How are members dealing with challenging movies likeEmilia PerezorThe Brutalist?
Im gladSeptember 5is finally out there because its a riveting movie that defies simple categories.
September 5has no superstars in its cast; its director, Tim Fehlbaum, is Swiss.
(L-R) Guy Pearce, Adrien Brody and Isaach De Bankole in ‘The Brutalist’A24
In theNew York Times, Manohla Dargis praisedSeptember 5but said it had the quality of a journalism procedural.
Today, films likeMy Old AssorA Real PainorSeptember 5would clearly benefit from the support of critic-advocates.
Goldman now and then dabbled in reviews, his opinions vigorously pro or con.
He attacked formula movies and blatant superstar vehicles.
His best-known screenplays wereThe Princess BrideandButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Releasing vote tallies serves no purpose except as grist for gossip, he argued.
Frankly, its unworthy of us.
Goldman replied that he was advising the Academy, not the Vatican.
