Film Comment hosted the author Malcolm Harris for a special event celebrating the launch of his latest book, What’s Left: ...

Heroes and villains: the festival largely made good on its promise to show socially relevant works from independent and early ...

Here today: a new festival defiantly reclaims a lost history, bringing contemporary and classic Cambodian cinema to a local ...

1. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Sam Peckinpah, 1974. 2. Claire’s Knee Eric Rohmer, 1970. 3. Faces John Cassavetes, 1968. 4. Eyes Without a Face Georges Franju, 1960. 5. Eyes Wide Shut Stanley ...

The results are in for our 2023 poll of Film Comment ’s contributors! On this page, you’ll find our list of the best films that were released either theatrically or virtually in 2023 in the United ...

This article appeared in the March 16, 2023 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here. Afire (Christian ...

The results are now in for our 2024 poll of Film Comment ’s contributors! On this page, you’ll find our list of the 20 best films that were released either theatrically or virtually in 2024 in the ...

33. Room 237 Rodney Ascher, U.S. 34. Faust Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia. 35. Let the Fire Burn Jason Osder, U.S. 36. Le Pont du Nord Jacques Rivette, France. 37. The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese, ...

The title of Charlotte Wells’s film invokes a balm used to soothe skin scorched by an unforgiving sun. Again and again in Aftersun, the characters partake in the restorative rituals of this salve; in ...

Two artists entering full bloom — Maren Ade (with our first non-American #1 since 2012’s Holy Motors) and Barry Jenkins—topped our annual survey, next to a redoubtable team-up of Paul Verhoeven and ...

The most frequent comment one hears about Days of Heaven is that it’s a stunningly beautiful film, which is certainly a tribute to your work as cinematographer on the film. How did Terry Malick choose ...

Michael Koresky is a writer, editor, and filmmaker in Brooklyn.He is cofounder and editor of the online film magazine Reverse Shot, a publication of Museum of the Moving Image; a regular contributor ...