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Film Comment Selects

Oakley Hall’s Warlock

By Film Comment
February 8, 2019
The myth of Tombstone: read an excerpt from the source material for Edward Dmytryk’s 1959 CinemaScope classic

Los Reyes: Bettina Perut and Iván Osnovikoff

By James Wham
February 8, 2019
A dog's life: the Chilean filmmakers on their moving, patient doc, screening February 9 in Film Comment Selects

Interview: Ekta Mittal

By Naomi Keenan O'Shea
February 7, 2019
Magic and loss: the Indian filmmaker on her dreamlike meditation Absence, screening February 10 in Film Comment Selects

Photo Essay: Honeysuckle Rose

By Robert Joseph Schneider
February 6, 2019
On the road again: Cinematographer Robby Müller's sun-kissed aesthetic matches the laid-back vibe of Jerry Schatzberg's 1980 gem

Film Comment Selects 2019 Cheat Sheet

By Film Comment
February 6, 2019

The premise of Film Comment Selects (screening February 6 to 10) is simple but effective: each year, our writers cover films across the globe, and each year, we work to bring those movies back to Film Society screens for your…

Tunnel Vision: The Hidden City and City Symphonies

By Imogen Sara Smith
February 5, 2019
Celebrating the kino-eye: The Hidden City, screening in Film Comment Selects, is part of a tradition extending to the beginnings of cinema

Interview: Victor Moreno

By Nicolas Rapold
February 5, 2019
Plumbing the depths: The Hidden City, screening February 6 in Film Comment Selects, takes viewer on a journey into the underground

Interview: Beata Bubenec

By Daniel Witkin
February 4, 2019
Everyday wartime: the Russian filmmaker on her harrowing, single-take doc Flight of a Bullet, screening February 7 in Film Comment Selects

Waste Lands: Sunset and A Fortunate Man

By Imogen Sara Smith
February 1, 2019
Bright lights, big city: Two films explode, in very different ways, an age-old narrative trope

Film of the Week: Los Reyes

By Jonathan Romney
February 1, 2019
Kings of their world: a doc about two dogs and a skate park reveals the accretion of remarkable details that make up daily life