Announcing the return of the Film Comment Podcast and debut of a weekly letter! See more >>

Published by Film at Lincoln Center

Max Nelson

Critical Dialogue: Oliveira, Ruiz, and Late Filmmaking

By Max Nelson
February 20, 2013
Every frame as memento mori: Night Across the Street and Gebo and the Shadow

Critical Dialogue: The Story of Film

By Max Nelson
February 1, 2013
What’s the story? The hope and the hubris in retelling the history of cinema

Critical Dialogue: Django Unchained

By Max Nelson
January 17, 2013
Leading through bleeding: how (or how not) to portray violent culture on screen

Home Movies: The Quiet Man

By Max Nelson
January 3, 2013
Classic Pick

Review: 56 Up

By Max Nelson
January 3, 2013
Time and tide wait for Michael Apted’s camera

Review: Not Fade Away

By Max Nelson
December 20, 2012
For many 67 year-olds, re-inhabiting a long-lost self would be a struggle; for David Chase, the struggle lies in growing out of it