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Inspired: Feast of the Epiphany

By Michael Koresky
November 27, 2019
Table manners: the inspirations behind the sumptuous documentary-fiction hybrid from Koresky, Jeff Reichert, and Farihah Zaman

The Film Comment Podcast: Martin Scorsese and The Irishman

By Nicolas Rapold
November 27, 2019
Man of the people: Molly Haskell, Shonni Enelow, and Michael Koresky join to discuss how the elegiac epic fits into the filmmaker’s body of work

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, Shooting the Mafia, and The Irishman

By Imogen Sara Smith
November 26, 2019
Saving time: two new documentaries dwell on the compulsion to record as a means of staving off the relentless passage of time

News to Me: Charlie Kaufman, Susan Sontag, and the Paramount Decree

By James Wham
November 25, 2019
Together apart: Strand Releasing, mobsters vs. cowboys, and Todd Haynes

Deep Focus: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

By Michael Sragow
November 22, 2019
A man apart: a remarkable performance from Tom Hanks partially redeems Marielle Heller’s gimmicky film

The Film Comment Podcast: New Releases, November 2019

By Nicolas Rapold
November 22, 2019
Taking the long view: critics Devika Girish and Michael Gillespie join to discuss Atlantics, The Irishman, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Film of the Week: Knives Out

By Jonathan Romney
November 21, 2019
Pointy objects: like a clever piece of stage conjuring, Knives Out is slight but hugely enjoyable

Present Tense: Tomboys

By Sheila O'Malley
November 21, 2019
One of the guys: the figure of the tomboy has popped up regularly throughout the timeline of movies

Queer & Now & Then: 1988

By Michael Koresky
November 20, 2019
Close to you: Todd Haynes’s Superstar uses disease as cover for a social rot so entrenched there may be no cure

Excerpt from Get Out: The Complete Annotated Screenplay

By Film Comment
November 20, 2019
Read an exclusive selection from a new annotated edition of Jordan Peele’s screenplay for Get Out.