The Film Comment Podcast

Interview: Kelly Reichardt

11 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

First Cow is the movie on the lovely cover of our March-April issue, directed by Kelly Reichardt. The setting of the movie is an Oregon frontier town ...

Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow

06 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the cover story of our March-April issue, out now, Film Comment Digital Editor Clinton Krute writes “Kelly Reichardt’s deceptively modest epic ...

Berlinale 2020 Wrap-up

04 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Berlin International Film Festival is now over, but there were a few more films we wanted to share with you. We’ve talked about highlights such ...

Interview: Christian Petzold on Undine

28 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have been reporting from the Berlin International Film Festival. And without a doubt, very high on the list of favorites has been Christi...

Berlinale 2020 #3

27 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, The Film Comment Podcast reports from the Berlin International Film Festival, straight from, you guessed it, Berlin. It’s one of the year...

Berlinale 2020 #2

26 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, The Film Comment Podcast reports from the Berlin International Film Festival, straight from, you guessed it, Berlin. It’s one of the year...

Berlinale 2020 #1

25 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, The Film Comment Podcast reports from the Berlin International Film Festival, straight from, you guessed it, Berlin. It’s one of the year...

Marriage Stories #2

19 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Last fall saw the release of Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, which joins a long tradition of marital dramas while adding its own fresh sense of cand...

Marriage Stories #1

14 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Last fall saw the release of Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, which joins a long tradition of marital dramas while adding its own fresh sense of cand...

For Your Consideration: Actors Of Color

12 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The achievements of actors and actresses of color have long gone under-recognized in Hollywood. It’s a fact of the industry that has only gotten mor...

Sundance 2020 #7

05 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As you may have noticed, Film Comment went to the Sundance film festival in Park City, Utah. We recorded a series of podcasts and now at last we have ...

Interview: Kirsten Johnson on Dick Johnson Is Dead

31 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have been recording at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, talking about the highlights in its film lineup. One of the most an...

Sundance 2020 #6

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to our ongoing series podcasts from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. As we near the festival’s end, we’ve redoubled our efforts to br...

Sundance 2020 #5

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to our podcasts from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. We’re bringing our dedicated fans the content they crave: daily updates from Park...

Sundance 2020 #4

28 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to our podcasts from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. We’re bringing our dedicated fans the content they crave: daily updates from Park...

Sundance 2020 #3

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to our podcasts from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival! We’ll be bringing you daily updates from Park City, covering all the great films ...

Sundance Interview: Dee Rees on The Last Thing He Wanted

26 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are at the Sundance film festival in Park City, Utah, sending regular dispatches about the highlights in its independent film lineup. One...

Sundance 2020 #2

25 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to our series of podcasts from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival! We’ll be bringing you daily updates from Park City, covering all the gr...

Sundance 2020 #1

24 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back, reporting from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Where others may have balked, we brave the dangerously crowded, ice-packed streets of Pa...

Sundance 2020 Preview

22 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s January, which means it’s time once again to see some movies in the snowy wilderness of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Once a...

The Decade Project #4: The 2010s, or, What Just Happened?

17 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about the 2010s and asking some questions as part of our Decade Project. What were the key movies of the ...

Interview: Pedro Costa on Vitalina Varela

15 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Vitalina Varela, the beautiful new film from Pedro Costa, is the cover of our January-February issue. Jordan Cronk spoke with Costa about the film’s...

Filmmakers on Varda

10 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Throughout her pioneering career, Agnès Varda has inspired countless filmmakers with her work and her groundbreaking career and style. At Film Commen...

Interview: Josh and Benny Safdie on Uncut Gems and New York Movies

08 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Uncut Gems, directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, and starring Adam Sandler, is a full-throttle portrait of a diamond dealer in New York’s Diamond Dist...

Greta Gerwig and Little Women

02 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Little Women is without question one of the best movies of the recently-ended year, and it’s a wonderful triumph for director Greta Gerwig. That’s...

The Decade Project #3

18 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode in our Decade Project series where we look back at the past 10 years and talk about our favorite filmmakers, major changes ...

The Decade Project #2

13 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

With the 2010s on the way out, we thought that this very recent history could use a road map. Each installment of the Decade Project will look at key ...

The Best Movies of 2019

11 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s that time of year again! Film Comment has made a list and we’ve checked it twice: the best films of 2019, chosen through a poll of our contri...

The Decade Project #1

04 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

By any measure, the 2010s have been a confusing and turbulent and also exciting time. That goes for both movies and the world at large, and that’s s...

Martin Scorsese and The Irishman

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Scorsese’s new film The Irishman has been out in theaters since the beginning of November, which you probably know unless you’ve been hidin...

New Releases, November 2019

22 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a busy couple of months for moviegoers as hits from festivals make their way into cinemas. That means it’s time for another New Releases epis...

Todd Haynes on Dark Waters

20 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dark Waters is the new film from Todd Haynes, and it’s a change of pace from his last feature, Wonderstruck, and much of his work generally. Dark Wa...

Work and Class in Movies, with John Sayles

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Some of the most exciting movies being made today are tackling class tensions and the role of work in our lives. Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, our cover ...

Ritwik Ghatak and Vetri Maaran

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we celebrate two different strands of Indian cinema, looking at the past and the vibrant present. First, we look at the landmark Film at Lin...

Horrific Non-Horror

30 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Horror movies are the usual choice for Halloween viewing. But we here at Film Comment got to wondering: what are the scariest movies that are not horr...

Robert Eggers on The Lighthouse

23 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Lighthouse is the mind-bending new movie out from Robert Eggers, a director who’s making a career out of revisiting America’s primal past in v...

Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite

16 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

At Film Comment, we love it when we get behind a movie and then see other movie-goers share the love. Parasite, the funny and fierce thriller from Bon...

Tim Heidecker & Gregg Turkington on Mister America

15 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mister America is the new film starring Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington. It’s a documentary-style satire about an first-time political candidate ...

NYFF57 Festival Wrap

11 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For the festival’s final week, contributing critics and editors gather together for a spirited discussion with Film Comment‘s Editor-in-Chief Nico...

NYFF57 Filmmakers Chat

09 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Every year at the New York Film Festival, Film Comment brings together a group of intrepid filmmakers whose work is screening in the festival. It’s ...

Bacurau directors Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The new film Bacurau centers upon the residents of a remote Brazilian village who gradually discover that they’re being hunted by a group of Western...

NYFF57 Projections

04 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Think of it as a festival within the festival: every year, the annual Projections program brings the latest and greatest of experimental film to the N...

NYFF 2019: State of the Nation

02 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Every year at the New York Film Festival, Film Comment puts on a slate of special events, including public talks and a screening presentation. Our fir...

NYFF57 Preview

25 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The New York Film Festival is here! And there’s a lot to talk about. Film Comment will have three onstage talks during the festival, as well as spec...

Pedro Almodóvar and Pain and Glory

18 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

One of the highlights of the fall, and this year’s New York Film Festival, is the new film by Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory. Our new September-Oc...

Toronto 2019 #3

13 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For our third roundup of all the on-screen goings-n at TIFF 2019, Film Comment Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold sits down with critic and FC contributor...

Toronto 2019 #2

11 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For our second dispatch from the not-yet-frozen tundra of Toronto, Film Comment Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold welcomes back Devika Girish (FC Assista...

Toronto 2019 #1

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

After a whirlwind tour of Venice (don't forget to check out those episodes!), we dive right into the Toronto International Film Festival this week. Fi...

The Film Comment Podcast: Venice Three

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In our third and final dispatch from the Venice Film Festival, FC Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold is joined by Jay Weissberg, film critic for Variet...

The Film Comment Podcast: Venice Two

03 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In our second dispatch from the Venice Film Festival, FC Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold is joined by Justin Chang, film critic for the Los Angeles ...

The Film Comment Podcast: Venice One

30 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week The Film Comment Podcast reports on the latest premieres at the Venice Film Festival, already in full swing with the fall’s first wave o...

The Film Comment Podcast: Venice 2019 Preview

28 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The 76th Venice International Film Festival opens today, kicking off a jam-packed fall festival season. Before heading off to the Lido, Film Comment ...

Richard Linklater & Ginger Sledge

21 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dazed and Confused, Boyhood, Before Sunset and beyond—it’s hard to match Richard Linklater when it comes to movies basically about how we find our...

Locarno 2019

14 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the Film Comment podcast reports on location from the 2019 Locarno International Film Festival. FC Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold was joine...

The Rep Report #9

07 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another edition of the Rep Report, our regular roundup of retrospectives, repertory cinema, and other film series in New York. This week, w...

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

31 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood is the subject of the cover story for our July-August issue. Tarantino’s latest made a splash...

21st Century Debuts

24 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We tend to agree on the classic films of the past, from Breathless, to McCabe & Mrs. Miller, to Tokyo Story. A new series at Film at Lincoln Center lo...

New Releases #2

17 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the second installment in our monthly series covering new releases. This week, Film Comment Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold is joined b...

Ari Aster and Midsommar

10 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

One of summer’s most anticipated films is Midsommar, from filmmaker Ari Aster. The director joined us last summer for a talk at Film at Lincoln Cent...

Queer & Now & Then

03 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A big part of Film Comment’s mission is to bring well-informed insights and original voices to the rich heritage of movies. One beautiful example of...

New Releases

26 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As summer officially begins and vacations mount, more and more find themselves stranded on remote, unspoiled beaches, far from the nearest cinema. We ...

What Was the TV Movie?

19 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For a while now, we’ve been wanting to do an episode on the curious art form known as the TV movie. For a lot of people, the TV movie couldn’t be ...

The Rep Report #8

12 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another edition of the Rep Report, our regular roundup of retrospectives, repertory cinema, and other film series in New York. This week, w...

Joanna Hogg and The Souvenir

05 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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

Mary Harron on Charlie Says, American Psycho, and Punk

29 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For our latest Film Comment Free Talk, the director of I Shot Andy Warhol and American Psycho sat down for a conversation about at her latest, Charlie...

Cannes 2019 Day 11

28 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The end is nigh! For our final salvo from the Riviera, we welcome guest Manohla Dargis, critic for the New York Times, for a wrap-up of all the festiv...

Cannes 2019 Day 10

24 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Film Comment Podcast takes you into the closing weekend of Cannes with guest Rasha Salti, programmer for the Marrakesh International Film Festival...

Cannes 2019 Day 9

23 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We're back from Cannes, this time with a recording of a live Film Comment event at the American Pavilion. Joining Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold on th...

Cannes 2019 Day 7, part II

21 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s two-fer Tuesday! We’re back with a fresh-out-of-the-oven special episode on two of the most anticipated films at the festival: Quentin Tarant...

Cannes 2019 Day 7

21 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Film Comment Podcast returns for another day of fun, sun, and Cannes-versation from the French Rivieria. For day 7, Italian critic Carlo Chatrian,...

Cannes 2019 Day 6

20 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back for day 6 of our podcast from Cannes. We’re kicking the week off with guests Dennis Lim, director of programming at Film at Lincoln Cen...

Cannes 2019 Day 5

19 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back from Cannes with day 5 of our podcasts covering all the cinematic goings-on in the south of France. For today’s episode, Film Comment E...

Cannes 2019 Day 4

18 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back from Cannes for day four of our series of podcasts on the cinematic goings-on on the Riviera. For today’s episode, Film Comment Editor-...

Cannes 2019 Day 3

17 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back for day 3 of our podcasts from Cannes 2019. Joining us on the Riviera for today’s episode are Bruno Dequen, critic and Director of Prog...

Cannes 2019 Day 2

16 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For day 2 at Cannes, Film Comment Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold sits down with Eugene Hernandez, Deputy Director of Film at Lincoln Center, to chat a...

Cannes 2019 Preview, Day 1

15 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Let the games begin! We’ve touched down in Cannes and, for our first of many podcasts from the festival, Film Comment Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold...

Interview: Olivier Assayas

08 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In our May-June issue (out now!), Aliza Ma writes about the new film Olivier Assayas’s Non-Fiction, a comedic portrait of a Paris literary set strug...

The Rep Report #7: Black ’90s at BAM

01 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Rep Report is our regular roundup of current retrospectives and film series. This week, we're focusing on an important and fun series at the Brook...

Desire at the Movies

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In our March-April issue, Michael Koresky writes about history of a movie magazine with a humble name: Films and Filming. Koresky writes about the imp...

Claire Denis and Robert Pattinson

17 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For our latest Film Comment Free Talk, Claire Denis and Robert Pattinson joined FC Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold to discuss their singular new film H...

New Directors/New Films 2019

10 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

New Directors/New Films has always been a vital for, well, new directors and new films. Over the course of its nearly 50 years, the festival has intro...

This Is What Democracy Looks Like

03 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

They say that "democracy dies in darkness," but a handful of new films, including Mike Leigh's Peterloo and Jordan Peele's Us, argue otherwise, provid...

The Rep Report #6

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Rep Report returns with an in-depth conversation about the upcoming Nelly Kaplan retrospective at the Quad Cinema, along with other rep highlights...

High Life and Beyond

20 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

High Life, the new movie from Claire Denis, comes to theaters on April 5. With a cast featuring Film Comment cover subject Robert Pattinson, Juliette ...

László Nemes

14 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For our latest Film Comment talk, Academy Award-winning director László Nemes sat down to discuss his latest film, which opened Film Comment Selects...

True/False 2019

08 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Over the years, the True/False festival (based in the college town of Columbia, Missouri) has grown into one of the most outstanding annual showcases ...

Art and Fascism

27 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the Film Comment Podcast digs into Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will and the ways in which the reputations of the notorious film and...

Spike Lee on BlacKkKlansman

22 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On February 13, Film Comment presented a special evening with the Spike Lee, Best Director nominee for BlacKkKlansman. The night included an extended ...

The Rep Report #5

13 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Love is, of course, in the air, and with most new release schedules in hibernation, February can be a great time for repertory cinema for both lovers ...

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019–The Final Chapter

06 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Film Comment Podcast returns with our final episode on the wild, windswept ride that was Sundance 2019. Film Comment Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapol...

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019 Six

31 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Maintaining a marathon pace, the Film Comment Podcast returns with more insightful commentary and conversation from the Sundance Film Festival. FC Edi...

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019 Five

30 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Film Comment Podcast returns with another update from Park City. FC Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold is joined this time by New York Times film crit...

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019 Four

29 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Film Comment Podcast returns with our fourth update from the snow-and-glamour-packed streets of Park City, Utah. For today's episode, FC Editor-in...

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019 Three

28 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On the third Film Comment Podcast from the Sundance Film Festival, FC Editor in Chief Nicolas Rapold is once again joined by FC contributors Devika Gi...

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019 Two

26 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We're back with our second update from Park City. Today's podcast features Film Comment Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold in conversation with FC contrib...

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019 One

25 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the first of a series of updates from the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, Film Comment Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold hits the slopes with Eric Hynes,...

The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2019 Preview

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the calm before the storm, Film Comment Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold sits down with critic and FC contributor Amy Taubin to chat about some of th...

Amazing Grace and Other Concert Films

18 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

From Woodstock to Stop Making Sense to Madonna: Truth or Dare, the concert film provides an up-close-and-personal—and otherwise unattainable—persp...

The Rep Report #4

11 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

New year, new rep report! Our latest edition looks at the annual mainstay of the restoration calendar, To Save and Project at the Museum of Modern Art...

The Rest of 2018

02 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

All too often, the ritual of ranking films at the end of the year leaves a lot of worthy movies on the cutting floor. Some don’t receive enough vote...