Who starred in the film that caused Richard Brody to first become interested in film ?
Richard Brody Richard Brody is an American film critic who has written for "The New Yorker" since 1999. He attended Princeton University, receiving an B.A. in Comparative Literature in 1980. He is the author of a biography of French New Wave film director Jean-Luc Godard and is writing a book about the New Wave. He first became interested in films after seeing Godard's "Breathless" in his freshman year at Princeton. Before becoming a film critic, he worked on documentaries and made several independent films. In December 2014, he was made a Chevalier (Knight) in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions in popularizing French cinema in America.
Critical Care (film) Critical Care is a 1997 film directed by Sidney Lumet. The film is a satire about American medicine. The screenplay by Steven Schwartz is based on the novel by Richard Dooling and stars James Spader, Kyra Sedgwick, Anne Bancroft, Helen Mirren, Jeffrey Wright, and Albert Brooks. Rick Baker provided special makeup effects. The film is about a doctor who finds himself involved in a fight with two half sisters over the care of their ailing father.