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Back to SearchDavid Bordwell and The Rhapsodes
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In his recently published book The Rhapsodes, seminal critic and film historian David Bordwell pays tribute to four groundbreaking film critics who w…
10 years, 3 months ago
The Summer of '66
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Today, the term “summer movie” is synonymous with big budgets, explosions, superhero franchises, family-friendly animated films, and sequels. Yet thi…
10 years, 3 months ago
Hong Sangsoo
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Hong Sangsoo is a filmmaker who isn’t afraid to repeat himself. Fashioning narratives around lonesome or just pathetic male artists’ attempts at find…
10 years, 3 months ago
Brian De Palma
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In their intimate and insightful documentary De Palma, directors Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow sit down with the legendary filmmaker to discuss his …
10 years, 4 months ago
Cannes Redux and Whit Stillman
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Believe it or not, but occasionally the critics attending Cannes take umbrage with the jury’s choices for awards—so much so this year that the Grand …
10 years, 4 months ago
Live from Cannes 2016
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Comedies and genre films may not be the usual Croisette fare, but that wasn’t the case with the 69th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Touching on…
10 years, 4 months ago
History in the Making
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Plenty of films are set in the past, either adapted from texts from the period or written by authors looking back on history (and likely bringing the…
10 years, 5 months ago
The May/June Issue + Straub/Huillet
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It’s that most special time of year: the May/June issue has arrived! What’s inside? We’re glad you asked: FILM COMMENT Digital Editor Violet Lucca ta…
10 years, 5 months ago
Queer Cinema Before Stonewall
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On June 28, 1969, following a police raid of the Greenwich Village LGBT bar Stonewall Inn, a riot broke out around the neighborhood that continued in…
10 years, 5 months ago
Vincent Lindon + Masculinity
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Described by Joan Dupont in the March/April issue of FILM COMMENT as “too haunted to be the suave lady-killer and too classy to be the loser,” Vincen…
10 years, 5 months ago