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The Film Comment Podcast: Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles

By Nicolas Rapold

October 7, 2019

Under Western eyes: the directors of Bacurau take aim at five scenes from their NYFF sensation

Interview: Kantemir Balagov

By Ela Bittencourt

October 7, 2019

Lean times: the director of Beanpole on the use of color and the influence of literature on his NYFF standout

News to Me: Park Chan-wook, Kara Walker, and Kino Now

By James Wham

October 7, 2019

Shadow and light: Robert Greene, Anand Patwardhan, and Stephen King

Review: Joker

By Phoebe Chen

October 4, 2019

Funny ha ha: Todd Phillips’s provocation has a bungled understanding of its own relation to violence

Film of the Week: Rose Plays Julie

By Jonathan Romney

October 4, 2019

Hall of mirrors: Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor continue to cultivate an uncanny echo-chamber effect in their latest project

Deep Focus: The King

By Michael Sragow

October 4, 2019

It’s not good to be the king: David Michôd’s revisionist take on Shakespeare turns Prince Hal into a wannabe pacifist who can’t live up to his own standards

The Film Comment Podcast: NYFF57 Projections

By Nicolas Rapold

October 4, 2019

Ways of seeing: Ed Halter and Nellie Killian join for a look at NYFF’s experimental program

Interview: Minh Quý Trương

By Laura Davis

October 3, 2019

Lost in space: a collage of archival material and improvisatory camerawork, The Tree House articulates a sense of longing from a place of exile

Playlist: NYFF57 Contest

By Clinton Krute

October 3, 2019

In the groove: this year’s selection is also notable for its wealth of music, with films from Scorsese to Sciamma employing pop songs as narrative fulcrums

The Film Comment Podcast: State of the Nation

By Nicolas Rapold

October 2, 2019

Political education: our first FC NYFF talk this year was a wide-ranging conversation on the complex interplay between politics and cinema