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Festivals

Cannes 2021: The First Days

By Jonathan Romney
July 12, 2021
So may we start: the festival's much-awaited 2021 edition featured a feast of opening premieres, from Leos Carax, Joanna Hogg, Mark Cousins, and more

The Film Comment Podcast: Virtual Festivals

By Film Comment
March 16, 2021
Brave new world: Abby Sun and Jessica Kiang join to discuss the perks and pitfalls of the pandemic festival

The Film Comment Podcast: Berlinale 2020 Wrap-up

By Nicolas Rapold
March 4, 2020
Straight talk: a discussion of festival highlights Los Conductos and There Is No Evil—plus, Orwa Nyrabia on documentary ethics

Interview: Sandra Wollner

By Nicolas Rapold
March 2, 2020
I, robot: Berlin award-winner The Trouble With Being Born escapes the predictable beats of robot parables through a creeping sense of technology as perpetuating trauma

The Film Comment Podcast: Christian Petzold on Undine

By Devika Girish
February 28, 2020
Water under the bridge: Christian Petzold, director of Berlinale sensation Undine, talks about themes of romantic loss and betrayal in his work

The Film Comment Podcast: Berlinale 2020 #3

By Nicolas Rapold
February 27, 2020
Cracking up: Jonathan Romney joins to discuss Delete History, DAU. Natasha, and Hong Sangsoo’s latest, among others

The Film Comment Podcast: Berlinale 2020 #2

By Nicolas Rapold
February 26, 2020
In the weeds: Jessica Green and Devika Girish join to discuss Siberia, All the Dead Ones, Mogul Mowgli and more

The Film Comment Podcast: Berlinale 2020 #1

By Nicolas Rapold
February 25, 2020
At first sight: our first dispatch jumps into the deep end with Christian Petzold’s Undine and Philippe Garrel’s The Salt of Tears

Dispatch: Berlinale 2020 Preview

By Jordan Cronk
February 19, 2020
Sink or swim: on paper at least, the 70th edition of the festival looks to be as exciting as any in recent memory

Set Diary: Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria, pt. 1

By Giovanni Marchini Camia
February 18, 2020
Day to day: revisit our critic’s reports from the set of the Thai filmmaker’s Cannes sensation