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Thursday, December 8, 2016

The Empty Exertions of "La La Land" by Richard Brody

The director Damien Chazelle's notion of artistic power isn't merely inseparable from his notion of will power; it's the very embodiment of it"louder, faster, and alone are his standards of …

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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

What Michael Moore Understands About Hillary Clinton by Richard Brody

"Michael Moore in TrumpLand" isn't quite the film that I expected it to be, and that's all to the good. Moore is, of course, a genius of political satire, deploying his persona"as a populist…

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Movie of the Week: "Grey Gardens" by Richard Brody

Movies change over the years. Decades ago, I saw "Grey Gardens" as a story of a festering delusion of the American aristocracy and the closed circles of high society decaying into inanition …

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Saturday, March 28, 2015

Trapped in an Artistic Life by Richard Brody

Noah Baumbach, whose new film "While We're Young" opens this weekend, has become the master of a genre unto himself: the personal counterfactual. In "Greenberg" and "Frances Ha," and now onc…

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

The Revelations of "Don Giovanni" at the Met by Richard Brody

The current production of "Don Giovanni" at the Metropolitan Opera, running through March 6th, is the opera of the moment, a profoundly political and moral vision that's as much of our time …

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Thursday, January 29, 2015

How Critics Have Failed Female Filmmakers by Richard Brody

I heartily agree with Manohla Dargis that there must be more female filmmakers, but her recent piece in the Times calling for changes to the industry buries the lead. Midway through…

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

"The Marriage of Figaro" at the Met by Richard Brody

Operaphile alert: don't miss the new production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," with its current cast and James Levine conducting, that will be at the Metropolitan Opera through Octobe…

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