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Unquiet Spirits: Atlantics, Vitalina Varela, and Martin Eden

September 30, 2019

On three strikingly beautiful films at NYFF57: Mati Diop’s Atlantics, Pedro Costa’s Vitalina Varela, and Pietro Marcello’s Martin Eden

News to Me: Martin Scorsese, Pedro Costa, and Luis Ospina

By James Wham

September 30, 2019

Back in the game: NYFF57, sartorial cinema, and the dangers of CGI

Interview Excerpt: Céline Sciamma

By Amy Taubin

September 27, 2019

Read an excerpt from an forthcoming interview with the director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire, one of the most anticipated films of the year

Present Tense: The Death Scene

By Sheila O'Malley

September 26, 2019

Perchance to dream: the challenges of death scenes are technical as well as existential

Film of the Week: First Love

By Jonathan Romney

September 26, 2019

Typical perversity: Takashi Miike’s 103rd film is best encapsulated by a close-up of a severed head wreathed in a goofy grin

Queer & Now & Then: 1946

By Michael Koresky

September 25, 2019

Over the rainbow: The Harvey Girls offers a quintessential example of the complex Judy Garland persona, embodying her movie star effervescence yet pointing toward darker roads

See This: October Picks

By Film Comment

September 25, 2019

Some new (and old) films that we feel deserve a little extra attention—brought to you by Warby Parker

The Film Comment Podcast: NYFF 2019 #1

By Nicolas Rapold

September 25, 2019

Looking ahead: Ashley Clark and Farihah Zaman join to preview highlights from NYFF, kicking off this Friday

Dispatch: Women Making Film at Toronto 2019

By Devika Girish

September 24, 2019

Women of the world, take over: this year’s festival featured bracing, inspired films by up-and-coming women directors from all over the world

News to Me: Angela Schanelec, Bruno Dumont, and Cecelia Condit

By James Wham

September 23, 2019

Green mind: James Gray and Ad Astra, Pierre Clémenti, and Ethan Coen’s career change