Festivals

The Film Comment Podcast: Sebastián Silva

By Film Comment

January 22, 2018

No way out: the prolific director discusses the racial dynamics of his latest Sundance premiere, Tyrel

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance Day Five

By Film Comment

January 22, 2018

Interiors: as the first weekend of the fest closes, thoughts on Sebastián Silva’s Tyrel, Ethan Hawke’s Blaze, Gustav Möller’s The Guilty, and Sandi Tan’s Shirkers

Sundance: Frankenstein AI

By April Wolfe

January 22, 2018

See how you feel: festival attendees are helping to create a better future in an AI experiment at Sundance

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance Day Four

By Film Comment

January 21, 2018

Out of the past: Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade, Craig William Macneill’s Lizzie Borden, and Paul Dano’s Wildlife

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance Day Three

By Film Comment

January 20, 2018

No business like snow business: our correspondents brave the cold to discuss Gus Van Sant’s Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot, RaMell Ross’s Hale County This Morning, This Evening, and Stephen Laing’s Crime + Punishment

Sundance: Time Share

By April Wolfe

January 19, 2018

A family can’t escape hotel hell in a new absurdist film from Mexican filmmaker Sebastian Hofmann

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance Day Two

By Film Comment

January 19, 2018

In the public eye: thoughts on the opening night film Private Life, Our New President, 306 Hollywood, and more

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance Day One

By Film Comment

January 18, 2018

Let the games begin: the first of our daily episodes from Park City previews what’s good, bad, and ugly

Sundance: Our New President

By April Wolfe

January 18, 2018

A new found-footage documentary uses Russian propaganda to describe the making of a monster

Festivals: Lumière 2017

By Yonca Talu

December 29, 2017

Step into the light: our correspondent catches up with the cinephile playgrounds of the Lumière festival in Lyon