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Interview: Beatriz Seigner

By Christina Newland
May 30, 2018
Troubled waters: the Brazilian director discusses her refugee story Los Silencios, a study in darkness, color, and grief

The Film Comment Podcast: Queer Criticism

By Film Comment
May 29, 2018
Gays’ gaze: three writers discuss the act of analysis

News to Me: Deborah Stratman, Cristi Puiu, Dardennes

By Devika Girish
May 28, 2018
Ancestral spirits: a new work by experimental filmmaker Deborah Stratman gives a platform for strong female voices from the past and present

Festivals: Cannes 2018

By Dennis Lim
May 28, 2018
Bending the rules: with the frenzy of Cannes in the rearview mirror, a few films reward consideration for their thoughtful reinventions

Deep Focus: Les Parents terribles

By Michael Sragow
May 25, 2018
Mother's favorite: Jean Cocteau's symphony of dysfunction has its U.S. premiere theatrical run

Word Pictures: The Day After, with The Seagull and On Chesil Beach

By Imogen Sara Smith
May 24, 2018
Wrapped up in books: the different levels of narrative and time in a trio of tales about lovelorn men

Cannes Interview: Ryusuke Hamaguchi

By Jordan Cronk
May 23, 2018
It's the loneliest number since the number one: the Japanese director of Asako I & II follows a young woman's doubled romance to the bittersweet end

Queer & Now & Then: 1982

By Michael Koresky
May 23, 2018
No place like home: Robert Altman’s Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean centers on a vibrantly portrayed transgender character

Cannes Interview: Ulrich Köhler

By Dennis Lim
May 22, 2018
Last man on earth: the director of the quietly apocalyptic In My Room talks about embracing genre conventions and the Pet Shop Boys

The Film Comment Podcast: Cannes Day 11

By Film Comment
May 21, 2018
That’s all, folks: Manohla Dargis discusses Lee Chang-dong’s Burning, Alice Rohrwacher’s Happy as Lazzaro, and the privilege of attending the festival