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Film of the Week: Online Festivals

By Jonathan Romney
March 20, 2020
Looking ahead: an overview of the many festivals that have moved their slates to the web

Reaching Out: Eliza Hittman, Filmmaker

By Mark Asch
March 20, 2020
A new series reaching out to folks in the movie world about the ongoing crisis, starting with Eliza Hittman, director of Never Rarely Sometimes Always

The Film Comment Podcast: At Home #4

By Nicolas Rapold
March 20, 2020
Double takes: Sheila O’Malley joins to discuss the films of Jean Arthur and another—maybe surprising—pick

Present Tense: Jean Arthur

By Sheila O'Malley
March 19, 2020
Earth angel: the actress who helped define classic Hollywood comedy possessed an extraordinary voice

The Film Comment Podcast: At Home #3

By Nicolas Rapold
March 19, 2020
Another green world: Soraya Nadia McDonald joins to discuss Kathleen Collins’s Losing Ground, Matt Wolf’s Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, and—why not?—Legally Blonde

Excerpt from I Seem to Live. The New York Diaries, vol. 1

By Jonas Mekas
March 18, 2020
Read an exclusive selection from Jonas Mekas's recently published diaries, spanning his arrival in New York and his first Bolex camera

The Film Comment Podcast: At Home #2

By Nicolas Rapold
March 18, 2020
Don’t look back: Michael Koresky joins to discuss comfort movies, including Vertigo, Desperately Seeking Susan, and many more

The Film Comment Podcast: At Home #1

By Nicolas Rapold
March 17, 2020
Remote viewing: on the first of a new series of homebound podcasts, we discuss Věra Chytilová’s Daisies and other streaming picks

News to Me: Social Distancing, Cancellations, and Streaming

By James Wham
March 16, 2020
Alone together: how the film world is coping with COVID-19 and its consequences

Film of the Week: The Cloud in Her Room

By Jonathan Romney
March 13, 2020
Feet on the ground: Zheng Lu Xinyuan’s free-associative, diaristic debut is worth waiting for