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Film of the Week: Between the Lines

By Jonathan Romney

February 22, 2019

Faded glory: Joan Micklin Silver's 1977 crackling ensemble piece shows how some things never change

The Film Comment Podcast: Spike Lee on BlacKkKlansman

By Nicolas Rapold

February 22, 2019

Love and hate: the Academy Award-nominee discusses the genesis of BlacKkKlansman and what it would mean to win an Oscar for the film

Rotterdam 2019 Dispatch

By Jordan Cronk

February 21, 2019

"I’m not a filmmaker. I just made a film": new films from José Celestino Campusano, Jang Woojin, and Romina Paula highlight the festival

Rotterdam 2019 Dispatch

By Dan Sullivan

February 20, 2019

Filling the gaps: there are a lot of gems to be found at a festival that can sometimes get lost in the shuffle

News to Me: Charles Burnett, Agnès Varda, Paul Schrader

By James Wham

February 19, 2019

Extra, extra: Varda, Schrader, Burnett, Fritz Lang, new streaming services and much more in our weekly curated roundup

Deep Focus: Alita: Battle Angel

By Michael Sragow

February 15, 2019

These arms of mine: the comic-book adaptation is aces as spectacle, but stumbles in scenes about family, romance, and the souls of machines

Film of the Week: Varda par Agnès

By Jonathan Romney

February 15, 2019

Mirror image: the latest from the irrepressible filmmaker isn’t exactly a self-portrait, but a set of discursive and contemplative footnotes to her work and life

The Film Comment Podcast: The Rep Report #5

By Nicolas Rapold

February 14, 2019

Love is in the air: a tender look at Anthology's Valentine's Day series, a Jeff Goldblum retrospective, and other choice offerings

Queer & Now & Then: 1983

By Michael Koresky

February 13, 2019

Even beyond its female, queer Jewishness, there’s something about Yentl that made people uncomfortable: Streisand’s chutzpah

TCM Diary: Sounder

By Sheila O'Malley

February 12, 2019

Dirt roads and green fields: remarkable performances by Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson punctuate Martin Ritt's 1972 family classic