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The Film Comment Podcast: Filmmakers on Varda

By Nicolas Rapold

January 10, 2020

A woman apart: our panel discusses Agnès Varda’s pioneering career and her influence on their work

Deep Focus: Like a Boss

By Michael Sragow

January 9, 2020

Make-up test: the Tiffany Haddish vehicle is the kind of would-be edgy movie that will never alienate any segment of its target audience

Film of the Week: Earth

By Jonathan Romney

January 9, 2020

Dig this: The subject of Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s film is exactly what the title suggests: it’s about the planet, but also sod, stone, coal, and minerals

See This: January Picks

By Film Comment

January 9, 2020

Some recent and upcoming films that we feel deserve a little extra attention—brought to you by Warby Parker

The Film Comment Podcast: Josh and Benny Safdie on Uncut Gems

By Nicolas Rapold

January 8, 2020

I'm walkin' here! The brothers talk to Nick Pinkerton about the New York films that influenced their full-throttle thriller

Present Tense: Used Cars

By Sheila O'Malley

January 7, 2020

Would I lie to you?: Robert Zemeckis’s 1980 madcap comedy pulls no punches with its portrayal of utter corruption

Dispatch: Viennale 2019

By Nicolas Rapold

January 6, 2020

Intelligent design: the latest edition of the festival continued its insightful mélange of programming

News to Me: Our Best of the Decade issue, Pedro Costa, and Jack Garfein

By James Wham

January 6, 2020

The future is now: Syd Mead, Martin Scorsese, and Honeyland

Film of the Week: 1917

By Jonathan Romney

January 3, 2020

Shaken, not stirred: Sam Mendes’s pulse-quickening war movie is an adventure yarn about an altogether Bond-style mission

Queer & Now & Then: 2004

By Michael Koresky

January 2, 2020

It’s a jungle out there: in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Tropical Malady, love is transformative