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Announcing the 12th Edition of Film Comment Selects!

By Violet Lucca
January 31, 2012
Coming to Film Society February 17 – March 1, this year's lineup has something for everyone, from documentaries to good old-fashioned horror flicks, festival rarities and one helluva triple-projection by film critic J. Hoberman.

On SOPA and the Future—and the Past—of Film

By Violet Lucca
January 25, 2012

The advent of any media technology innovation always guarantees two things: pornographers will pioneer its use, and copyright battles will be fought. And while legislative discussion around the former has laid dormant since the Sixties, the past week’s debates on…

Interview: Raoul Coutard

By Nicolas Rapold
January 17, 2012
An interview with the man who gave French New Wave hits such as Breathless, Shoot the Piano Player, Jules and Jim, Contempt, Alphaville, Pierrot le Fou, and 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her their distinctive look.

An Interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
January 9, 2012
Amidst a surge of fresh interest, the midnight movie maven takes a head trip down memory lane

An Interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
January 9, 2012
An interview with cartoonist, filmmaker, novelist, and co-progenitor of pscyhomagic Alejandro Jodorowsky.

The 13th Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival

By Laura Kern
January 5, 2012
Despite a harrowing economic situation, Thessaloniki's documentaries still shine

Film Comment’s Best Released Films of 2011

By Nicholas Kemp
December 16, 2011
Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" tops the magazine's survey of over 120 film critics and editors, which also includes many New York Film Festival alums and Film Society new releases like our debut theatrical engagement of Edward Yang's "A Brighter Summer Day."

Film Comment’s Best Unreleased Films of 2011

By Jeffrey Bloomer
December 16, 2011
The magazine and its pool of critics provides a wish list for the upcoming year in film distribution with its collection of the 50 best films not released in 2011, topped by New York Film Festival hit "This Is Not a Film" by Iranian director Jafar Panahi.

Smith + Foundas: Discussing The Best of 2011

By Eugene Hernandez
December 16, 2011
Picking up on a podcast series launched back in Cannes, Film Comment editor Gavin Smith and Film Society's Scott Foundas sat down for a half hour conversation about the year in cinema and the results of Film Comment's twelfth annual survey of critics and writers. The poll included more than 120 participants naming their best of 2011.

Light Years: Kent Jones on The Tree of Life

By Kent Jones
December 15, 2011
From our July/August issue: Terrence Malick returns to the landscape of his childhood and sees all the way to eternity in The Tree of Life.