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Review: Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?

By Jordan Osterer
November 18, 2013
Michel Gondry's animations illustrate the sweet sounds of Noam Chomsky's mind in action

Film Comment Selects: Two by Brian G. Hutton

By Violet Lucca
November 15, 2013
In anticipation of the magazine's next double feature, a conversation with editor Gavin Smith about reviving revival programming, one 35mm print at a time

Let’s Make a Deal: Faust on Film

By Max Nelson
November 14, 2013
From Murnau to noir to Sokurov, a look at versions of the enduring tale

Film of the Week: The Great Beauty

By Jonathan Romney
November 14, 2013
It's bunga bunga time: the exquisite emptiness of Sorrentino's latest baroque comedy

Review: Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Enter Here

By David Gregory Lawson
November 13, 2013
The long dark night of the Soviet soul—in Kabakov 3D

Festivals: Wavelengths at Toronto

By Robert Koehler
November 11, 2013
TIFF's triumph: the fest's section devoted to experimental and nonnarrative cinema is still going strong

Film of the Week: How I Live Now

By Jonathan Romney
November 7, 2013
Growing up fast: the horrors of war on England's pleasant pastures

Review: Go For Sisters

By Jared Eisenstat
November 7, 2013
Tough mother: independent filmmaking veteran John Sayles strikes a balance between drama and true emotion

Off the Blacklist: The Films of Jan Němec

By Max Nelson
November 6, 2013
A retrospective at BAM gives the Czech New Waver his due

Interview: Paolo Sorrentino

By David Gregory Lawson
November 4, 2013
The director of The Great Beauty speaks about coming to terms with the past and his distinctive brand of humor