Nicolas Rapold

The Film Comment Podcast: László Nemes

By Nicolas Rapold

March 13, 2019

Night comes in: the director of Sunset on his vision of a crumbling world order in pre-World War I Budapest

Interview: Brett Story

By Nicolas Rapold

March 11, 2019

Warming up: the filmmaker behind The Hottest August on New York City as a microcosm of a world in systemic crisis

The Film Comment Podcast: True/False 2019

By Nicolas Rapold

March 8, 2019

Unreal: our annual, raucous report from the documentary showcase in Columbia, Missouri

The Film Comment Podcast: Art and Fascism

By Nicolas Rapold

February 27, 2019

The problem of evil: guests J. Hoberman and Zoe Beloff on the shifting reputation of Leni Riefenstahl's notorious Triumph of the Will

In Memoriam: Stanley Donen

By Nicolas Rapold

February 25, 2019

Remembering Stanley Donen, a master of the golden-age Hollywood musical with the likes of Singin’ in the Rain and On the Town

The Film Comment Podcast: Spike Lee on BlacKkKlansman

By Nicolas Rapold

February 22, 2019

Love and hate: the Academy Award-nominee discusses the genesis of BlacKkKlansman and what it would mean to win an Oscar for the film

The Film Comment Podcast: The Rep Report #5

By Nicolas Rapold

February 14, 2019

Love is in the air: a tender look at Anthology's Valentine's Day series, a Jeff Goldblum retrospective, and other choice offerings

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019–The Final Chapter

By Nicolas Rapold

February 6, 2019

Fashionably late: standout documentaries, sweeping assessments, and the many ways Sundance has changed since the early ’90s

Interview: Victor Moreno

By Nicolas Rapold

February 5, 2019

Plumbing the depths: The Hidden City, screening February 6 in Film Comment Selects, takes viewer on a journey into the underground

Interview: Joanna Hogg

By Nicolas Rapold

February 4, 2019

Drama in small things: the director of Sundance standout The Souvenir on autobiography and subverting narrative expectations

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019 Six

By Nicolas Rapold

January 31, 2019

Like bees to honey: guests Eric Hynes and Devika Girish on their under-the-radar festival highlights

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019 Five

By Nicolas Rapold

January 30, 2019

Solidarity forever: guests Manohla Dargis and Amy Taubin speak out on highlights from a week in Park City

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019 Four

By Nicolas Rapold

January 29, 2019

Group therapy: guests Ashley Clark, Devika Girish, and Eric Hynes on day four of the Sundance Film Festival

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019 Three

By Nicolas Rapold

January 28, 2019

The search for truth: guests Eric Hynes and Devika Girish report from Park City on the weekend's hits and misses

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019 Two

By Nicolas Rapold

January 26, 2019

Day two: Devika Girish and Eric Hynes join us to discuss the least, latest, and greatest from Park City

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019 One

By Nicolas Rapold

January 25, 2019

Floating in space: day one in Park City yields a wealth of extraterrestrial documentaries and a soapy drama with a star-studded cast

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019 Preview

By Nicolas Rapold

January 24, 2019

The calm before the storm: the first of a series of updates from Park City highlights a few of the films we're most excited about

The Film Comment Podcast: Amazing Grace and the Concert Film

By Nicolas Rapold

January 18, 2019

Up close and personal: we talk about Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace and the art of the concert film

Film Comment Selects 2019 Lineup Announced

By Nicolas Rapold

January 10, 2019

World of cinema: the latest edition of the magazine's regular showcase features films by Steven Soderbergh, Laszlo Nemes, Jerry Schatzberg, and more

Arthur Edeson and the ASC 100th

By Nicolas Rapold

January 8, 2019

Pretty as a picture: celebrating the 100th anniversary of the American Society of Cinematographers with the director of Casablanca (or photos thereof)