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Online Exclusive: World on a Wire

By Larry Gross
January 6, 2012
Searching for meaningful endings in three masterpieces, a fistful of end-times narratives, and The Descendants

Online Exclusive: Thessaloniki International Film Festival

By Laura Kern
January 5, 2012
Laura Kern reports from the 52nd edition

Film Comment’s End of Year Critics’ Poll 2011

By Film Comment
January 5, 2012
The 50 best released and 50 best unreleased films of 2011

Scenes from a Marriage

By Godfrey Cheshire
January 4, 2012
Iranian cinema breakout Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation and its intricate emotional standoffs

Miss Bala: Nightmare State

By José Teodoro
January 4, 2012
Mexican director Gerardo Naranjo upends his filmmaking to show a country torn apart

Passion Project

By Roger Smith
January 3, 2012
With Pixar, Steve Jobs built a paradise for creativity that became a money machine

Terra Incognita

By Film Comment
January 3, 2012
22 Unknown Pleasures from Around the World (Expanded from 15)

Short Takes: The Grey

By Laura Kern
January 3, 2012
(Joe Carnahan, U.S., 2012)

Short Takes: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

By Nicolas Rapold
January 3, 2012
(Stephen Daldry, U.S., 2011)

Review: Declaration of War

By David Zuckerman
January 3, 2012
(Valérie Donzelli, France, 2011)