Film Comment

All together now: our editors discuss the mechanics of our contributors' poll

The greatest love of all: the top 20 films of 2016, as selected by our esteemed contributors

Another country: 20 promising titles to watch out for in the coming year, as chosen by our contributors

The major and the minor: estimating the place of film in the popular imagination

Something in my eye: four critics discuss the films that make them weep and the mechanics of melodrama

What just happened? Filmmakers and critics gather to discuss the new American reality

Is he serious? A trio of experts dive into the Dutch filmmaker’s infamous oeuvre—plus a one-on-one chat with the director about Elle

Double your dissent: Walter Bernstein, a blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter, and Edmundo Desnoes, the Cuban novelist and screenwriter of Memories of Underdevelopment, discuss their firsthand experiences with censorship and political filmmaking

Brain trust: Olivier Assayas, Alison Maclean, and Kleber Mendonça Filho discuss their art

Keep cool: the two imperturbable actresses discuss technique and branching out into directing

The three ages of terror: our panel of experts reveal the films (horror and otherwise) that have unsettled them as children and adults

Primary colors: the master documentarian talks about technique in his new film The B-Side, and Donald Trump

Friday night lights: five critics and editors discuss the surprises at this year’s festival

Live from NYFF: our critics and editors compare notes on the vibrant vision of cinema put forth in their essays for the magazine

Share this: four critics weigh the negative and positive aspects of 24/7 instant opinionating

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be: on the act of watching “old movies”

Two for the road: the director of Killer of Sheep and the director of Snowden discuss their careers and the relationship between art and politics

Kids in the hall: seven critics discuss Moonlight, Voyage of Time, Nocturama, American Honey, and much more at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival

Playing it close to the chest: on emerging trends in actors’ expression in the age of surveillance and reality TV

Live to tell: a special mix celebrating the (now-diminished) art of the movie theme song