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Waste Lands: Sunset and A Fortunate Man

By Imogen Sara Smith
February 1, 2019
Bright lights, big city: Two films explode, in very different ways, an age-old narrative trope

Film of the Week: Los Reyes

By Jonathan Romney
February 1, 2019
Kings of their world: a doc about two dogs and a skate park reveals the accretion of remarkable details that make up daily life

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019 Six

By Nicolas Rapold
January 31, 2019
Like bees to honey: guests Eric Hynes and Devika Girish on their under-the-radar festival highlights

Sundance Dispatch: America

By Devika Girish
January 31, 2019
Parallel histories: Garrett Bradley's remarkable short interrogates representations of early Black filmmakers

Interview: Jennifer Kent

By Devika Girish
January 30, 2019
Love in dark times: The Nightingale director on bringing together distinct (but connected) narratives of gendered and racist violence

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019 Five

By Nicolas Rapold
January 30, 2019
Solidarity forever: guests Manohla Dargis and Amy Taubin speak out on highlights from a week in Park City

Sundance Dispatch: Beats and The Vast of Night

By Amy Taubin
January 30, 2019
Ecstasy and extraterrestrials: Slamdance surprises with a coming-of-age story and an alien invasion

Queer & Now & Then: 1991

By Michael Koresky
January 30, 2019
Images of possibility: Marlon Riggs’s Tongues Untied was and remains a radical work of American art

Excerpt from Close Readings

By Daniel Morgan
January 29, 2019
Read an excerpt from Daniel Morgan's essay on Jean -Luc Godard's The Image Book

Sundance Dispatch: As Told to G/D Thyself

By Devika Girish
January 29, 2019
Astral traveling: The spirit of Afro-futurism is beautifully embodied in the all-star collective The Ummah Chroma's short film