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News to Me: James Ivory, Alexander Payne, Werner Herzog

By Chloe Lizotte
June 18, 2018
Charity begins at home: James Ivory on adapting Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Werner Herzog directs for TV, and Keith Carradine chats

Film of the Week: Araby

By Jonathan Romney
June 15, 2018
Road songs: a Brazilian laborer traverses the countryside looking for work in this layered tale of experience

Deep Focus: Incredibles 2

By Michael Sragow
June 15, 2018
Superqualified: Brad Bird brings giddily elaborate motion and detail to a smartly written sequel

The Film Comment Podcast: Ari Aster

By Film Comment
June 14, 2018
Home is where the horror is: the director of Hereditary explains why the road to horror is through your heart, in his Film Comment Free Talk

Interview: Kevin Brownlow

By Michael Sragow
June 14, 2018
Eyewitness news: the pioneering filmmaker and scholar talks about the conundrum of re-creation, doing justice to the silents, and chatting with Kubrick

Interview: Yann Gonzalez

By Jordan Cronk
June 14, 2018
Adult entertainment: the French filmmaker, winner of the Prix Jean Vigo, discusses his story set in the gay porn industry when film was still king

News to Me: Ari Aster, Park Chan-wook, Kimberly Peirce

By Chloe Lizotte
June 11, 2018
It takes a village: Hereditary director Ari Aster details his next project, Kimberly Peirce proceeds with This Is Jane, and we commemorate Kira Muratova

Film of the Week: Ludwig

By Jonathan Romney
June 8, 2018
Swan song: Luchino Visconti’s sweeping portrait of an eccentric king takes in glorious, caged nobility

Festivals: Tribeca après Cannes

By Amy Taubin
June 7, 2018
Greener pastures: could Cannes learn something from Tribeca? Our critic looks back and reflects

The Film Comment Podcast: Le Cinéma du Glut

By Film Comment
June 7, 2018
Here comes everyone: a meditation on the accumulation of pop culture and its aesthetic