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News to Me: Michael Snow, Rebecca Hall, Paul Verhoeven

August 13, 2018

Living large: avant-garde titan Michael Snow goes IMAX, Paul Verhoeven gets to a nunnery, Rebecca Hall debuts as director, and Locarno awards

The Film Comment Podcast: Locarno 2018

By Nicolas Rapold

August 9, 2018

Mountain views: the discerning festival remains a stimulating laboratory of film culture, including new films by photographer Richard Billingham and a 13.5-hour film that's a feast of genre storytelling

Deep Focus: A Prayer Before Dawn

By Michael Sragow

August 9, 2018

Jailhouse schlock: faces and bodies get smashed in Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s prison drama, but audience hearts are left untouched

Locarno Interview: Richard Billingham

By Becca Voelcker

August 8, 2018

Home movie: the photographer’s debut feature film brings a snapshot-like fidelity and lived-in feel to council-flat family memories

News to Me: Michael Almereyda, Claire Simon, Albert Serra

By Chloe Lizotte

August 7, 2018

Electric dreams: Michael Almereyda tackles Tesla, plus projects from Claire Simon, Albert Serra, and Pablo Larraín

Deep Focus: Christopher Robin

By Michael Sragow

August 3, 2018

Flies in the honeypot: the world of A. A. Milne collides with grownup realities in a new screen portrayal

Interview: Agnès Godard

By Yonca Talu

August 2, 2018

Close enough to touch: Claire Denis’s frequent cinematographer Agnès Godard reveals how she creates images of such remarkable intimacy

Film of the Week: Nico, 1988

By Jonathan Romney

August 2, 2018

These days: Susanna Nicchiarelli’s film brings out the warmth in a singer usually identified with wintry discontent

The Film Comment Podcast: Spike Lee

By Nic Rapold

August 1, 2018

In Too Deep: this week’s Podcast dives into the career of Spike Lee and his latest, BlacKkKlansman

Queer & Now & Then: 1999

By Michael Koresky

August 1, 2018

Hide and seek: Doug Liman’s Go negotiates complicated waters despite its seemingly ephemeral indie-also-ran existence