Film Comment

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

Our international panel of caffeinated critics debates Cannes premieres by Todd Haynes, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Pixar, Yorgos Lanthimos, and more

Remembering Albert Maysles, a 29-page midsection on Korean cinema with profiles of leading directors, actors, and genres, Kent Jones on narrative, and more

Bertrand Bonello's Saint Laurent, the 40th annual Grosses Gloss, Kent Jones on film criticism and acting, Howard Hampton on Clouds of Sils Maria, and more

1. Carole Lombard To Be or Not to Be, 1942

2. Victor Sjöström Wild Strawberries, 1957

3. Barbara Loden Wanda, 1970

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You ranted, we listened: your comments about the best and worst films of 2014

Something like democracy: your favorite films of 2014

The year in review, Taika Waititi & Jemaine Clement’s What We Do in the Shadows, Amy Taubin on Selma, America’s art houses, our Top 10s, and more

Taking the pulse of cinema in 2014

The kid's a winner: the year's best (released) films, as ranked by over 100 critics and contributors

The wonders never cease: 20 of the year's best unreleased films, as ranked by over 100 critics

An hour-long interview with her former collaborator and old friend Mike Nichols