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Rep Diary: The City Without Jews

By Aaron Cutler
February 24, 2014
After Caligari, Before Hitler: Hans Karl Breslauer's 1924 cinematic argument against anti-Semitism

Film Comment Selects: From the Source

By Max Nelson
February 22, 2014
A guided tour to this year's remaining offerings by the magazine's writers and editors

Review: Pompeii

By R. Emmet Sweeney
February 21, 2014
Ashes of time: the fury of Mount Vesuvius, now with 85 percent more oiled, exposed abs

Film of the Week: Child’s Pose

By Jonathan Romney
February 20, 2014
Mother loving: Romanian New Wave screenwriter Calin Peter Netzer's directorial debut observes a woman of privilege fussing over her grown son

Futures & Pasts: The Carey Treatment

By Nick Pinkerton
February 20, 2014
On the pleasures of Blake Edwards's low-budget Michael Crichton adaptation

Review: In Secret

By Emma Myers
February 19, 2014
A smoldering, star-studded adaptation of Emile Zola's Thérèse Raquin

Rep Diary: Je t’aime, je t’aime

By David Gregory Lawson
February 19, 2014
The tyranny of memory: Alain Resnais's tale of time travel and romance gone awry

Film Comment Loves You

By Violet Lucca
February 18, 2014
I'm aiming at you, lover: an impromptu poll reveals what our readers show prospective paramours

Film Comment Selects: Blood and Guts Preview

By R. Emmet Sweeney
February 17, 2014
Our annual film series begins today at the Film Society of Lincoln Center! Here's the first installment in our extensive coverage

Festivals: Berlin Blog #3

By Giovanni Marchini Camia
February 17, 2014
Some final thoughts on the standouts of Berlinale 2014, including Richard Linklater's Boyhood, 12 years in the making