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ND/NF Interview: Valérie Massadian

By Devika Girish
April 2, 2018
No patience: the director of Milla and Nana speaks in praise of watching people live their lives, and crafting a cinema to match

Rendez-Vous: Salut les Jeunes Critiques

By Film Comment
March 21, 2018
Cri de cœur: two new voices on Léa Mysius’s Ava and Eugène Green’s Waiting for the Barbarians

Meeting of Stars at the Foot of That Idol Whose Name Is Oscar

By Antonio di Benedetto
March 2, 2018
In search of gold: the author of Zama went to the 1965 Academy Awards and lived to tell the tale

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

Why Sam Shepard Has “The Right Stuff”

By Philip Kaufman
August 4, 2017
An appreciation of the playwright/actor/screenwriter by the writer/director of The Right Stuff

Art/Form: Fulci’s Brush with Death

By Chris Shields
July 24, 2017
Written in blood: Italian avant-garde art and Lucio Fulci’s gutsy horror, together at last (with a dash of Bava)

Film of the Week: Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present

By Jonathan Romney
March 30, 2017
Dots and loops: the avant-garde artist and musician is rightfully restored to prime view in a new documentary

Film Comment Readers’ Poll 2016

By Film Comment
February 27, 2017
As you like it: the 25 best movie according to you (no backsies)

Shedding Some Light

By Barry Jenkins
January 2, 2017
The acclaimed director on the films that inspired Moonlight

NYFF: The Aquarius Letters

By Yonca Talu
October 11, 2016
Fierce art: the director of Aquarius discusses the film's personal resonance, its controversial release, and the political situation in Brazil