Film Critic Richard Brody on the Best Performances of the Twenty-First Century | The New Yorker

[@richardbocanegra5945]

Isabelle Huppert in "The Piano Teacher"..❤😂🎉

[@TheGoodfella2012]

Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood is #1 of all centuries. Cate Blancett in Tar.

[@khalidalali186]

Agreed. That 2007 masterpiece is for the ages. I must’ve watched it twice so far in this year alone.

[@richardbocanegra5945]

TAR is the most pretentious movie ever made .. glad it walked away with NOTHING.

[@TheGoodfella2012]

@@richardbocanegra5945 No.

[@AmedeeBoulette]

+1 for Lewis.

[@SuperWhofan1]

Agreed.

[@vincechiu1455]

Calls out Leo for best performance of the century. Shows clip of Jonah Hill.

[@filipkartousek]

I love Brody

[@RobVespa]

Interesting list. Do you keep a (publicly available) log of the films you've experienced?

[@ChristopherCampNYC]

yes to Madeline's Madeline

[@BryceBreslin]

People may sneer but Denzel Washington kicked the century awake w his performance in Training Day. That early high-water mark still comes back to me. Didnt love the movie itself but his performance was unforgettable. He was at his greatest height - all the rawness he brought to early movies like Glory but subdued and strengthened by the craft he'd perfected since then.

[@dbii6349]

The best performance would be watching Mr. Brody eat cotton candy off a cone.

[@paillette2010]

Maybe call it “best cinematic performances of the last decade”

[@shavedraven]

Great list 👍

[@perspicaciouscritic]

Film Critic Richard Brody really doesn't sound like he looks. With his hirsute appearance, I expect him to sound more like Gandalf.

[@ydalir]

Amazing how all five just so happen to be English-language films..!

[@shavedraven]

Considering he's making a list of performances in American cinema as he states at the outset of the video, that seems quite appropriate..!

[@sprinteroptions9490]

How very diverse

[@Mauricio21ish]

Mahershala Ali doesn’t deserve a spot on this list, or an oscar for that performance. Would’ve rather seen Charlize Theron for Monster

[@khalidalali186]

Dude looks like a Russian serf straight out of the Romanov era.

[@sdinale1559]

Very New York centric, which isn’t surprising, but is nonetheless a bit myopic.

[@mariarohmer2374]

Agreed! Not just a bit either.

[@pb.j.1753]

Margaret truly is a masterpiece. It's three hours long, dense as a novel but easy to watch.

[@AmedeeBoulette]

I was expecting Daniel D. Lewis in There Will Be Blood.

[@AllInTheGame01]

Bet most would've expected DDL in There Will Be Blood!

[@brk5590]

Dostoyevski is delusional.

[@kneeshiddho]

Richard Tolstoy!! I guess...

[@jordand.6032]

Wolf of Wall Street as best movie of the century is insane

[@Pllhoneynoo]

It is

[@barrymoore4470]

Some five more among the greatest film performances of the century so far, irrespective of nationality (all cited in chronological order): --Heath Ledger in 'Brokeback Mountain' (2005) --Uggie in 'The Artist' (2011) --Quvenzhané Wallis in 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' (2012) --Géza Röhrig in 'Saul fia' (2015) --Timothée Chalamet in 'Call Me by Your Name' (2017)

[@angelrojo6466]

Michelle Williams in Wendy & Lucy.

[@mariarohmer2374]

I love that you know this film! It was gut wrenching. I love Kelly Reichardt's vision.

[@mdhh7859]

Excellent 🎉🎉🎉 video

[@mjthelegend1]

Always admired Brody's opinions, but Wolf of Wall Street the best film of the century?!

[@oddmammal]

Not American, but my favourite performance is Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight. Never seen anything like it.

[@pb.j.1753]

English-speaking: 1. Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene 2. Carey Mulligan - Wildlife 3. Ethan Hawke - First Reformed 4. Timothée Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name 5. Joaquin Phoenix - Her "International": 1. Sandra Hüller - Toni Erdmann 2. Isabelle Huppert - Things to Come 3. Mélanie Laurent - Inglourious Basterds 4. Maggie Cheung - In the Mood for Love 5. Mišel Matičević - Exile

[@angelorossowrites]

Ethan was amazing in FR:)

[@RP-we1rs]

ugh... Every opinion he has is determined by how he wants to appear. Most tedious film critic ever.

[@artmaltman]

Oppenheimer?

[@AmedeeBoulette]

A deafening NO.