Web Only

Film Comment Presents Free Nationwide Screenings of Black Panther

By Film Comment

November 16, 2018

Our March-April cover movie will return to the big screen with free screenings at nonprofit art house theaters nationwide on Tuesday, November 27.

Film of the Week: Widows

By Jonathan Romney

November 16, 2018

Role reversal: Steve McQueen goes mainstream for a slick, socially conscious thriller with a great cast—but which strains plausibility

Festivals: Doclisboa 2018

By Ela Bittencourt

November 15, 2018

The center holds: the annual documentary film festival in Portugal presented experimental works that engaged directly with our real world

The Film Comment Podcast: Ida Lupino

By Nicolas Rapold

November 14, 2018

Dark tales: Ida Lupino pulled no punches in her one-of-a-kind directorial career, the subject of a new retrospective

Festivals: Busan 2018

By April Wolfe

November 12, 2018

Back in the game: a mighty Asian film festival struggles with issues of identity, both on-screen and behind the scenes

The Film Comment Podcast: The Rep Report #1

By Nicolas Rapold

November 9, 2018

Theatergoers: we’re pleased to present the first in a recurring podcast series in which special guests survey both repertory theater gems and new releases

Deep Focus: Outlaw King

By Michael Sragow

November 9, 2018

Axe naturally: a 14th-century Scottish hero comes to the screen with grit and grime but not much gravity.

Film of the Week: El Angel

By Jonathan Romney

November 8, 2018

Pretty murderous: a photogenic killer gets the grand, slick treatment from Argentine director Luis Ortega

Interview: Zoe Kazan

By Nicolas Rapold

November 8, 2018

O, pioneer: the actor talks about starring in Joel and Ethan Coen's The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and elucidates the nuances of their tragicomic style

Queer & Now & Then: 1978

By Michael Koresky

November 7, 2018

On the verge: Chantal Akerman’s Les Rendez-vous d’Anna locates sexual fluidity in an otherwise stultifying modern world