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Present Tense: Angel Baby

By Sheila O'Malley

November 5, 2019

Darkness at the break of day: Michael Rymer’s 1995 film is a vivid portrayal of the highest highs and the lowest lows

Interview: Mengqi Zhang

By Becca Voelcker

November 4, 2019

From a distance: the director of Self-Portrait: Window in 47 KM on her series of films documenting life in rural China

News to Me: Elaine May, Paul Schrader, and Jonathan Glazer

By James Wham

November 4, 2019

Over your shoulder: fast-forwarding, Umberto Eco, and Nadav Lapid on Godard

Film of the Week: The Irishman

By Jonathan Romney

November 1, 2019

It is what it is: Martin Scorsese’s epic is an extraordinary feat of rejuvenation, and not just because of the digital effects that turned its lead actors back into young(ish) men

Close Reading: Born to Be

By Bessie Rubinstein

November 1, 2019

Seeking the self: our latest dispatch from the NYFF Critics Academy looks at Tania Cypriano’s documentary about the emotional journey of gender transition

Phantom Light: “Shitamachi: Tales of Downtown Tokyo” and Parasite

By Imogen Sara Smith

October 31, 2019

The lower depths: a series of gritty Japanese films at Film Forum shares themes of class and longing with Bong Joon-ho’s thriller

Close Reading: Endless Night

By Cassidy Olsen

October 30, 2019

Darkness falls: our latest dispatch from the NYFF Critics Academy delves into Eloy Enciso’s meditation on life under fascism

The Film Comment Podcast: Horrific Non-Horror

By Nicolas Rapold

October 30, 2019

Lurking in the background: Michael Koresky and Ashley Clark on the (non-horror) films that still keep them up at night

TCM Diary: The Town That Dreaded Sundown

By Chris Shields

October 29, 2019

Baggy monsters: Charles B. Pierce’s 1976 proto-slasher film provided the basic structural DNA for countless imitators

Close Reading: Martin Eden

By Peter Kim George

October 29, 2019

A man alone: our latest dispatch from the NYFF Critics Academy looks at director Pietro Marcello’s tale of a writer’s rise