan Oxenberg's Thank You and Good Night (1992).
• — (December 21, 2020). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 96 (41): 11. Reviews Ying Liang's A Family Tour (2018).
• — (December 28, 2020). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 96 (42): 14. Reviews
  Joseph Mankiewicz's A Letter to Three Wives
  (1949).
• — (January 4–11, 2021). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 96 (43): 9. Reviews Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish (1983).
• — (January 18, 2021). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 96 (44): 8. Reviews Ousmane Sembène's Mandabi (1968).
• — (January 25, 2021). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 96 (45): 8. Reviews Jerzy Skolimowski's Success Is the Best Revenge (1984).
• — (February 1, 2021). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 96 (46): 10. Reviews Amjad Abu Alala's You Will Die at Twenty (2019).
• — (February 15–22, 2021). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 97 (1): 10. Reviews Ruth Zylberman [fr]'s The Children of 209 Saint-Maur Street (2018).
• — (March 1, 2021). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 97 (2): 8. Reviews Peter Bogdanovich's The Cat's Meow (2001).
• — (March 22, 2021). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 97 (5): 8. Reviews Mostafa Derkaoui's About Some Meaningless Events (1974).
• — (April 5, 2021). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 97 (7): 8. Reviews Courtney Stephens' Terra Femme.
• — (May 31, 2021). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 97 (14): 10. Reviews Dorothy Davenport's The Woman Condemned (1934).
• — (September 6, 2021). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. On the Big Screen. The New Yorker. 97 (27): 10. Reviews Nia DaCosta's Candyman (2021).
• — (September 13, 2021). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 97 (28): 10. Reviews
  Yasuzo Masumura's Giants and Toys
  (1958).
• — (September 20, 2021). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 97 (29): 10. Reviews Ernst Lubitsch's That Uncertain Feeling (1941).
• — (September 27, 2021). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. On the Big Screen. The New Yorker. 97 (30): 16. Reviews Miklós Jancsó's The Round-Up (1966).
• — (October 4, 2021). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 97 (31): 12. Reviews Jean-Pascal Zadi [fr] and John Wax's Simply Black [fr] (2020).
• — (April 25 – May 2, 2022). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. On the Big Screen. The New Yorker. 98 (10): 10. Reviews Kivu Ruhorahoza's Father's Day.
• — (May 16, 2022). "Afrofuturism, speedy action, literary lives". Goings on About Town. Movies. Summer Preview. The New Yorker. 98 (12): 14.^[20]
• — (August 22, 2022). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. On the Big Screen. The New Yorker. 98 (25): 8. Reviews Claudia Weill's Girlfirends (1978).
• — (August 29, 2022). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. On the Big Screen. The New Yorker. 98 (26): 8. Reviews Alain Resnais' La Guerre est Finie (1966).
• — (September 5, 2022). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. On the Big Screen. The New Yorker. 98 (27): 11. Reviews Ricky D'Ambrose's The Cathedral (2022).
• — (September 12, 2022). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. What to Stream. The New Yorker. 98 (28): 10. Reviews Jerry Schatzberg's Street Smart (1987).
• — (February 6, 2023). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. On the Big Screen. The New Yorker. 98 (48): 8. Reviews Éric Gravel [fr]'s Full Time (2021).
• — (February 13–20, 2023). "[Untitled column]". Goings on About Town. On the Big Screen. The New Yorker. 99 (1): 9. Reviews Mariah Garnett's Trouble (2019).

NewYorker.com columns

• Brody, Richard (August 16, 2016). "The authentic joy of 'Southside with You'". Culture. The New Yorker.
• — (January 12, 2018). "'The Commuter' and critics' distorted notion of the auteur". Culture. The New Yorker.

Interviews

• Bale, Miriam (February 23, 2009). "Dialogue with Richard Brody". The House Next Door. Slant Magazine.

Notes