The sixth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2014 features Josh’s personal pick, J.C. Chandor’s A Most Violent Year. Written and directed by J.C. Chandor and starring Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, Albert Brooks, Elyes Gabel and David Oyelowo, A Most Violent Year was Chandor’s third film as a writer-director.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from A.O. Scott in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/movies/a-most-violent-year-with-oscar-isaac-and-jessica-chastain.html), Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-most-violent-year-review-20141231-column.html), and Dana Stevens in Slate (https://slate.com/culture/2015/01/a-most-violent-year-review-oscar-isaac-and-jessica-chastain-star-in-godfather-like-movie-from-j-c-chandor.html).
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