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Hard Traveling: Araby, Gabriel and the Mountain, and Vagabond

By Imogen Sara Smith

June 22, 2018

Miles to go: two clear-eyed new films of people on the move follow in the footsteps of Varda’s story of a drifter

Deep Focus: The King

By Michael Sragow

June 22, 2018

Don’t be cruel: Eugene Jarecki’s culture-history doc puts Elvis Presley to work as an American symbol, but not in the way you’d expect

The Film Comment Podcast: Paul Schrader

By Film Comment

June 21, 2018

Like a prayer: the director of First Reformed and screenwriter of Taxi Driver surveys his career (and shows off his storytelling) at the Film Society of Lincoln Center

Film of the Week: Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts

By Jonathan Romney

June 21, 2018

Once upon a time in Indonesia: a woman takes revenge on her attackers in a precisely composed story of survival

Queer & Now & Then: 1985

By Michael Koresky

June 20, 2018

Stronger together: Buddies by Arthur J. Bressan Jr. faced the AIDS crisis with a drama of courage and grace

Festivals: Taiwan

By Abby Sun

June 19, 2018

Family affairs: the Taiwan International Documentary Festival speaks loud and clear on its 20th anniversary

News to Me: James Ivory, Alexander Payne, Werner Herzog

By Chloe Lizotte

June 18, 2018

Charity begins at home: James Ivory on adapting Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Werner Herzog directs for TV, and Keith Carradine chats

Film of the Week: Araby

By Jonathan Romney

June 15, 2018

Road songs: a Brazilian laborer traverses the countryside looking for work in this layered tale of experience

Deep Focus: Incredibles 2

By Michael Sragow

June 15, 2018

Superqualified: Brad Bird brings giddily elaborate motion and detail to a smartly written sequel

The Film Comment Podcast: Ari Aster

By Film Comment

June 14, 2018

Home is where the horror is: the director of Hereditary explains why the road to horror is through your heart, in his Film Comment Free Talk