The 50 Year Argument: Season 1

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: September 29, 2014

Summary: Co-directed by Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi, the documentary explores the history of The New York Review of Books through interviews and archival footage.

Genre(s): Movie/Mini-Series, News/Documentary, Documentary

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Clark Collis

Sep 26, 2014

If the result is less rock & roll, both literally and metaphorically, than the director's films about the Band and Bob Dylan, it features an impressive list of interviewees, including Joan Didion and Michael Chabon. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Sep 26, 2014

Scorsese and Tedeschi’s film is more than a traditional non-fiction document of what happened in the intellectual circles that inspired and were inspired by The New York Review, but a relevant, vital film about the importance of journalism and commentary. Read full review

Mike Hale

Sep 29, 2014

The 50 Year Argument, which Mr. Scorsese directed with David Tedeschi, is textured and smart but thoroughly celebratory, a paean to the magazine and the amazingly durable Mr. Silvers, now 84. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Sep 29, 2014

Scorsese (with Tedeschi’s help) has found a more worthy sweet spot between introducing viewers to a whole other world and simply making film tributes to people he knows and likes. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Sep 26, 2014

The 50 Year Argument resembles a reader-centric Behind the Music only on the surface; underneath, Scorsese and Tedeschi have fashioned an American cultural hall of mirrors that speaks of the chaotic exhilaration of fostering discourse that might initiate real social engagement. If that's naïve, screw it: This pop culture could use more of Scorsese's naïveté. Read full review

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Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 29, 2014
- No episode information is currently available for this season