Launching the July/August edition of Film Comment magazine, editor Gavin Smith introduces a new column that is debuting in the new issue of the magazine (including a first look at our cover).
In 1998, a Cannes jury headed by Martin Scorsese gave the festival’s Grand Jury Prize (traditionally seen as the “runner-up” award to the Palme d’Or) to Roberto Benigni’s Life Is Beautiful, kicking off a worldwide goodwill tour that culminated…
Tonight, Poitier will be honored at the 38th Annual Chaplin Award Gala at Alice Tully Hall. This article was originally published in the March/April 2011 issue of Film Comment.