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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 avant-garde filmmaking from around the world. The Film Comment Podcast, hosted by editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute, is a weekly space for critical conversation about film, with a look at topical issues, new releases, and the big picture. Film Comment is a nonprofit publication that relies on the support of readers. Support film culture. Support Film Comment.
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- 4 days ago1h 3m
Fall 2026 Books, with Erika Balsom and Genevieve Yue
On this week’s episode, Film Comment Editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute invited two of their favorite writers, FC contributor Erika Balsom and FC Contributing Editor Genevieve Yue, to discuss their fascinating new books: Genevieve’s monograph Trains and Erika’s wide-ranging collection The Edges of Cinema: Essays on Twenty-First Century Film Culture. They dig into the subjects, inspirations, and writing processes for each book, as well the ways in which each author’s work grapples with contemporary definitions of documentary, the avant-garde, and much more.
- 2 weeks ago47 min
Liani Greaves and Barry Jenkins on Once Upon a Time in Harlem
A standout of this year in films, Once Upon a Time in Harlem is an extraordinary feat of resurrection. In 1972, the director William Greaves gathered luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance at Duke Ellington’s house in New York for a party and then filmed their lively conversations—spanning history, politics, and culture. That footage lay in the archives until recently, when William’s son David (credited here as co-director) and granddaughter Liani Greaves (producer), along with producer and editor Anne de Mare, restored and restitched it into an exquisite time capsule that offers a doubly retrospective portrait of Black America—allowing us, the audience of 2026, to witness a gathering from half a century ago of artists who themselves were reflecting on events they lived through another half-century prior. For this week's episode, Film Comment Editor Devika Girish spoke with Liani Greaves and filmmaker Barry Jenkins about the making and significance of the film and the immense and unparalleled legacy of the late, great William Greaves.Subscribe to Film Comment today to explore our Fall 2026 digital issue, the entirety of our archive dating back to 1962, and much more.
- 3 weeks ago1h 1m
Fall New Releases, with Inney Prakash and Michael Blair
On this week's episode, Film Comment Editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute invited FC Contributing Editor Inney Prakash and Assistant Editor Michael Blair to debate three new films that are currently gracing the marquees of multiplexes and stirring up discourse: Bassam Tariq's Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother ; Alejandro González Iñárritu's Digger ; and Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's You Can See Everything .Subscribe to Film Comment today to explore our Fall 2026 digital issue, the entirety of our archive dating back to 1962, and much more.
- Oct 13, 202658 min
NYFF64 Festival Report, with Bilge Ebiri and Molly Haskell
As the 64th New York Film Festival drew to a close last week, it was once again time for Film Comment’s Festival Report, our annual live overview of the NYFF that was. Critics Bilge Ebiri and Molly Haskell joined Film Comment Editors Clinton Krute and Devika Girish for a spirited wrap-up analysis of the highlights and lowlights from this year's lineup. The panel discussed and debated Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love, Chris Rock's Misty Green, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's You Can See Everything, Valeska Grisebach's The Dreamed Adventure, Luca Guadagnino's Artificial, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's NAZA, Sompot Chidgasornpongse’s 9 Temples to Heaven, and many more selections.The Questions:Favorite performance? Favorite moment? A movie that you can’t shake, for good or bad? A hidden or underrated gem Subscribe to Film Comment to explore our brand-new Fall 2026 digital issue, the entirety of our archive dating back to 1962, and much more.
- Oct 9, 20261h 3m
Sex in the Cinema at NYFF64, with Ayanna Dozier and Melissa Anderson
Several films—both old and new—across this year’s NYFF lineup push the boundaries of depictions of sensuality and desire on screen, posing provocative questions for the current cinema landscape, where sex has become a divisive subject.Last Tuesday at the festival, filmmaker and scholar Ayanna Dozier and Film Comment Contributing Editor Melissa Anderson joined Film Comment Editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute to explore films like Nitrate Kisses, The Devils, The Drift, The Unknown, and others to discuss what thrills and terrifies us about sexuality on screen.Subscribe to Film Comment to explore our brand-new Fall 2026 digital issue, the entirety of our archive dating back to 1962, and much more.
- Sep 29, 202626 min
Critics Academy x NYFF Shorts #2
For the last two weeks, we've handed over The Film Comment Podcast to the participants of the 2026 Film at Lincoln Center Critics Academy—an annual program for up-and-coming critics held during the New York Film Festival, led by Film Comment editors. On this week's episode, four of this year’s critics—Eliel Peterson, Brennan Ryan, Auhjanae McGee, and Brian O’Connell—discuss some of their highlights from NYFF’s Spotlight Shorts and New York Shorts programs, including Kamal Aljafari’s Masao Adachi Takes a Passport Photo, Camilo Restrepo’s A Stolen Movie, and Heather Landsman's ee. Subscribe to Film Comment to explore our brand-new Fall 2026 digital issue, the entirety of our archive dating back to 1962, and much more.
- Sep 25, 202625 min
Critics Academy x NYFF Shorts #1
This week and next, we're handing over The Film Comment Podcast to the participants of the 2026 Film at Lincoln Center Critics Academy—an annual program for up-and-coming critics held during the New York Film Festival, led by Film Comment editors. For this week's episode, four of this year’s critics—Yezen Saadah, Kathy Ou, Samuel Brodsky, and Rebecca Turner—discuss some of their highlights from the shorts screening as part of NYFF’s Currents Program 5: The Material Ghost, including Peggy Ahwesh’s The Wayfinders, Adam Piron’s The Flesh of the Mountain, and Kevin Jerome Everson’s National Seating.Subscribe to Film Comment to explore our brand-new Fall 2026 digital issue, the entirety of our archive dating back to 1962, and much more.
- Sep 14, 202645 min
Venice 2026 #6, with Mariona Borrull, Leonardo Goi, Luke Hicks, and Öykü Sofuoğlu
For the past two weeks, Film Comment has been reporting from the picturesque shores of the Lido di Venezia, where the Venice Film Festival takes place each year.For our final Podcast from this year's edition, which wrapped over the weekend, Film Comment Co-Editor Devika Girish invited critics Mariona Borrull, Leonardo Goi, Luke Hicks, and Öykü Sofuoğlu to discuss three late-festival premieres: Ali Asgari's A Bit of Light ; Casey Affleck's Company ; and Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's NAZA . The group closed things out by shouting out their personal highlights from this year's Venice. Subscribe to Film Comment to explore all of our Venice 2026 coverage.
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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 avant-garde filmmaking from around the world. The Film Comment Podcast, hosted by editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute, is a weekly space for critical conversation about film, with a look at topical issues, new releases, and the big picture. Film Comment is a nonprofit publication that relies on the support of readers. Support film culture. Support Film Comment.
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