Richard Brody

@tnyfrontrow

I am the movies editor for Goings On About Town and the author of “Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard.”

New York, New York newyorker.com/contributors/r… Joined March 2009

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Richard Brody @tnyfrontrow 9h

Otto Preminger's In Harm's Way, tough-minded and pessimistic,
analytical and furious, got awful reviews in 1965 (though praise from Brendan Gill in The New Yorker) and continues to get them (it's in good company); on @tcm at 8 (scroll down:
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www.newyorker.com What to Stream This Weekend: Five of the Best “Bad” Movies on Rotten Tomatoes Some of the best of modern movies have some of the lowest ratings on the Tomatometer. Here are a few.

Richard Brody @tnyfrontrow 20h

Congratulations! Greatly looking forward to reading the book and being guided through the wonders and mysteries of La Cava's world.

Annabel Jessica Goldsmith @thatlacavagirl 1d

A quick thank you for the support, sending over articles, attending my screenings, etc. Thanks again to Richard Brody for this lovely shoutout in The New Yorker a few months ago, especially when this site becomes increasingly more difficult to share fun little tidbits of research

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Richard Brody @tnyfrontrow 21h

Wim Wenders, Alice in the Cities

gina la gourmande @sucesession 2d

something about a man having to take care of a kid unexpectedly in new york

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Richard Brody @tnyfrontrow 1d

Reminded that today is Jacques Rozier's centenary; he nearly made it (he died in 2023), and his films—which include three of the freest greatest or greatest freest festures—are at long last widely available to U.S. viewers, thanks to the @criterionchannl:
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www.newyorker.com Jacques Rozier’s Inspired Improvisations A retrospective of the great director’s rarely screened movies reveals his extraordinary vision of ordinary life.

Richard Brody @tnyfrontrow 1d

Whenever I see one of these signs, I remember the scene from I Was a Male War Bride.