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Trivial Top 20: Longest Movie Titles

By Film Comment
March 11, 2013
No abbrevs allowed

2012 Readers’ Poll Results

By Film Comment
March 9, 2013
The Last Word

Last Ten Films: Park Chan-wook

By Film Comment
February 21, 2013
In anticipation of his new film Stoker, the director of Oldboy goes public with his viewing log

Participate in Film Comment’s 2012 Readers’ Poll

By Film Comment
January 29, 2013
Are you thoughtless in your remarks?

Terra Incognita 2012

By Film Comment
January 10, 2013
Unknown Pleasures from Around the World

50 Best Films of 2012

By Film Comment
December 13, 2012
The critics speak! The expanded results of our annual poll

50 Best Undistributed Films of 2012

By Film Comment
December 13, 2012
The best movies you probably haven't seen this year

Miguel Gomes’s Last Ten Films

By Film Comment
December 3, 2012
The director of Tabu, which opens later this month, reveals his filmic consumption

Exclusive Clip: The Dark Knight Rises

By Film Comment
November 28, 2012
Cast and crew speak about closing the circle

Last Ten Films: So Yong Kim

By Film Comment
September 5, 2012
The director of For Ellen and Treeless Mountain reveals her filmic consumption

Trivial Top 20 (Expanded to 50): Greatest Self-Directors

By Film Comment
August 28, 2012

Listen to select music from this list on Spotify

1. A Nos Amours, Maurice Pialat, 1983

2. Fox and His Friends, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975

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Loose Canon: The Sight & Sound Poll

By Film Comment
August 20, 2012
How Film Comment's editors voted—and what it says about us

Time for More: The Clock Strikes Three

By Film Comment
July 30, 2012
A trio of reports on Marclay’s moving-image marathon

Trivial Top 20 (expanded to 50): The Most Indelible Songs from 1980s Films

By Film Comment
July 23, 2012

Stream or download this playlist with Spotify.

1. Eye of the Tiger Survivor, Rocky III, 1982
2. Call Me Blondie, American Gigolo, 1980
3. Don’t You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds, The…

Last Ten Films: Yorgos Lanthimos

By Film Comment
July 13, 2012
The director of Alps and Dogtooth shares the last 10 movies he saw

Trivial Top 20: Most Prolific Self-Directors

By Film Comment
July 5, 2012
1. William S. Hart 30 (plus 20 shorts) 2. Sacha Guitry 26 3. José Mojica Marins 25 4. (tie) Woody Allen, Sammo Hung 24 6. Clint Eastwood 22 7 Yilmaz Güney 20 8. Buster Keaton 19 (plus 30 shorts) 9.

Fade Out: Andrew Sarris

By Film Comment
June 21, 2012
Phillip Lopate, Robert Horton, Glenn Kenny, Geoffrey O'Brien, and Kent Jones pay tribute to Andrew Sarris

Cannes Roundtable II: On Carax, Resnais, Kiarostami, Lee Daniels, and more

By Film Comment
May 25, 2012
An expanded panel picks their favorites—and the surprises of the festival

Cannes Roundtable: Amy Taubin, Gavin Smith, Todd McCarthy, Scott Foundas

By Film Comment
May 23, 2012
A no-holds-barred discussion of the films so far

Unproduced and Unfinished Films: An Ongoing Film Comment project

By Film Comment
May 17, 2012
A list of the best films you'll never see, L through Z