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Bombast: This Print Could Be Your Life

By Nick Pinkerton
May 16, 2014
A polemic on why the decision to "just stream it later" is destroying film culture

Cannes Diary #1

By Eugene Hernandez
May 15, 2014
Jane Campion and Nicole Kidman take centerstage as Cannes opens

Film Comment News Digest: 5/12/14

By Gavin Smith
May 15, 2014
Terrence Malick explains it all, the return of Gaspar Noé, plus Irvine Welsh and Jonas Akerlund's beach blanket bingo

Kaiju Shakedown: King Hu’s The Battle of Ono

By Grady Hendrix
May 14, 2014
One of the greatest movies never made: the Touch of Zen director's dream of a Hollywood blockbuster

Film of the Week: Godzilla

By Jonathan Romney
May 14, 2014
Of MUTOs and men: Gareth Edwards's star-studded take on Japan's most famous monster is powerful fun

Stanley Film Festival

By Laura Kern
May 13, 2014
Terror at 7,500 feet above sea level: the second edition of this horror festival was truly inspired

Festivals: Istanbul

By Laya Maheshwari
May 13, 2014
The best of contemporary Turkish and international films shined at this year's fest

Bombast: Revenge

By Nick Pinkerton
May 9, 2014
Cinema's everlasting love affair with people mercilessly tracking down and murdering the ones that wronged them

Interview: Gia Coppola

By Emma Myers
May 8, 2014
High-school confidential: the director of Palo Alto talks about her transition from photographer to filmmaker and working with Kilmers

Kaiju Shakedown: Korea Edition

By Grady Hendrix
May 8, 2014
After making the jump to Hollywood (or a least getting an English-language remake), what's next for Korea's New Wavers?