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Il Cinema Ritrovato 2025: Hot Bologna Nights

On fire: at this year’s edition of the festival devoted to rediscoveries and restorations, distinctions between high and low art dissolved into the heat of the air
Read Beatrice Loayza’s Essay

The Film Comment Podcast: Summer New Releases

Start your engines: critics Alana Pockros and Adam Nayman join to discuss F1, Materialists, 28 Years Later, and more
Listen to the conversation

Interview: John Smith on Being John Smith

Name game: the renowned British experimental filmmaker speaks about his latest, a politically charged and cheekily playful essay film
Read James Lattimer’s Interview

The Film Comment Podcast: GriGris with Malcolm Harris and Anselm Kizza-Besigye

Fire escapes: the acclaimed author joins to discuss Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s 2013 thriller, cinematic portrayals of the climate crisis, and more

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