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The Film Comment Podcast: Ida Lupino

By Nicolas Rapold

November 14, 2018

Dark tales: Ida Lupino pulled no punches in her one-of-a-kind directorial career, the subject of a new retrospective

Festivals: Busan 2018

By April Wolfe

November 12, 2018

Back in the game: a mighty Asian film festival struggles with issues of identity, both on-screen and behind the scenes

The Film Comment Podcast: The Rep Report #1

By Nicolas Rapold

November 9, 2018

Theatergoers: we’re pleased to present the first in a recurring podcast series in which special guests survey both repertory theater gems and new releases

Deep Focus: Outlaw King

By Michael Sragow

November 9, 2018

Axe naturally: a 14th-century Scottish hero comes to the screen with grit and grime but not much gravity.

Film of the Week: El Angel

By Jonathan Romney

November 8, 2018

Pretty murderous: a photogenic killer gets the grand, slick treatment from Argentine director Luis Ortega

Interview: Zoe Kazan

By Nicolas Rapold

November 8, 2018

O, pioneer: the actor talks about starring in Joel and Ethan Coen's The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and elucidates the nuances of their tragicomic style

Queer & Now & Then: 1978

By Michael Koresky

November 7, 2018

On the verge: Chantal Akerman’s Les Rendez-vous d’Anna locates sexual fluidity in an otherwise stultifying modern world

The Film Comment Podcast: Sandi Tan (Shirkers)

By Nicolas Rapold

November 7, 2018

Lost and found: the director of Sundance prize-winner Shirkers relives the making of a vanished film, in a Film Comment Talk at the Film Society

Festivals: Pordenone 2018

By Imogen Sara Smith

November 6, 2018

Silent treatment: a specialized festival continued to present illuminating riches from the past with the highest standards of presentation

TCM Diary: Glenda Farrell

By Justin Stewart

November 5, 2018

Fast track: the actress brought a thoughtful swing to the genre-hopping newspaper milieu of Hi, Nellie!