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News to Me: Rutger Hauer, Hirokazu Kore-eda, and Baumbach goes Barbie

By Film Comment
July 29, 2019
Food for thought: Orson Welles, Milos Stehlik, and Paris, Texas

Film of the Week: Chalk

By Jonathan Romney
July 26, 2019
Calling the shots: Rob Nilsson’s 1996 atmospheric pool-hall drama is a crackling gem

Present Tense: Back-ting

By Sheila O'Malley
July 25, 2019
Can’t look away: the nearly lost art of acting with back to the camera

Mothers and Daughters: Honeyland and For Sama

By Imogen Sara Smith
July 24, 2019
Standing witness: two new documentaries find moments of hard-won beauty in difficult times

The Film Comment Podcast: 21st Century Debuts

By Nicolas Rapold
July 24, 2019
Time regained: a panel discussion on the most significant debuts of the past twenty years

News to Me: Jia Zhangke, Christian Petzold, and the moon landing

By Film Comment
July 22, 2019
Dancing with the stars: Yvonne Rainer, Cats, and a short about the Zambian Space Academy

Deep Focus: The Lion King

By Michael Sragow
July 19, 2019
Been-there, sung-that: Jon Favreau's photorealistic remake is a lavish excuse to experience the beloved tale again, if not, alas, afresh

Film of the Week: “I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians”

By Jonathan Romney
July 18, 2019
Memory loss: Radu Jude's latest contends with the ways in which recreating the past can obscure history's meaning

Queer and Now and Then: 2002

By Michael Koresky
July 17, 2019
Mise en abyme: the exhilaration of Femme Fatale comes from its constant, absolute awareness of sex and identity as performances

The Film Comment Podcast: New Releases 2

By Nicolas Rapold
July 17, 2019
Seeing red: guests Emily Yoshida and Devika Girish discuss The Farewell, Rojo, Ray & Liz, and The Art of Self-Defense