The value of the NYRB as a cultural and literary institution is undeniable, and that's what Scorsese and Tedeschi are celebrating here. It's hard to argue against the sentiment.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 18, 2015

A too-relentless celebration of this bulwark of discourse in American letters.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 10, 2015

A fascinating look back on the major social and political events of the second half of the 20th century and early years of the 21st ...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 23, 2015

The 50 Year Argument is a fawning testimonial to the legacy of a cultural giant.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 23, 2014

It has noble intentions, but seems aimed more at subscribers than viewers; it's never a good sign when a movie's most visually and dramatically compelling moment is a three-minute clip from The Dick Cavett Show.

Full Review | Original Score: D+ | Sep 11, 2014

Auteurists will be hard-pressed to find much stylization that betrays Scorsese's participation, but bless him for letting us spend an hour and a half pretending that American letters still matter in mainstream as they did in the '60s.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Sep 2, 2014

Martin Scorsese celebrates 50 years of The New York Review of Books in this incisive portrait of a vanguard cultural institution.

Full Review | Jul 1, 2014

The New York Review Of Books: A 50 Year Argument Review is a substantial and surprisingly accessible browse through half a century of The New York Review of Books. If only there were more of it.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 18, 2014

Surprisingly one of Scorsese's most accessible and enjoyable nonfiction films, more digestible for a wide audience than one would expect given its highbrow subject matter.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 11, 2014