The Film Comment Letter

Cannes 2021: The End of the Middle

July 15, 2021

Hot off the presses: Kiang reports on the latest sensations and disappointments at the festival's halfway point, including The French Dispatch, Titane, Bergman Island, and more

Cannes Interview: Caroline Champetier

By Yonca Talu

July 13, 2021

All together now: the veteran DoP discusses the painstaking craft behind Cannes sensation Annette

Cannes 2021: The First Days

By Jonathan Romney

July 12, 2021

So may we start: the festival's much-awaited 2021 edition featured a feast of opening premieres, from Leos Carax, Joanna Hogg, Mark Cousins, and more

Film Comment Recommends: Summer of Soul

By Devika Girish

July 6, 2021

The pleasure of this archival concert film is in watching a symphony of performance and reception, call-and-response

Film Comment Recommends: Spring Blossom

By Devika Girish

July 6, 2021

Suzanne Lindon’s debut captures the thrill of first passion and heartbreak, but without sordid clichés

Close to Life

By Blair McClendon

July 5, 2021

Time regained: a revelatory exhibition pulls together a series of performances and film work from the multi-talented artist Bill Gunn

Richard Rush and The Stunt Man

By Michael Sragow

June 28, 2021

Man on wire: no director ever lived up to his last name better than Rush did in the Peter O’Toole-starring The Stunt Man

Last Exit

By Kelli Weston

June 28, 2021

Magic kingdom: Zola is an effortlessly funny and dark fable of a Black woman seeking escape from life’s monotony

Film Comment Recommends: The Power of Kangwon Province

By Clinton Krute

June 21, 2021

Bridge over troubled water: Hong Sangsoo’s second movie employs a bravura narrative structure that elucidates the solipsistic lives of its protagonists

A Year on the Couch

By Jonathan Romney

June 21, 2021

Primal screen therapy: during the COVID-era, television series provided a coherent purposefulness that was otherwise missing from everyday life