Film Comment

We discuss Terence Davies and other filmmakers who started out seemingly fully formed

Anticipation: we discuss a peculiar moment of suspension and change at the movies, and look back on how this era affected us

Red state: the recent, and complex, history of Putin’s protectorate has fueled energetic responses from filmmakers

The means of production: the director of Sorry to Bother You talks about his brilliant, bizarre work of pop radicalism, in our latest Film Comment Free Talk

Up, up, and awesome: a cinematographer and a critic/programmer debate the potential for a much-maligned new(ish) tool of cinema

Horse sense: Boots Riley's gloriously outrageous film makes its satire sing even as it puts across a radical critique of capitalism and race in America

In too deep: this week’s Podcast dives into the career of Spike Lee and his latest, BlacKkKlansman

Mountain views: the discerning festival remains a stimulating laboratory of film culture, including new films by photographer Richard Billingham and a 13.5-hour film that's a feast of genre storytelling