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Adam Shatz on Frantz Fanon in Cinema
Episode 1
In his new book The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon, Adam Shatz writes that, “The American poet Amiri Baraka described James …
2 years, 5 months ago
Christine Smallwood on Chantal Akerman’s La Captive
Episode 1
Christine Smallwood’s new book on Chantal Akerman’s Proust adaptation, La Captive, is, among many things, a meditation on the act of criticism. Publi…
2 years, 6 months ago
Bertrand Bonello on The Beast
Episode 1
Last fall, director Bertrand Bonello’s latest, The Beast, was a thrilling highlight of the festival circuit. The film is a loose, two-and-a-half-hour…
2 years, 6 months ago
New Directors/New Films 2024, with Vadim Rizov and Alissa Wilkinson
Episode 1
Every spring the New Directors/New Films festival at Film at Lincoln Center and MoMA puts on an exciting showcase of movies by the best emerging film…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Films of Med Hondo, with Aboubakar Sanogo
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In our May-June 2020 issue, the scholar Aboubakar Sanogo wrote of Med Hondo, the late, great Mauritanian-French filmmaker: “For Hondo, decolonization…
2 years, 6 months ago
Oscars Preview with The Los Angeles Review of Books
Episode 1
It’s once again that time of year: that’s right, the Academy Awards are just around the corner. Before the winners are revealed on Sunday, Film Comme…
2 years, 7 months ago
Berlinale 2024 #6, with Jordan Cronk, Giovanni Marchini Camia, and Beatrice Loayza
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The 2024 Berlinale wrapped up on Sunday, February 25, after a fortnight of buzzy premieres and fraught political controversies. The Film Comment crew…
2 years, 7 months ago
Berlinale 2024 #5, with Ela Bittencourt and Frédéric Jaeger
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This week, Film Comment is reporting from Berlin, where the 2024 Berlinale kicked off on February 15. Throughout the festival, we’ll be sharing daily…
2 years, 7 months ago
Berlinale 2024 #4, with Jonathan Ali, Frédéric Jaeger, and Antoine Thirion + Christine Vachon
Episode 1
This week, Film Comment is reporting from Berlin, where the 2024 Berlinale kicked off on February 15. Throughout the festival, we’ll be sharing daily…
2 years, 7 months ago
Berlinale 2024 #3, with Olivier Assayas on Suspended Time
Episode 1
This week, Film Comment is reporting from Berlin, where the 2024 Berlinale kicked off on February 15. Throughout the festival, we’ll be sharing daily…
2 years, 7 months ago