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Neighborhood Watch

Smile through it: Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s new series, The Curse, is a black-comedic minefield of mirrors, especially the metaphorical kind
Read Adam Nayman’s essay

This Charming Man

How Soon Is Now? The Killer, David Fincher’s latest entry in the canon of cinema du sociopath is a sleek, meticulously assembled film lives up to its punny tagline: “Execution Is Everything.”
Read Nathan Lee’s Essay

The Film Comment Podcast: Mumbai Film Festival 2023

Gateway art: Inney Prakash joins to discuss this year's Mumbai Film Festival, an oasis for indie cinema in the glitzy homebase of Bollywood
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The Film Comment Podcast: Paul B. Preciado on Orlando, My Political Biography

Here and elsewhere: the philosopher-turned-filmmaker joins for a conversation about the making of his debut film, which explodes conventions of biography and nonfiction for a uniquely collective portrait of trans life

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