Richard Brody

What happened? What makes it innovative also makes it seem to some viewers, even in the industry, somewhat unorthodox, somewhat inherently unpopular by design. What's distinctive about what he does in Nickel Boys is that all the dramatic sequences are filmed from the point of view of one of its main characters. Has that been done before? Oh, it's been done many times before.

What happened? What makes it innovative also makes it seem to some viewers, even in the industry, somewhat unorthodox, somewhat inherently unpopular by design. What's distinctive about what he does in Nickel Boys is that all the dramatic sequences are filmed from the point of view of one of its main characters. Has that been done before? Oh, it's been done many times before.

In Hollywood, in a movie called Lady in the Lake, directed by Robert Montgomery in the mid-1940s. I think that's the premise of the Blair Witch Project, if I'm not mistaken. But those films treat it like a gimmick. For Nickel Boys, it has a philosophical dimension. And I don't use that word loosely. Rommel Ross is something of a cinematic philosopher.

In Hollywood, in a movie called Lady in the Lake, directed by Robert Montgomery in the mid-1940s. I think that's the premise of the Blair Witch Project, if I'm not mistaken. But those films treat it like a gimmick. For Nickel Boys, it has a philosophical dimension. And I don't use that word loosely. Rommel Ross is something of a cinematic philosopher.

In Hollywood, in a movie called Lady in the Lake, directed by Robert Montgomery in the mid-1940s. I think that's the premise of the Blair Witch Project, if I'm not mistaken. But those films treat it like a gimmick. For Nickel Boys, it has a philosophical dimension. And I don't use that word loosely. Rommel Ross is something of a cinematic philosopher.

We've seen many, many movies in which horrific inflictions beset the protagonists, in which the main characters suffer terrible fates at the hands of brutal overseers. The difference in Nickel Boys is that the way that the technique is deployed by Ross and the cinematographer, Joe Mofray, you actually feel as if you are in the minds and in the bodies of the characters. I agree.

We've seen many, many movies in which horrific inflictions beset the protagonists, in which the main characters suffer terrible fates at the hands of brutal overseers. The difference in Nickel Boys is that the way that the technique is deployed by Ross and the cinematographer, Joe Mofray, you actually feel as if you are in the minds and in the bodies of the characters. I agree.

We've seen many, many movies in which horrific inflictions beset the protagonists, in which the main characters suffer terrible fates at the hands of brutal overseers. The difference in Nickel Boys is that the way that the technique is deployed by Ross and the cinematographer, Joe Mofray, you actually feel as if you are in the minds and in the bodies of the characters. I agree.

It's essentially history being created from within.

It's essentially history being created from within.

It's essentially history being created from within.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, I mean, I found Anora fairly superficially entertaining, but indeed superficially entertaining. That's what people say of me all the time. It's a relatively incurious film. In other words, it's a film about a sex worker that has very little to say about her life as a sex worker.

Yeah, I mean, I found Anora fairly superficially entertaining, but indeed superficially entertaining. That's what people say of me all the time. It's a relatively incurious film. In other words, it's a film about a sex worker that has very little to say about her life as a sex worker.

Yeah, I mean, I found Anora fairly superficially entertaining, but indeed superficially entertaining. That's what people say of me all the time. It's a relatively incurious film. In other words, it's a film about a sex worker that has very little to say about her life as a sex worker.

It's a film about a descendant of a Russian immigrant family that has nothing to say about her life as a Russian immigrant. In other words, I don't think it's a bad setup for a movie. I think that it's done for entertainment value rather than for actual curiosity about the conflicts faced by its protagonist. Can I say something about The Brutalist?

It's a film about a descendant of a Russian immigrant family that has nothing to say about her life as a Russian immigrant. In other words, I don't think it's a bad setup for a movie. I think that it's done for entertainment value rather than for actual curiosity about the conflicts faced by its protagonist. Can I say something about The Brutalist?

It's a film about a descendant of a Russian immigrant family that has nothing to say about her life as a Russian immigrant. In other words, I don't think it's a bad setup for a movie. I think that it's done for entertainment value rather than for actual curiosity about the conflicts faced by its protagonist. Can I say something about The Brutalist?