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"It has a way of making most other films feel utterly superfluous." Read
@AriAster
's review of Elem Klimov’s monolithic COME AND SEE, from our new issue:
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BLACK PANTHER returns to theaters today at nationwide screenings, presented by Film Comment &
@arthousenow
. See the list of theaters + submit questions to Ryan Coogler with
#AskBlackPanther
:
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We’re thrilled to announce the return of Film Comment with the relaunch of our podcast and a brand-new weekly letter—a first step towards bringing the best in film criticism back to our devoted audience around the world:
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Get early access to our Sept-Oct issue–featuring BURNING,
@steveyeun
, the Coens, ROMA, Frederick Wiseman, and more–on the Film Comment app:
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Presenting Film Comment’s end-of-year survey of the best films of 2017:
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Unveiling our September-October 2018 issue, featuring BURNING and a
@steveyeun
interview, Alfonso Cuarón's ROMA, Joel and Ethan Coen's THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS, and more! Subscribe today:
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Bong Joon Ho on his 10 favorite guilty pleasure films:
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Congrats to Bong Joon Ho and team on taking the Oscars by storm! Read Amy Taubin and
@AriAster
on PARASITE in our September-October 2019 issue:
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Unveiling the March-April 2019 issue of Film Comment, featuring Claire Denis's HIGH LIFE, Alex Ross Perry's HER SMELL, Christian Petzold's TRANSIT, Jafar Panahi on the process of secretly making movies & much more! Explore/subscribe today:
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Announcing Film Comment's full list of the best films of 2018! See the top 20:
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Robert Altman offers his insights on the making of THE LONG GOODBYE, published online for the first time:
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“I love Claire’s movies but I couldn’t necessarily describe what they are about. The language is the movie.” - Robert Pattinson
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On this week's podcast,
@JOSH_BENNY
talk to
@NickPinkerton
about the New York films that influenced their full-throttle Diamond District-set thriller UNCUT GEMS:
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We are launching a new regular feature at Film Comment in which campus-based scholars share their current research in concise essays, bringing our readers into the rich and varied conversations occurring in the fields of film and moving-image studies.
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Claire Denis and Robert Pattinson discuss physicality, filmmaking, taboos, and HIGH LIFE at our latest Film Comment Talk! Watch the full conversation:
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"There is no other way to break the frozen cinematic conventions than through a complete derangement of the official cinematic senses."
R.I.P. Jonas Mekas (1922-2019)
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Unveiling the Nov-Dec 2019 issue of Film Comment magazine, featuring an extensive interview with Greta Gerwig on her triumphant, richly satisfying adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN, and much more!
Pre-order the issue or subscribe today:
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Paul Schrader has unearthed correspondence with his brother during the start of his cinephilic journey into Hollywood, capturing an extraordinary, perhaps unrepeatable era. Explore his letters in a special interactive feature:
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R.I.P. Claude Lanzmann.
Listen to J. Hoberman and
@JoshuaOppenheim
discuss his towering masterwork SHOAH:
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Presenting Film Comment's Top 20 Released Films of 2022
Read full film blurbs from FC contributors, critics, and more:
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Following our May-June issue, Film Comment will be on a temporary hiatus. We all sincerely hope that this period of uncertainty will be short and that we can soon resume sharing the best in film criticism with our readers, as we have for over 50 years.
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"For me, a film is not written by the screenplay or the dialogue, it’s written by the way of the filming." Agnès Varda talks with
@unbuttonmyeyes
:
#InternationalWomensDay
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R.I.P. Anna Karina.
Read our career-spanning conversation with the legendary actress from 2016, by
@Yonca_Talu
:
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Join Claire Denis and Robert Pattinson for a very special Film Comment Free Talk about their singular film HIGH LIFE, which graces the cover of our March-April issue. April 4 at
@FilmLinc
:
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Rest in peace, D.A. Pennebaker. Read his career-spanning conversation with
@film_legacy
from 2017:
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Presenting Film Comment's top 50 films of the decade! Explore our full list:
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We're seeing all the love and feedback tonight regarding Film Comment. The extremely challenging times caused by the COVID-19 virus have led us to a few decisions. The May/June issue of FC that we are finishing now will be distributed digitally, rather than in print. (1/5)
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André Bazin was born 100 years ago today. Read
@dave_kehr
on the early days of
@cahierscinema
:
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Presenting Film Comment's top 10 films of 2018, topped by Lucrecia Martel's ZAMA:
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The Safdies's GOOD TIME topped our survey of the best films of 2017. See the full top 20:
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Unveiling our July/Aug. '17 issue ft. GOOD TIME, Robert Pattinson interview, A GHOST STORY, Demme remembered & more:
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Elem Klimov's 1985 war movie COME AND SEE has few rivals in laying bare the horrors of man's favorite sport. Read Michael Sragow's review of the new restoration:
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Ida Lupino pulled no punches in her one-of-a-kind directorial career, the subject of a new retrospective at
@FilmForumNYC
.
@selfstyledsiren
,
@sheilakathleen
&
@NicolasRapold
discuss on The Film Comment Podcast:
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Announcing Film Comment's Best of 2019 poll, led by Bong Joon-ho's PARASITE! See the top 20:
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Jonathan Demme on his directorial process, from our interview in the Jan/Feb 1991 issue.
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Robert Mitchum was a paragon of fatalist cool. Ahead of
#NYFF
's retro, we discuss his career on the latest podcast:
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In memory of Jeanne Moreau, listen to a selection of previously unreleased interviews with the legendary actress:
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We’re presenting a special sneak preview of GOOD TIME ft. a Q&A with Robert Pattinson and the Safdies. Get tickets:
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Presenting Film Comment's Top 20 Released Films of 2023
Read full film blurbs from FC contributors, critics, and more:
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To celebrate the upcoming 50th Anniversary of
@FilmLinc
, read our 1980 interview with Isabelle Huppert, who starred in LOULOU, EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF, HEAVEN'S GATE & THE HEIRESSES in that year alone:
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SORRY TO BOTHER YOU director
@BootsRiley
shares the wide range of influences on his debut feature, from Emir Kusturica to Paul Schrader:
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Composer
@nicholasbritell
nurtures storytelling melodies into being that are acutely attuned to the contemporary moment. Read
@SorayaMcDonald
's interview & listen to our playlist of his best work:
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Paul Schrader on Ozu—something to be truly thankful for:
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Erasing history: much of APOCALYPSE NOW portrays Vietnam as a spectacular but soulless backdrop for moral ruminations. Read
@smallnartless
's new Feeling Seen column:
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LITTLE WOMEN and PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE dwell on the emotional bonds between women, and on the choice—or lack thereof—of life paths offered to them. Read Imogen Sara Smith's new feature:
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Cronenberg delivers a combination of visceral fascination and philosophical intrigue found in few other films this year. A reminder that popular cinema—entertainment, even—can be weird, base, and wickedly smart. -
@_edb
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"He's someone who thinks the world is against them." - Robert Pattinson on his
#GoodTime
character.
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Monday treat: an excerpt from an interview with Robert Pattinson in our upcoming July/August print issue:
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Claire Mathon, the DP behind 2019 standouts PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE and ATLANTICS, talks to
@Yonca_Talu
about working with directors to craft a distinctive look.
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"It’s hard for me to find Bergman in contemporary cinema. Or rather, I see his absence as a terrible void." Olivier Assayas on the legacy of Ingmar Bergman, born 100 years ago today:
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Our publisher,
@FilmLinc
, is currently accepting donations specifically for Film Comment to ensure its future. Please consider donating today: (4/5)
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Are you ready? A real-time countdown of the results of our Film Comment year-end critics’ poll will begin shortly!
Stay tuned to this thread as the films are revealed one by one...
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"I think cinema makes too much effort to convince audiences that they’re seeing something of this world. But we’re not; we’re seeing the parallel world of cinema, with different laws."
GRAND TOUR director Miguel Gomes speaks to Dennis Lim at
#Cannes2024
.
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James Ivory shares new details on his next project, set to be directed by Alexander Payne, and hopes to get Daniel Day-Lewis out of retirement:
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Unveiling our Jan-Feb 2018 issue featuring PHANTOM THREAD, the best films of 2017, Steven Spielberg, Philippe Garrel, WESTERN, Jia Zhangke, and more! Subscribe today or read now on our app:
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In celebration of Cate Blanchett accepting her
#ChaplinAward
tonight at
@FilmLinc
, read Amy Herzog's deep dive on the great contemporary actor's career:
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BURNING opens Friday at
@FilmLinc
! Don't miss
@gumyoulike
's interview with director Lee Chang-dong from
@Festival_Cannes
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"Todd Haynes understands that in a world of polished surfaces, looking for depth is a fool’s errand. All there is to see is one’s own reflection." -
@devikagirgayi
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R.I.P. Jerry Lewis, who has died at the age of 91. In praise of the master comedian's films:
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RIP JLG (1930-2022)
In memory of Jean-Luc Godard, we're resharing Gavin Smith's 1996 interview with the master from our archives:
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Greta Gerwig’s energetic tour-de-force adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN frames the aspirations of Jo and her sisters as urgent matters of personal independence. Read
@devikagirgayi
's cover story interview with the director:
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Now in your inboxes, this week's FC Letter is dedicated to this year's
#ChaplinAward
recipient, Cate Blanchett. Here's what to expect:
- Amy Herzog dives into the actress’s unique strengths as a performer and her "almost otherworldly range."
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Guillermo del Toro's THE SHAPE OF WATER is a hybrid of CITY LIGHTS, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, and STARMAN. Steven Mears reviews:
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Rest in peace, Bibi Andersson.
Michael Koresky recently looked back at Ingmar Bergman’s PERSONA through the lens of a romantic relationship drama:
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"Learn to be intimately in love with the gift of presence and what is right here, right now." - Harry Dean Stanton
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Unveiling our July-August 2018 issue featuring Spike Lee's BLACKKKLANSMAN, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, Olivier Assayas on Ingmar Bergman, Paul Schrader's letters, Bi Gan, drone cinema, and more! Subscribe today:
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Film Comment Selects 2019 lineup has been unveiled, featuring new films from László Nemes, Steven Soderbergh, Beatriz Seigner & more!
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Today at
@TheNYFF
:
@AriAster
, who wrote a feature on PARASITE in our new issue, meets Bong Joon Ho with Film Comment editor
@NicolasRapold
.
Read the feature:
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Agnès Varda will soon begin production on a new documentary titled LET'S TALK ABOUT CINEMA. Producer Rosalie Varda tells
@devikagirgayi
about the project:
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Robert Pattinson talks filmmaking, GOOD TIME, and more in our July/August issue:
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If looked at through the right queer lens, Ingmar Bergman's PERSONA could be among the most penetrating break-up movies ever made. Read Michael Koresky's new Queer & Now & Then column:
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"For over a decade I’ve wondered when we would get a female movie character to equal the ferocity, charisma, and monumental destructive narcissism of THERE WILL BE BLOOD's Daniel Plainview."
From last week's Letter,
@jessicakiang
reports on
#Venice79
:
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"Despite the increasing corporatized ugliness of the internet, BELLE evinces a dogged faith in the possibilities the virtual realm offers for imagination, empathy, and human connection." Read Dan Schindel's review on Mamoru Hosoda's latest film:
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“Film Comment gave me the meanest review I’ve gotten in my life and I still didn’t cancel my subscription.” - John Waters at
@FilmLinc
’s 50th Anniversary Gala
#filmlinc50
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s debut LOVE IS COLDER THAN DEATH is a genuinely fluid depiction of identity, sex, and love that reflected the director’s own matter-of-fact bisexuality. Read
@reverse_shot
's Queer & Now & Then column:
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With HIGH LIFE now in theaters (and opening at
@FilmLinc
today!), read
@NickPinkerton
's cover story on Claire Denis's volatile space voyage:
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Unveiling our May-June 2020 issue, featuring Roy Andersson’s ABOUT ENDLESSNESS, essays on cinema in isolation, remembering Med Hondo, Jia Zhang-ke’s viewing habits,
@AriAster
and Alex Ross Perry on their home-viewing favorites & much more:
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Unveiling the Jan-Feb 2019 issue of Film Comment, featuring Jean-Luc Godard's THE IMAGE BOOK, the best of 2018, LA FLOR, AMAZING GRACE & more! Subscribe today:
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Unveiling the January-February 2020 issue of Film Comment magazine, featuring special sections on the best of the decade (and 2019), plus Pedro Costa, MARTIN EDEN & much more! Pre-order today:
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FC Co-Deputy Editor
@devikagirgayi
sat down with
@FilmLinc
's
#ChaplinAward
Honoree Cate Blanchett to discuss some of the most interesting performances of her career, including Jim Jarmusch’s COFFEE AND CIGARETTES, Taika Waititi’s THOR: RAGNAROK, and more:
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Unveiling our Nov-Dec 2018 issue, featuring HAPPY AS LAZZARO,
@BarryJenkins
and IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK, Willem Dafoe, Jacques Tourneur, SHOPLIFTERS & more! Subscribe today:
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Agnès Varda will receive an honorary Oscar this year. Read our talk with the legendary director in the new issue:
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It was a GOOD TIME at our sneak preview last night! Thanks to
@JOSH_BENNY
, Robert Pattinson, and Ronald Bronstein for the illuminating Q&A.
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The crowd awaits Claire Denis and Robert Pattinson at our Film Comment Free Talk. 🚀
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In celebration of the success of Bong Joon Ho's PARASITE, pick up our Sept-Oct 2019 issue and receive our May-June 2015 issue for FREE, featuring a special section on Korean cinema! Limited time offer:
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul shares new details on his next film MEMORIA, starring Tilda Swinton, and more, in this week's News to Me:
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On the occasion of "Illuminating MOONLIGHT"
@filmlinc
,
@BandryBarry
writes about the films that inspired him:
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“If you haven’t learned how to make a film by the age of 12, you’re behind the curve. Now we can all make movies, but no one can make any money.” - Paul Schrader
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As films and film culture face brutal and witless change, love of the art form can be radical and sustaining. Read
@reverse_shot
's feature from our March-April 2020 issue:
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