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Terra Incognita

By Film Comment
January 3, 2012
22 Unknown Pleasures from Around the World (Expanded from 15)

This is one of the first cinematic masterpieces of this century!

By Film Comment
August 6, 2011
Considering "Mysteries," a film driven by what Ruiz calls (in his 2007 study "Poetics of Cinema 2") the complementary strategies of detachment and involvement.

Project Nim: Almost Human

By Film Comment
July 8, 2011
Read Film Comment's take on James Marsh's "Project Nim."

Top 10 Cannes: The Big Round Up

By Film Comment
July 6, 2011
The writers of Film Comment pick their top ten films from Cannes.

Trivial Top 20 (Expanded to 50): The Best Films Set in the Film World

By Film Comment
June 28, 2011

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…

The Top 150 Unreleased Foreign Language films of the Nineties

By Film Comment
June 9, 2011
Culled from the brains of over 80 critics, programmers, and exhibitors comes the definitive list of hard-to-find, unreleased gems from around the world

1997 Oscar Predix

By Film Comment
June 9, 2011
The complete list of nominees and favorites, picked by a smattering of fellow critics and contributors

Movies that Mattered

By Film Comment
June 3, 2011
Critics rank the peaks and valleys of 2002's cinematic landscape

Inessential Cinema 2003

By Film Comment
June 3, 2011
Critics rank 2002’s Guilty Pleasures

Marker Direct: an interview with Chris Marker

By Samuel Douhaire and Annick Rivoire
June 2, 2011
A rare interview with one of cinema's most secretive filmmakers by Samuel Douhaire and Annick Rivoire

Midsection: Around the World with Chris Marker

By Film Comment
June 2, 2011
An online-only annotated Chris Marker filmography

Inessential Cinema 2003

By Film Comment
June 1, 2011
Critics rank the year’s Guilty Pleasures

Readers’ Comments: The Best Movies of 2003

By Film Comment
June 1, 2011
The Year in Film

“It seems like every year for the past few people have been talking about what a weak year for films it has been. I feel more like there are great films being made but the current…

Extended Readers’ Poll Results: The Best Movies of 2003

By Film Comment
June 1, 2011
The results are in...

Terra Incognita: Films to Look Out for in 2005

By Film Comment
June 1, 2011
13 cinematic treats from around the world, currently without US distribution

Readers’ Comments: The Best Movies of 2004

By Film Comment
June 1, 2011

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (#1)
“I cannot believe my #1 of the year is a Jim Carrey film. Even more shocking, my #1 of 2003 was a Bill Murray film, and in 2002 it was Adam Sandler.…

Extended Readers Poll Results: The Best Movies of 2004

By Film Comment
June 1, 2011

Readers’ Comments: The Best Movies of 2005

By Film Comment
June 1, 2011
You don't have to wait until 2046; we're in the mood for your rants right now

Extended Readers Poll Results: The Best Movies of 2005

By Film Comment
June 1, 2011

 

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Readers’ Comments: Best Movies of 2006

By Film Comment
May 31, 2011

The Departed (#1)
“Scorsese’s first great film since Goodfellas. This relatively rare plot-driven endeavor preserves flashes of vintage Marty and makes for the most entertaining film of the year. His use of Irish-themed…