The movie critic Richard Brody continues our annual custom and awards the finest movies of 2020, recognizing a 12 months wherein Hollywood launched few blockbusters. We journey to New Orleans to fulfill Rickie Lee Jones, whose new memoir, “Last Chance Texaco,” is a testomony to the joys and the chaos of a lifetime of travelling that began when she was very younger; to our producer, she reads as a contemporary Huck Finn. And the cultural historian Louis Menand talks about his new work about Cold War America, when the world cultural enchantment of the United States started rising alongside its navy and financial may.
The Brody Awards 2021
A New Yorker critic picks 2020’s finest movies and performances, in line with him.
Rickie Lee Jones’s Life on the Road
The pop star’s new memoir explores the joys and the chaos of a lifetime of travelling, which began when she was not far into her teenagers. She reads as a contemporary Huck Finn.
Louis Menand on “The Free World”
The employees author and main cultural historian on his new work about the postwar years, when the cultural energy of the United States emerged alongside its navy may.
