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The Film Comment Podcast

Founded in 1962, Film Comment has been the home of independent film journalism for over 50 years, publishing in-depth interviews, critical analysis, and feature coverage of mainstream, art-house, and ... Read more

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Quentin Tarantino and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Quentin Tarantino and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood is the subject of the cover story for our July-August issue. Tarant... Read more

31 Jul 2019

1hr 2mins

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Phantom Thread

Phantom Thread

“In Paul Thomas Anderson’s work, love can be—quite literally—a miracle,” writes Sheila O’Malley in her January/February ... Read more

9 Jan 2018

34mins

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The Best Movies of 2018

The Best Movies of 2018

Every year we send out a poll to our critics and staff and put together a list of the best movies of the year. For 2018,... Read more

12 Dec 2018

1hr 13mins

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Terrence Malick

Terrence Malick

"You don't want something to look too staged in movies or they look overly presented. You don't know what comes out . . ... Read more

11 Apr 2017

1hr 15mins

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Ari Aster

Ari Aster

This summer we kicked off our Film Comment Free Talks, a new series of conversations with filmmakers held at the Film So... Read more

14 Jun 2018

54mins

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Musical Performers on Film

Musical Performers on Film

While great pipes and a cute face don’t always allow pop stars to instantly become leading men or ladies (witness 2003’s... Read more

24 Apr 2018

55mins

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Martin Scorsese and The Irishman

Martin Scorsese and The Irishman

Martin Scorsese’s new film The Irishman has been out in theaters since the beginning of November, which you probably kno... Read more

27 Nov 2019

1hr 3mins

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Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Our cover story for the July/August issue is about Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman—a story about incredible events in America... Read more

1 Aug 2018

1hr 11mins

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Pedro Almodóvar and Pain and Glory

Pedro Almodóvar and Pain and Glory

One of the highlights of the fall, and this year’s New York Film Festival, is the new film by Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and ... Read more

18 Sep 2019

35mins

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The Decade Project #1

The Decade Project #1

By any measure, the 2010s have been a confusing and turbulent and also exciting time. That goes for both movies and the ... Read more

4 Dec 2019

1hr 16mins

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Joanna Hogg and The Souvenir

Joanna Hogg and The Souvenir

In her feature on Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir in the May-June issue of Film Comment, Sheila O’Malley writes,“The autobiog... Read more

5 Jun 2019

59mins

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I Loved It When I Was a Kid

I Loved It When I Was a Kid

Recent episodes of The Film Comment Podcast have contemplated formative filmmaker obsessions, but what about the movies ... Read more

6 Feb 2018

56mins

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The Best Films of 2015

The Best Films of 2015

Rejoice, o ye year-end list obsessives! Digital editor Violet Lucca sat down with senior editor Nicolas Rapold, contribu... Read more

18 Dec 2015

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Greta Gerwig and Little Women

Greta Gerwig and Little Women

Little Women is without question one of the best movies of the recently-ended year, and it’s a wonderful triumph for dir... Read more

2 Jan 2020

1hr 15mins

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Claire Denis and Robert Pattinson

Claire Denis and Robert Pattinson

For our latest Film Comment Free Talk, Claire Denis and Robert Pattinson joined FC Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold to dis... Read more

17 Apr 2019

53mins

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Best Films of 2017

Best Films of 2017

As another year of moviegoing comes to a close, relax by your fire or space heater with the results of the annual Film C... Read more

12 Dec 2017

1hr 1min

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At Home #14 - Critics David Bordwell and Imogen Sara Smith

At Home #14 - Critics David Bordwell and Imogen Sara Smith

We’re always happy to welcome two outstanding scholars to the Film Comment Podcast, and you’ve probably already read the... Read more

8 Apr 2020

59mins

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Paul Schrader

Paul Schrader

“Although religious symbols and themes have often found their way into Schrader’s film work, First Reformedmarks the fir... Read more

21 Jun 2018

50mins

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Steve Bannon

Steve Bannon

As filmmaker and critic Jeff Reichert put it in his January/February 2017 Film Comment feature on Steve Bannon's documen... Read more

28 Feb 2017

51mins

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