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Film of the Week: Meeting Gorbachev

By Jonathan Romney
May 3, 2019
Meeting of minds: Werner Herzog's film tends to present the world leader as a cuddly, jolly uncle among politicians

Interview: Juliet Taylor

By Michael Sragow
May 2, 2019
Woman of character: the legendary casting director on how her knack for sensing potential remained constant over her 50-year career

Present Tense: Frank O’Hara at the Movies

By Sheila O'Malley
May 2, 2019
“Darkness embossed by silvery images”: the New York-School poet had a rapturous relationship with the cinema

TCM Diary: The Color of Ototo

By Bruce Bennett
May 2, 2019
Shades of spring: Kon Ichikawa’s 1960 Ototo cools the typically overheated genre of juvenile delinquent drama

The Film Comment Podcast: The Rep Report #7

By Nicolas Rapold
May 1, 2019
Blowing up: programmer Ashley Clark joins for an in-depth look at BAM‘s “Black ’90s” series, opening May 3

Ghost Dance: The White Crow and Nureyev

By Imogen Sara Smith
April 29, 2019
Bird on a wire: the life of legendary dancer Rudolf Nureyev might have been written for the screen

News to Me: Godard, Mambéty, and Loznitsa

By Film Comment
April 29, 2019
Captain America: Marvel, monopoly, and Easy Rider at Cannes

Higher Learning: The Point of View Shot

By Patrick Keating
April 26, 2019
Show, don't tell: As in the silent period, the idea that the camera might move like a person took different forms in the 1930s

Film of the Week: Erased,___Ascent of the Invisible

By Jonathan Romney
April 26, 2019
Disappearing act: the Lebanese film could be called a speculative documentary, an essay film, or a conceptual art piece

Interview: Nina Menkes

By Jordan Cronk
April 25, 2019
Wheel of fortune: The 1991 Queen of Diamonds, at BAM April 26, proceeds in a deceptively complex, elliptical fashion