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Festivals

Sundance 2019 Cheat Sheet

By Film Comment
January 23, 2019
In from the cold: An overview of all the features at the 2019 Sundance Festival

Film Comment Selects 2019 Lineup Announced

By Nicolas Rapold
January 10, 2019
World of cinema: the latest edition of the magazine's regular showcase features films by Steven Soderbergh, Laszlo Nemes, Jerry Schatzberg, and more

Festivals: Cairo

By Giovanni Vimercati
December 28, 2018
Letters from the Middle East: the legacy of Arab cinema and a glimpse of one possible future were on view at the Egyptian showcase

Interview: Naomi Kawase

By Ela Bittencourt
December 17, 2018
Self-reflections: the award-winning Japanese filmmaker talks about her intimate autobiographical documentary work

Festivals: Doclisboa 2018

By Ela Bittencourt
November 15, 2018
The center holds: the annual documentary film festival in Portugal presented experimental works that engaged directly with our real world

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

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

Festivals: Chicago 2018

By Nick Davis
November 1, 2018
The whole entire world: more than one selection at the long-running fest took on the unequal power dynamics faced globally

Love and Theft

By Aliza Ma
November 1, 2018
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or-winner Shoplifters unsettles the family drama genre by focusing on society’s forgotten souls

Flow Through Me

By Amy Taubin
November 1, 2018
Willem Dafoe on his Oscar-nominated performance as Vincent Van Gogh in At Eternity’s Gate