Film Comment

Labor of love: John Singleton, David Cronenberg, and art house theaters

Sink or swim: a look ahead at the 2019 Venice Film Festival

Looking ahead: an overview of all the features at the 2019 Venice International Film Festival

Wild in the streets: Roger Williams, Agnieszka Holland, and Gabriel Abrantes

Cat’s meow: Lao and Thai renaissances, Jodie Mack, and Mia Hansen-Løve on Bergman

Beginnings and ends: the return of Pedro Costa, the vagaries of the movie-theater business, and the pleasures of durational cinema

Food for thought: Orson Welles, Milos Stehlik, and Paris, Texas

Dancing with the stars: Yvonne Rainer, Cats, and a short about the Zambian Space Academy

Actors & auteurs: David Fincher, Juliette Binoche, and PTA as a PA

School’s out: Shelley Duvall, Chernobyl, and Hoberman in ’68

All-American boy: Édith Scob, Takashi Mikino, and the death of cinema foretold (again)

Summer in the city: Spike Lee, Chris Marker, and even more Pauline Kael

People like you: censorship, critics, and Ava DuVernay

Rough waters: Elaine May, the first women filmmakers, and the symbolism of Jordan Peele’s Us

A whole new world: colonialism, boycotts, and the best of Cannes

Push notification: Dominik Graf, John Waters, and Jordan Belson

Setting sail: Céline Sciamma, Mati Diop, and mirrors in the movies

Fly me to the moon: Wong Kar-wai, Christploitation, and ”little“ magazines

It was a good day: the kosts of Kanopy, Abel Ferrera, John Waters‘s top ten list, and more

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Film at Lincoln Center, we present a brief history via legendary intrepid programmer Amos Vogel