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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…

Last Chance: The 2013 Readers’ Poll

By Film Comment
January 31, 2014
The deadline is Monday for all readers' poll entries. Don't miss out on the chance to win Criterion Collection DVDs!

State of the Art

By Film Comment
January 2, 2014
Taking the pulse of cinema in 2013

Trivial Top 20: Best Road Movies

By Film Comment
December 22, 2013

1. Two-Lane Blacktop Monte Hellman, 1971

2. Badlands Terrence Malick, 1973

3. Sullivan’s Travels Preston Sturges, 1941

4. Detour Edgar…

50 Best Films of 2013

By Film Comment
December 16, 2013
Top of the charts: the expanded results of our annual poll

20 Best Undistributed Films of 2013

By Film Comment
December 16, 2013
Hot properties: the best films not in theaters... yet

The 20 Best Film Comment Covers

By Film Comment
December 4, 2013
As voted for by contributors and staff, the best-looking covers from our 50-year history

The 20 Worst Film Comment Covers

By Film Comment
December 4, 2013
As voted for by contributors and staff, our ugliest covers

Home Movies

By Film Comment
November 4, 2013
Blu-Ray Pick | A Letter To Three Wives (Fox, $24.99)

This 1949 adaptation of John Klempner’s 1946 novel is the first Joseph L. Mankiewicz film to demonstrate his very personal approach to cinema—creating sparkling yet bittersweet, intricately…

Trivial Top 20: Best Actor/Director Collaborations

By Film Comment
August 22, 2013

1. Marlene Dietrich & Josef von Sternberg

2. Lillian Gish & D.W. Griffith

3. John Wayne & John Ford

4.…

Elmore Leonard interviewed by Patrick McGilligan

By Film Comment
August 21, 2013
Abridged excerpts from an interview by Patrick McGilligan, circa Jackie Brown.

Trivial Top 20: Best Directorial Debuts by Screenwriters

By Film Comment
June 28, 2013

1. Badlands Terrence Malick (1973)

2. The Maltese Falcon John Huston (1941)

3. The Great McGinty Preston Sturges (1940)

4. Story of a…

Cannes Roundtable Two

By Film Comment
May 25, 2013
Gavin Smith, Alexander Horwath, Todd McCarthy, Jonathan Romney, Marco Grosoli, and Joumane Chahine discuss the bias towards lesbian sex scenes, potential d'Or winners, and the 75 percent effort syndrome

Cannes Roundtable One

By Film Comment
May 21, 2013
Amy Taubin, Gavin Smith, Kent Jones, and Marco Grosoli gather at the halfway point of Cannes 2013 to suss out the good, the bad, and the ugly

Trivial Top 20: Oldest Directors

By Film Comment
May 2, 2013
Ranked according to the time of their last feature film release

Overheard: Steven Soderbergh

By Film Comment
April 30, 2013
Steven Soderbergh's SFIFF56 State of Cinema Address, now available for your listening or reading pleasure

Trailer: Paradise: Hope

By Film Comment
April 25, 2013
Take another little piece of my heart: the translated trailer for the final installment of Ulrich Seidl's Paradise Trilogy

Trivial Top 20 (expanded to 40): The Best Very, Very Long Films

By Film Comment
April 17, 2013

1. The Mother and the Whore Jean Eustache (217 minutes)

2. Sátántangó Béla Tarr (450)

3. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles Chantal Akerman (201)…