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Dispatch: Toronto 2019

By Michael Koresky

September 12, 2019

Love on the rocks: a report from TIFF on Marriage Story, Two of Us, Africa, and others

Queer & Now & Then: 1959

By Michael Koresky

September 11, 2019

Missing persons: Joseph Mankiewicz’s Suddenly, Last Summer is fascinating and pleasurably aberrant, a miracle of queer impropriety.

The Film Comment Podcast: Toronto 2019 #2

By Nicolas Rapold

September 11, 2019

Roundup: all the latest from TIFF, with a focus on Lina from Lima, Synonyms, Terminal Sud, and Blood Quantum.

TCM Diary: Into the Sunset

By Justin Stewart

September 10, 2019

Don't look back: two films, The Harder They Fall and The Defector, featuring stars in their final big-screen performances

Dispatch: Venice 2019

By Nicolas Rapold

September 10, 2019

The last laugh: journeys into outer and inner space occupied the spotlight on the Lido, with a couple of surprises

The Film Comment Podcast: Toronto 2019 #1

By Nicolas Rapold

September 9, 2019

Digging in: our first report from TIFF touches on Knives Out, The Lost Okoroshi, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and much more

News to Me: Leigh Ledare, Mark Cousins, and Venice to Toronto

By Film Comment

September 9, 2019

Do the Hustle: Lopez and company, Susan Sontag, and Terrence Malick

Interview: Pablo Larraín

By Nicolas Rapold

September 7, 2019

Volatile in Valparaiso: the Chilean director of Neruda and Jackie discusses his latest, an unpredictable portrait of a dancer who's a force unto herself

Telluride 2019 Dispatch: Waves and The Assistant

By Eugene Hernandez

September 6, 2019

Brand-new films from two young directors, Kitty Green (The Assistant) and Trey Edward Shults (Waves), were among the highlights of this year's edition of the Colorado festival

Film of the Week: Babyteeth

By Jonathan Romney

September 6, 2019

Faith healer: director Shannon Murphy's Venice competition debut turns the story of a stricken teenager and her wild paramour into something fresh and bright