Film Comment

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1. Eye of the Tiger Survivor, Rocky III, 1982
2. Call Me Blondie, American Gigolo, 1980
3. Don’t You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds, The…

The director of Alps and Dogtooth shares the last 10 movies he saw

1. William S. Hart 30 (plus 20 shorts) 2. Sacha Guitry 26 3. José Mojica Marins 25 4. (tie) Woody Allen, Sammo Hung 24 6. Clint Eastwood 22 7 Yilmaz Güney 20 8. Buster Keaton 19 (plus 30 shorts) 9.

Phillip Lopate, Robert Horton, Glenn Kenny, Geoffrey O'Brien, and Kent Jones pay tribute to Andrew Sarris

An expanded panel picks their favorites—and the surprises of the festival

A no-holds-barred discussion of the films so far

A list of the best films you'll never see, L through Z

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A list of the best films you'll never see, A through K

An ever-growing list of films you'll never get to see

1. Crash Paul Haggis, 2005

2. Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle, 2008

3. Chicago Rob Marshall, 2002

4. Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis, 1994

5.…

The Tree of Life (#1)

The Tree of Life made the top of Film Comment and Sight & Sound’s list, and was the most mentioned film by reviewers around the country. (Three of the top four films on the Film…

Put away the bean dip and cancel your Oscar party! Our contributors remind you why you shouldn't get too excited for Sunday's fete.

The 50 best released and 50 best unreleased films of 2011

22 Unknown Pleasures from Around the World (Expanded from 15)

Considering "Mysteries," a film driven by what Ruiz calls (in his 2007 study "Poetics of Cinema 2") the complementary strategies of detachment and involvement.

Read Film Comment's take on James Marsh's "Project Nim."

The writers of Film Comment pick their top ten films from Cannes.

1. Contempt Jean-Luc Godard, 1963

2. The Bad and the Beautiful Vincente Minnelli, 1952

3. Singin’ in the Rain Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952…