Film Comment

A roundtable discussion of notable, underappreciated actors and performances from the silent era to today

A special live edition of our weekly discussion, focused on the work of Terence Davies and Andrzej Żuławski

Even film critics started small: a discussion around writing about film, as well as the writers and cultural trends that continue to influence our guests

Independent spirits: getting lost inside the unruly worlds of Hail, Caesar! and Eisenstein in Guanajuato

More than melodrama allows: a discussion of the director's approach to race and ethnicity in his Hollywood films

Speaking directly: our panel of critics discuss the best, worst, and halfway decent performances of last year

We can do better. An excerpt from the master's parodic book on ascending to the highest office in the land

Taking the pulse of cinema in 2015

Senior Editor Nicolas Rapold has been named the interim editor of Film Comment as Gavin Smith concludes his run as editor

On the occasion of the Film Society series and the publication of The Man from Another Place by Dennis Lim, a conversation between Lim and Melissa Anderson

Yes, Darling, but is it Art? Our panel of contributors and editors discuss—and frequently disagree—with the results of this year's poll

First class: the top 20 films of 2015, as selected by our contributors, colleagues, and collaborators

Waiting for the spotlight: 20 of the best films of 2015 that are not yet distributed

The filmmaker describes how he helped change attitudes about the value of celluloid

Live from the New York Film Festival, it's the Film Comment Roundtable! A murderers' row of guest critics (and a couple of your humble FC editors) discuss the highlights of this year's selection

J. Hoberman and Joshua Oppenheimer discuss Shoah in the first episode of the FILM COMMENT podcast

 

Noah Baumbach on Mistress America, Kent Jones on Pedro Costa's Horse Money, Amy Taubin on The Diary of a Teenage Girl, multiple views from Cannes, and more

To the victor go the spoils: our cabal of critics discuss the surprise Palme d'Or winner, Jacques Audiard's Dheepan, and other overlooked films