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ND/NF Interview: Ana Urushadze

By Leah Simon

May 1, 2018

Writer’s bloc: the director of Scary Mother discusses the mythologies and gender conflicts underpinning her story of an outspoken author

Interview: Ari Aster

By Michael Koresky

May 1, 2018

In the blood: the writer/director of Hereditary discusses the influences on his family-centric horror

Interview: Helen Mirren

By Ella Taylor

April 30, 2018

Time is on her side: the actress who defined The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The Tempest, and many other films discusses her favorite roles and the nascent wave of female empowerment

News to Me: Roy Andersson, Olivier Assayas, Chloé Zhao

By Film Comment

April 30, 2018

Drawing without restraint: the Swedish filmmaker shares art for his upcoming film, inspired by Chagall, van Gogh, and others

Noblesse Oblige: Helen Mirren

By Ella Taylor

April 27, 2018

An excerpt of an essay on the 44th Chaplin Award honoree and star of The Queen, Gosford Park, and many other films

Film of the Week: Infinite Football

By Jonathan Romney

April 27, 2018

New rules: Corneliu Porumboiu’s spiraling documentary explores a utopian vision of sport—and much more—through an oddball civil servant

Interview: Juliette Binoche

By Yonca Talu

April 26, 2018

Open heart: Juliette Binoche on making the connection in Let the Sunshine In

Deep Focus: Disobedience

By Michael Sragow

April 26, 2018

Faithful lovers: Sebastian Lelio’s tale of a forbidden love inside an Orthodox Jewish community sometimes gets lost in a fog

Queer & Now & Then: 1996

By Michael Koresky

April 25, 2018

Dream a little dream: Hettie Macdonald’s quiet landmark offers a non-miserable look at marginalized Londoners

The Film Comment Podcast: Musical Performers on Film

By Film Comment

April 24, 2018

A new stage: which crossover artists can carry a scene as well as a tune?