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TCM Diary: Man in the Wilderness

June 4, 2018

On his own again, naturally: the first cinematic retelling of Hugh Glass’s harrowing frontier saga of survival also indulged in embellishment

Film of the Week: One Sings, the Other Doesn’t

By Jonathan Romney

May 31, 2018

Songs from the heart: Agnès Varda's 1977 film of two friends from different walks of life made a soft landing at a revolutionary moment

Interview: Beatriz Seigner

By Christina Newland

May 30, 2018

Troubled waters: the Brazilian director discusses her refugee story Los Silencios, screening February 8 as part of Film Comment Selects

The Film Comment Podcast: Queer Criticism

By Film Comment

May 29, 2018

Gays’ gaze: three writers discuss the act of analysis

News to Me: Deborah Stratman, Cristi Puiu, Dardennes

By Devika Girish

May 28, 2018

Ancestral spirits: a new work by experimental filmmaker Deborah Stratman gives a platform for strong female voices from the past and present

Festivals: Cannes 2018

By Dennis Lim

May 28, 2018

Bending the rules: with the frenzy of Cannes in the rearview mirror, a few films reward consideration for their thoughtful reinventions

Deep Focus: Les Parents terribles

By Michael Sragow

May 25, 2018

Mother's favorite: Jean Cocteau's symphony of dysfunction has its U.S. premiere theatrical run

Word Pictures: The Day After, with The Seagull and On Chesil Beach

By Imogen Sara Smith

May 24, 2018

Wrapped up in books: the different levels of narrative and time in a trio of tales about lovelorn men

Cannes Interview: Ryusuke Hamaguchi

By Jordan Cronk

May 23, 2018

It's the loneliest number since the number one: the Japanese director of Asako I & II follows a young woman's doubled romance to the bittersweet end

Queer & Now & Then: 1982

By Michael Koresky

May 23, 2018

No place like home: Robert Altman’s Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean centers on a vibrantly portrayed transgender character