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From the Archive

Notes from Underground: Peter Whitehead

By Henry K. Miller
June 18, 2019
The filmmaker, who passed away last week, wrestled with—and embodied—the contradictions of the ’60s counterculture

On Earth as It Is in Heaven: Ermanno Olmi

By Deborah Young
June 6, 2019
Ermanno Olmi, the subject of a complete retrospective opening June 14 at Film at Lincoln Center, is one of cinema’s great spiritual artists

Interview: Néstor Almendros

By Brooks Riley
June 4, 2019
In this 1978 conversation, the great cinematographer discusses his collaborations with Malick, Rohmer, and Truffaut

The Literary Sophistication of François Truffaut

By Michael Klein
May 21, 2019
In this 1965 essay, Klein explores the narrative complexities of the French master’s work

Cannes ’94: The Cowboy and the Lady

By Mary Corliss
May 14, 2019
A report from the festival that introduced Pulp Fiction, The Hudsucker Proxy, and many others

The First New York Film Festival

By Gordon Hitchens
April 23, 2019
Gordon Hitchens, Film Comment's founding editor, reports on the first New York Film Festival

Myth Maker: Francis Ford Coppola

By Kent Jones
April 16, 2019
An appreciation of FSLC’s 2002 Chaplin Award Gala honoree, the great conductor of American cinema

Robert Altman Speaking

By Jan Dawson
April 9, 2019
The late filmmaker, FSLC’s 1994 Chaplin Award Gala honoree, offers his take on 1973's The Long Goodbye

Our Fair Lady: Audrey Hepburn

By Molly Haskell
April 2, 2019
A personal appreciation of the great actress, FSLC’s 1991 Chaplin Award Gala honoree

Intolerance

By Kent Jones
March 20, 2019
On Westerns in general, John Ford’s in particular, and why Quentin Tarantino shouldn’t teach film history