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Film of the Week: Ad Astra

By Jonathan Romney

September 19, 2019

Child is father to the man: James Gray’s cosmic adventure flick is, at heart, a primal tale of a boy and his dad

Interview: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche

By Devika Girish

September 18, 2019

Here, there, and everywhere: the director of Terminal Sud discusses the universal resonances of his elliptical French-Algerian thriller

Classified: The Lair of the White Worm

By April Wolfe

September 18, 2019

Eat people and have fun: Ken Russell’s film stands apart in genre cinema, where women villains are rarely as cunning as their male counterparts

The Film Comment Podcast: Pedro Almodóvar and Pain and Glory

By Nicolas Rapold

September 18, 2019

Man in the mirror: Michael Koresky and Eugene Hernandez join to discuss the Spanish filmmaker’s beloved career

Interview: Kirill Mikhanovsky and Alice Austen

By Amy Taubin

September 16, 2019

Risky business: the director and screenwriter behind Give Me Liberty on the difficult process of bringing their vision to the screen

News to Me: Lucrecia Martel, Franco Piavoli, and Women Editors

By James Wham

September 16, 2019

The electric eye: Joanna Hogg, Tarantino, and Republic Pictures

Film of the Week: The Sound of Silence

By Jonathan Romney

September 13, 2019

Listen up: Michael Tyburski’s first feature is a delicate character study that yields strange, stimulating ideas about noise and quiet

The Film Comment Podcast: Toronto 2019 #3

By Nicolas Rapold

September 13, 2019

Foggy notion: Michael Koresky and Justin Chang join for a discussion of Marriage Story, Jojo Rabbit Uncut Gems, Color Out of Space, and others

See This: September Picks

By Film Comment

September 13, 2019

Some new (and old) films that we feel deserve a little extra attention—brought to you by Warby Parker

Deep Focus: The Goldfinch

By Michael Sragow

September 12, 2019

Shiny objects: caught in the pointless pointillism of abrupt time jumps, few performers here have the chance to sustain a flow of emotion