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Queer & Now & Then: 1910-2009

By Michael Koresky
December 18, 2019
Bah, humbug: in the many versions of A Christmas Carol, the Ghost of Christmas Past has rarely been portrayed as a properly gender-less character

The Film Comment Podcast: The Decade Project #3

By Nicolas Rapold
December 18, 2019
Building character: Shonni Enelow and Michael Koresky join to discuss acting and performance in the 2010s

Interview: Agnieszka Holland

By Yonca Talu
December 17, 2019
Truth and consequences: the filmmaker on her latest, Mr. Jones, about a heroic journalist and a brutal state apparatus

News to Me: Anna Karina, Alex Ross Perry, and Baz Luhrmann

By James Wham
December 16, 2019
Live your life: Clerks, Strand Releasing at 30, and the aesthetics of The Irishman

Film of the Week: Chinese Portrait

By Jonathan Romney
December 13, 2019
Ordinary people: Wang Xiaoshuai’s new film is an expansive, though fragmented, vision of contemporary China

The Film Comment Podcast: The Decade Project #2

By Nicolas Rapold
December 13, 2019
Commanding attention: looking back at the cinematographers, editors, and costume designers who stood out in the 2010s

Deep Focus: Richard Jewell

By Michael Sragow
December 12, 2019
Man on fire: Paul Walter Hauser’s inspired performance keeps Clint Eastwood’s latest from becoming a screed

TCM Diary: Monterey Pop

By Justin Stewart
December 12, 2019
My generation: D.A. Pennebaker’s concert doc is shot through with Summer of Love optimism

Dispatch: Lumière 2019

By Yonca Talu
December 11, 2019
Justice is served: a report from the 11th edition of the Grand Lyon Film Festival

The Film Comment Podcast: The Best Movies of 2019

By Nicolas Rapold
December 11, 2019
It’s that time of year again! The best films of 2019, chosen through a poll of our contributing writers