Film Comment Archive
March/April 2012
Includes the Best Films of 2011 Readers' Poll results, Terence Davies, Aleksei German, Gilbert Adair, reviews of This is Not a Film, Attenberg, The Cabin in the Woods, and more
January/February 2012
Includes the Best Films of 2011 Critics' Poll, A Separation, Miss Bala, reviews of Declaration of War, The Iron Lady, The Grey
November/December 2011
Includes Deborah Jowitt on Wim Wenders's Pina, Richard Combs on François Truffaut, reviews of The Artist, The Skin I Live In, Tomboy, Shame + Sleeping Beauty, and more...
September/October 2011
Includes Amy Taubin on David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method, Chris Norris on Martin Scorsese's George Harrison: Living in the Material World, reviews of Restless, Drive, Machine Gun Preacher, The Debt, and more...
July/August 2011
Includes Amy Taubin on Errol Morris's Tabloid and an interview with Morris by Nicolas Rapold, Chris Norris on Project Nim, reviews of Super 8, The Last Circus, and Terri. Plus, reports from Cannes and more...
May/June 2011
Includes Kent Jones on Midnight in Paris, David Bordwell asks why cinephiles and academics can't just get along, Andrew Sarris on Octubre, reviews of Beginners, 13 Assassins and L'Amour fou. Plus, Page One: Inside The New York Times and more...
March/April 2011
Includes Scott Foundas on Serge Bozón and Co., Michael Koresky on Insidious, reviews of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Uncle Kent, and Cedar Rapids. Plus, Meek's Cutoff, Juliette Binoche, Sidney Poitier, and Susanne Bier.
January/February 2011
Includes our Year-End Tribute to the Best Films of 2010, including Terra Incognita: 20 films to look out for in 2011 and how to enter our annual Readers’ Poll contest. Plus, James L. Brooks in conversation with Gavin Smith, Kent Jones on Shoah, Mike Leigh interviewed by Amy Taubin, Scott Foundas on Isild Le Besco, Hot Property: Robinson in Ruins by Chris Chang, Site Specifics: I Love Alaska by Jesse P. Finnegan, reviews of Cold Weather, The Strange Case of Angelica, The Time That Remains, and True Grit, plus short takes on Carancho, The Housemaid, Into Eternity, Of Gods and Men, Twelve Thirty, and The Way Back
November/December 2010
Includes Isabelle Huppert in conversation with Joan Dupont, Amy Taubin on White Material, Paul Haggis interviewed by Scott Foundas, Andrew Sarris on Claude Chabrol, Hot Property: Aurora by Chris Chang, Site Specifics: Chris Marker and Second Life by Jesse P. Finnegan, reviews of The King’s Speech, 127 Hours, Black Swan, and The Tempest, plus short takes on All Good Things + Blue Valentine, The Illusionist, Night Catches Us, Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, and Tiny Furniture
September/October 2010
Includes Scott Foundas on David Fincher’s The Social Network, part two of Paul Brunick’s article on the recent state of film criticism, Tom Mes on Masahiro Shinoda, Andrew Sarris on Sacha Guitry, Hot Property: Extraordinary Stories by Chris Chang, Site Specifics: jonasmekasfilms.com by Jesse P. Finnegan, reviews of Tamara Drewe, Nuremberg, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and Last Train Home, plus short takes on Buried, Catfish, Heartbreaker, The Milk of Sorrow, Nowhere Boy, and Vision
July/August 2010
Includes Amy Taubin’s interview with Inception director Christopher Nolan, Paul Brunick on the recent state of film criticism, Laura Kern on Animal Kingdom, Kent Jones on Farewell, My Lovely and Cannes, Hot Property: The Hole by Dave Kehr, Site Specifics: UltraSlomo.com by Jesse P. Finnegan, reviews of Cyrus, Spring Fever, I Killed My Mother, Around a Small Mountain, The Law, and Alamar, plus short takes on The Disappearance of Alice Creed, Down Terrace, A Film Unfinished, Lebanon, Restrepo, and Soul Kitchen
May/June 2010
Includes Geoffrey O’Brien on Breathless, Chris Fujiwara on the newly reconstructed Metropolis, Andrew Sarris on Roman Polanski, Hot Property: Kinatay by Chris Chang, Site Specifics: Abecedarium: NYC by Jesse P. Finnegan, Avant-Garde Poll: The Best Experimental Films of the Decade, reviews of The Oath, World on a Wire, Trash Humpers, and I Am Love, plus short takes on Anton Chekhov’s The Duel, Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo, Best Worst Movie, Double Take, Mademoiselle Chambon, and Solitary Man
March/April 2010
Includes an interview with The Green Zone director Paul Greengrass by Gavin Smith, Andrew Sarris on Eric Rohmer, Hot Property: The Red Chapel by Chris Chang, Site Specifics: Undercurrent by Paul Fileri, Sundance reports by Amy Taubin and Laura Kern, reviews of Greenberg, I Love You Phillip Morris, No One Knows About Persian Cats, and Mother, plus short takes on Brooklyn’s Finest, The Eclipse, The Good Heart, Prodigal Sons, and The Secret of Kells
January/February 2010
Includes an interview with The Lovely Bones’ Peter Jackson by Gavin Smith, Andrew Sarris on Vincere, Hot Property: Un lac by Chris Chang, Site Specifics: African Film Library by Paul Fileri, a review of A Prophet by Amy Taubin, Graham Fuller on the Red Riding trilogy, Wrap-ups of the Films of the Year (including Terra Incognita and Movies That Mattered) and the Decade.
November/December 2009
Includes Kent Jones on Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, Andrew Sarris on Police, Adjective, Hot Property: Women Without Men by Chris Chang, Site Specifics: Film-Philosophy by Paul Fileri, a review of Up in the Air by Scott Foundas, Laura Kern reports from the 6th annual Reykjavik International Film Festival, and much more
September/October 2009
Includes Larry Gross on Lars von Trier’s Antichrist, Amy Taubin on Alain Resnais’s Wild Grass, Andrew Sarris on Public Enemies, Hot Property: Love Exposure by Chris Chang, Site Specifics: World Picture Journal by Paul Fileri, a review of The Burning Plain by Melissa Anderson, and much more
July/August 2009
Includes Scott Foundas on Inglourious Basterds, Amy Taubin on Lucrecia Martel’s The Headless Woman (plus an online-only interview with Martel), Thom Andersen on the Dardenne Brothers’ Lorna’s Silence, Hot Property: Breathless and It Might Get Loud by Chris Chang, Site Specifics: Artforum by Paul Fileri, a review of Still Walking by Tony Rayns, Cannes coverage by Amy Taubin, Gavin Smith, and Richard Peña, and much more
May/June 2009
Includes Kent Jones on The Limits of Control, plus an interview with director Jim Jarmusch by Gavin Smith, Amy Taubin on Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, Oliver Sacks’s examination of Powell & Pressburger’s A Matter of Life and Death, Hot Property: Can Go Through Skin by Chris Chang, Site Specifics: National Film Board of Canada by Paul Fileri, a review of Departures by Tony Rayns, and much more
March/April 2009
Includes Richard Schickel on Tom Hanks, an interview with 24 City director Jia Zhangke by Andrew Chan, Nicolas Rapold on Satyajit Ray, Kent Jones on Robert Mulligan’s The Stalking Moon, Geoffrey O’Brien revisits The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Amy Taubin takes a first look at Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, Hot Property: Louise-Michel, Site Specifics: indieWIRE & The Daily@IFC.com by Paul Fileri, a review of Summer Hours by Frédéric Bonnaud, and much more
January/February 2009
Includes Our Annual Year-End Wrap-Up—Movies That Mattered, Terra Incognita, The Best Films of the Year and Readers’ Poll, and more—Amy Taubin on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (plus an online-only interview with David Fincher), José Teodoro on Carlos Reygadas’s Silent Light, Melissa Anderson revisits The Killing of Sister George, Hot Property: Unrelated by Chris Chang, Site Specifics: The Auteurs by Paul Fileri, a review of Revanche by Nicolas Rapold, and much more
