Festivals

Berlin Interview: Alexey German Jr.

By Yonca Talu

February 27, 2018

Leningrad bebop: the Russian filmmaker forges his own darkly comic vision of ’70s Soviet society in Dovlatov

Always on the Verge

By Amy Taubin

February 23, 2018

Diversity and representation aren’t just buzzwords at Sundance—they’ve long been a way of life

Festivals: Rotterdam 2018

By Jordan Cronk

February 21, 2018

It’s complicated: can this early champion of the likes of Lav Diaz and Carlos Reygadas recover its former glories?

Festivals: Projections 2017

By Irina Leimbacher

February 12, 2018

A thousand points of light: looking back at NYFF’s program of experimental cinema restores faith in a shifting medium’s restless soul

The Film Comment Podcast: Apichatpong Weerasethakul on SLEEPCINEMAHOTEL

By Film Comment

February 1, 2018

Room to dream: the director’s latest installation at Rotterdam offers guests the opportunity to exist in a liminal space (plus breakfast)

Sundance Interview: RaMell Ross

By Eric Hynes

February 1, 2018

Lives in full: the award-winning filmmaker searches for a true vision of daily experience

Sundance: The Kindergarten Teacher

By April Wolfe

January 24, 2018

Sara Colangelo remakes a contemplative and ambiguous recent Israeli drama in a distinctly American verse and rhythm

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance Day Seven

By Film Comment

January 24, 2018

To the front: on the increasing visibility of women and minorities at the festival, the problems with The Tale, and much more

Sundance: The Miseducation of Cameron Post

By April Wolfe

January 23, 2018

With her gay conversion therapy drama, Desiree Akhavan takes on a serious subject—seriously

The Film Comment Podcast: Steve James

By Film Comment

January 23, 2018

Class is in session: the seasoned documentarian discusses his ten-part miniseries about a racially diverse school in the Chicago suburbs, America to Me