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Festivals

Interview: Mengqi Zhang

By Becca Voelcker
November 4, 2019
From a distance: the director of Self-Portrait: Window in 47 KM on her series of films documenting life in rural China

The Film Comment Podcast: NYFF57 Festival Wrap

By Nicolas Rapold
October 11, 2019
The friends we made: our panel of critics look back at the festival that was

The Film Comment Podcast: NYFF57 Filmmakers Chat

By Nicolas Rapold
October 9, 2019
Come together: Justine Triet, Pietro Marcello, Corneliu Porumboiu, Akosua Adoma Owusu, and Luise Donschen join for our annual roundtable discussion

Interview Excerpt: Pedro Costa

By Jordan Cronk
October 8, 2019
Read an excerpt from a forthcoming interview with the director of Vitalina Varela, one of the most acclaimed films of the year

The Film Comment Podcast: Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles

By Nicolas Rapold
October 7, 2019
Under Western eyes: the directors of Bacurau take aim at five scenes from their NYFF sensation

Interview: Kantemir Balagov

By Ela Bittencourt
October 7, 2019
Lean times: the director of Beanpole on the use of color and the influence of literature on his NYFF standout

Cracking the Code: Corneliu Porumboiu

By Jordan Cronk
October 7, 2019
Romanian puzzler Corneliu Porumboiu delights in deceit with the island crime yarn The Whistlers, screening at NYFF

Review: Joker

By Phoebe Chen
October 4, 2019
Funny ha ha: Todd Phillips’s provocation has a bungled understanding of its own relation to violence

The Film Comment Podcast: NYFF57 Projections

By Nicolas Rapold
October 4, 2019
Ways of seeing: Ed Halter and Nellie Killian join for a look at NYFF’s experimental program

A House Divided

By Amy Taubin
October 3, 2019
Bong Joon-ho’s tour de force Parasite, a highlight of NYFF57, is part twisty social thriller, part heart-stopping tragicomedy