The Ethical Romantic
By Bertrand Tavernier
Delmer Daves was a passionate craftsman, a progressive Republican, and a maker of exquisitely enlightened genre films
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Festivals: Stanley Film Festival
By Laura Kern on 5.23.2013
Horror on high at the inaugural edition of the Stanley Film Festival, in the 110-year-old hotel that helped inspire The Shining
Cannes by Koehler: Ilo Ilo, Bends, and The Lunchbox
By Robert Koehler on 5.22.2013
Good old-fashioned sharp storytelling drive three films dramatizing the human cost of East Asia’s continued economic upheaval
Cannes Roundtable One: Amy Taubin, Gavin Smith, Kent Jones, Marco Grosoli
By Film Comment on 5.21.2013
Le Joli Mai: FILM COMMENT editors and contributors gather to suss out the good, the bad, and the ugly of Cannes 2013
Cannes: Amy Taubin on Behind the Candelabra
By Amy Taubin on 5.21.2013
Steven Soderbergh’s irresistibly entertaining Liberace biopic comes out on top at Cannes
Festivals: Tribeca
By Amy Taubin on 5.13.2013
The 12th edition of the festival offered more than just Bub and Bobby brushing shoulders
Overheard: Steven Soderbergh
By Film Comment on 4.30.2013
Steven Soderbergh's SFIFF56 State of Cinema Address, now available for your listening or reading pleasure
Streaming Pile: Rare Anthologies
By Laura Kern on 4.12.2013
Regardless of the decade, we've got your weird anthologies covered
