Features

Camera Man

By Stephen Schiff

November 7, 2013

From the July/August 1981 issue: Ed Pincus's Diaries (1971-1976)

50 Years of Film Comment

By Max Nelson

November 4, 2013

Back when it was just Vision: from the founding days of Gordon Hitchens to Richard Corliss

Interview: Jean-Luc Godard

By Gavin Smith

October 7, 2013

Text and image: In this 1996 interview, the filmmaker rambles with purpose through his foundational filmography

Heard It Through the Grapevine

By Tony Rayns

September 26, 2013

Jia Zhang-ke reads the uncensored news on Weibo and responds with the groundbreaking A Touch of Sin

The Noise Factor

By Larry Gross

July 10, 2013

Paul Schrader! Bret Easton Ellis! Lindsay Lohan! James Deen! Embracing the new economics of the digital age, a veteran writer-director goes DIY to create a vision of modernity’s moral emptiness

An Exceptional Vintage

By Maitland McDonagh

June 28, 2013

What makes the crime thrillers of Seventies Italian filmmaker Fernando Di Leo superior to standard grind-house fare?

All Stars: Or, Is There a Cure for Criticism of Film Criticism? Pt. 2

By Roger Ebert

April 9, 2013

From the May/June 1990 issue: Roger Ebert responds to Richard Corliss's attack on thumbs-up film criticism culture

Truth or Consequences

By Harlan Jacobson

February 1, 2013

From the July/August 1989 issue: an interview with Steven Soderbergh after winning the Palme d’Or for sex, lies and videotape

Fortune and Men’s Eyes

By Nestor Almendros

January 24, 2013

Originally published shortly after the fall of the USSR, renowned director of photography Nestor Almendros considers Sergei Eisenstein's life, work, and legacy

Ghostframe Killah

By Nathan Lee

January 10, 2013

Toward a theory of found-footage horror in general and the Paranormal Activity cycle in particular