As I was leaving for the premiere of Jobe'z World at Cinema Village, where we opened our New York theatrical run, our brilliant director Michael M Bilandic emailed to urge my attention toward the New Yorker's website and esteemed critic Richard Brody's warm review of our film, noting his particularly generous and kind appraisal of my performance, all of which has lent to a weekend of exultation I shall never forget. Good reviews are always appreciated, of course, but receiving such fulsome praise from a man whom cinephiles would agree is the most important critical voice in cinema is overwhelming, to be sure, but every bit gratifying. My heart is full.
