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The Film Comment Podcast: Virtual Festivals

By Film Comment
March 16, 2021
Brave new world: Abby Sun and Jessica Kiang join to discuss the perks and pitfalls of the pandemic festival

The Film Comment Podcast: Berlinale 2021 Wrap

By Film Comment
March 10, 2021
Warm welcome: the podcast returns with guests Erika Balsom and Ela Bittencourt for an overview of the festival's virtual edition

Film Comment Relaunches Podcast and Announces Weekly Letter

By Film Comment
March 10, 2021
After a months-long hiatus, Film Comment is taking the first steps toward bringing the best in film criticism back to the our devoted audience around the world

małni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

By Dessane Lopez Cassell
May 8, 2020
New and important work plucked from festivals and elsewhere

The Pre-Show: Notes

By Film Comment
May 8, 2020

Home Movies: Listings

By Film Comment
May 8, 2020
20 discs to watch and 20 titles to stream

A message to our subscribers

By Film Comment
April 28, 2020
An important message to Film Comment subscribers and readers

Interview: Bruce Baillie

By Film Comment
April 14, 2020
The avant-garde director, who passed away last week at the age of 88, discusses life, death, and filmmaking in this 1971 interview

Kid Stuff: François Truffaut

By Joseph McBride & Todd McCarthy
March 24, 2020
In this 1976 interview, the master filmmaker discusses his kid-centric Small Change

See This: March Picks

By Film Comment
March 3, 2020
Some recent and upcoming films that we feel deserve a little extra attention—brought to you by Warby Parker

The Power & the Gory

By Manny Farber & Patricia Patterson
March 3, 2020
In this classic 1976 essay, the two critics take on Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver

See This: February Picks

By Film Comment
February 6, 2020
Some recent and upcoming films that we feel deserve a little extra attention—brought to you by Warby Parker

Interview: Michelangelo Antonioni

By Renee Epstein
February 4, 2020
In this 1975 conversation, the Italian master discusses his classic The Passenger

Review: The Organizer

By Yale Udoff
January 28, 2020
Before checking out Phoebe Chen on Martin Eden in our new issue, read our 1964 review of Mario Monicelli’s ode to the working class

Sundance 2020 Cheat Sheet

By Film Comment
January 17, 2020
Shock and awe: an overview of all the features at the 2020 Sundance Festival

See This: January Picks

By Film Comment
January 9, 2020
Some recent and upcoming films that we feel deserve a little extra attention—brought to you by Warby Parker

Year-End Critics’ Polls Roundup

By Film Comment
December 3, 2019
The last twenty years of Film Comment’s best-of lists

Excerpt from Get Out: The Complete Annotated Screenplay

By Film Comment
November 20, 2019
Read an exclusive selection from a new annotated edition of Jordan Peele’s screenplay for Get Out.

See This: November Picks

By Film Comment
November 7, 2019
Some new and upcoming films that we feel deserve a little extra attention—brought to you by Warby Parker

See This: October Picks

By Film Comment
September 25, 2019
Some new (and old) films that we feel deserve a little extra attention—brought to you by Warby Parker