Yes, one of the few current film critics who bring occasional originality and insight to their writings. Film reviews seem to be almost universally idiotic and

Yes, one of the few current film critics who bring occasional originality and insight to their writings. Film reviews seem to be almost universally idiotic and insipid (also ideological, although Brody is not excepted from partaking in this last quality) these days. Another occasional exception in the same vein is Armond White. Writing an entire book to spite a critic for writing a bad review strikes me as being a bit of a "self-own" so to speak. From the summary, there also seem to be some borrowings from better imagined fiction, such as the novel A Confederacy of Dunces, and the short story The Aleph.