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Readers’ Poll: Your Comments

By Film Comment
March 6, 2015
You ranted, we listened: your comments about the best and worst films of 2014

Film Comment Readers’ Poll 2014

By Film Comment
February 20, 2015
Something like democracy: your favorite films of 2014

The New Issue: January/February 2015

By Film Comment
January 6, 2015
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

State of the Art

By Film Comment
January 6, 2015
Taking the pulse of cinema in 2014

Best Films of 2014

By Film Comment
January 5, 2015
The kid's a winner: the year's best (released) films, as ranked by over 100 critics and contributors

Best Unreleased Films of 2014

By Film Comment
December 12, 2014
The wonders never cease: 20 of the year's best unreleased films, as ranked by over 100 critics

Elaine May in conversation with Mike Nichols

By Film Comment
November 19, 2014
An hour-long interview with her former collaborator and old friend Mike Nichols

Trivial Top 20: Best Fiction Films About Real Writers

By Film Comment
October 29, 2014

1. Naked Lunch David Cronenberg, 1991

2. Barfly Barbet Schroeder, 1987

3. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapter Paul Schrader, 1985

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NYFF: Critics Academy Entries

By Film Comment
October 24, 2014
Cinematic potpourri: some thoughts from young critics about the festival's standouts

Trivial Top 20 (Expanded to 50): Best Last Films

By Film Comment
October 7, 2014

1. L’Argent Robert Bresson, 1983

2. Gertrud Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1964

3. F for Fake Orson Welles, 1975…

Trivial Top 20: Best Films with a Body Part in the Title

By Film Comment
September 1, 2014

1. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Sam Peckinpah, 1974

2. Claire’s Knee Eric Rohmer, 1970

3. Faces John Cassavetes, 1968

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Trivial Top 20 (expanded to 50): Best Acting Performance by a Musical Performer

By Film Comment
July 19, 2014

1. Mick Jagger Performance, 1970

2. Charles Aznavour Shoot the Piano Player, 1960

3. David Bowie The Man Who Fell to Earth, 1976…

Trivial Top 20: Best Song Scores*

By Film Comment
July 1, 2014
*Films that rely on popular music instead of a traditional score

Cannes Roundtable #2

By Film Comment
June 2, 2014
Charlotte Garson, Joumane Chahine, Alex Horwath, and Gavin Smith do a postmortem on the award-winners and the festival as an institution

Cannes Roundtable #1

By Film Comment
May 22, 2014
Gavin Smith, Todd McCarthy, Scott Foundas, Wesley Morris, and Marco Grosoli debate the standouts from Cannes

Hong Kong’s Prime Movers A-Z

By Film Comment
May 7, 2014
A who’s who of top talent in the post-1996 era

The Film Comment Hot 25

By Film Comment
April 29, 2014
Putting it out there: our list of the best movies currently without theatrical distribution in the U.S.

Trivial Top 20: Best Movies with Names for Titles

By Film Comment
April 28, 2014

1. Johnny Guitar Nicholas Ray, 1954

2. Mouchette Robert Bresson, 1967

3. Laura Otto Preminger, 1944

4. Barry Lyndon Stanley…

Film Comment Readers’ Poll 2013

By Film Comment
March 4, 2014
Never mind the Oscars, here come our readers

Trivial Top 20 (expanded to 40): The Best Performances by Children 12 and Under

By Film Comment
February 22, 2014

1. Tatum O’Neal Paper Moon, age 10

2. Magaret O’Brien Meet Me in St. Louis, 7

3. Jodie Foster Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, 12…