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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

Welcome to the New Film Comment Online

By Film Comment
May 17, 2012
Forget everything you thought you knew about this website...

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, A through K

Trivial Top 20®: Best Movies Never Made

By Film Comment
April 26, 2012
An ever-growing list of films you'll never get to see

Trivial Top 20: Worst Winners of Best Picture Oscars®

By Film Comment
March 5, 2012

1. Crash Paul Haggis, 2005

2. Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle, 2008

3. Chicago Rob Marshall, 2002

4. Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis, 1994

5.…

Readers’ Comments: The Best Movies of 2011

By Film Comment
March 1, 2012

The Tree of Life (#1)

The Tree of Life made the top of Film Comment and Sight & Sound’s list, and was the most mentioned film by reviewers around the country. (Three of the top four films on the Film…

Readers’ Poll: The Best Movie of 2011

By Film Comment
February 24, 2012

Film Comment’s Trivial Top 20®: Worst Winners of Best Picture Oscars®

By Film Comment
February 23, 2012
Put away the bean dip and cancel your Oscar party! Our contributors remind you why you shouldn't get too excited for Sunday's fete.

Film Comment’s End of Year Critics’ Poll 2011

By Film Comment
January 5, 2012
The 50 best released and 50 best unreleased films of 2011