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On this week’s episode of the Film Comment Podcast, Contributing Editor Inney Prakash and Assistant Editor Michael Blair join Editors @devikagirgayi and Clinton Krute to talk YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER, DIGGER, and YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING
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"No matter the part, though, all of her performances are distinguished by her extraordinary talent for nonverbal expression."
For her column Seeing Stars, @MelissEAnderson salutes Barbara O. Jones, one of the finest performers of the L.A. Rebellion.
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On this week’s episode of the Film Comment Podcast, Contributing Editor Inney Prakash and Assistant Editor Michael Blair join Editors @devikagirgayi and Clinton Krute to talk YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER, DIGGER, and YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING
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"I believe that this is a question that we must all ask ourselves as creators of narratives: what are our attitudes and ethics when we deal with and portray other people’s lives?"
Lee Chang-dong on POSSIBLE LOVE and power imbalances of labor & filmmaking.
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"If you tell a story well, from that place which you know the best, which is your life, your experiences, it has a better chance of being fully realized as a film."
For our Mar-Apr 2016 issue, Michael Sragow spoke with the late Tom Skerritt (1933–2026)
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"Whatever else her movies are about, they’re highly engaged with listlessness."
Subscribe for full access to the Film Comment archives & read Nathan Lee's 2006 essay on Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette"
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Fjord, a good film, explores how the Nordic welfare state depends on the unanimous consent of an ethnic monoculture, and the disregard it shows to the out-groups who complicate that consensus
"Fjord" asks whether or not many of these values—secularism, a commodified liberal commitment to free agency—are not simply elite heuristics," wrote @MarkAschParody out of the film's Cannes premiere.
Read his take on Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d'Or winner: filmcomment.com/article/cann…
"Fjord" asks whether or not many of these values—secularism, a commodified liberal commitment to free agency—are not simply elite heuristics," wrote @MarkAschParody out of the film's Cannes premiere.
Read his take on Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d'Or winner: filmcomment.com/article/cann…
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I wrote about Barbara O. Jones for @FilmComment. filmcomment.com/article/seei…
"The film’s brilliance lies in its ability to combine seriousness of content and lightness of texture," wrote Jonathan Romney on the third day of Cannes earlier this year.
Read his take on Paweł Pawlikowski’s "Fatherland"
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From "Resident Evil" and "Digger" to "You Can See Everything" and "Once Upon a Time in Harlem," our favorite critics rate the latest new releases.
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Significant foundational literature about Ken Russell here from @FilmComment.
The Gene D. Phillips interview is really insightful for anyone who has recently seen @clockwork_wb release of Ken Russell's The Devils.
While new restoration of Ken Russell’s "The Devils" is back in theaters, we’re looking back at past Film Comment coverage of the legendarily divisive filmmaker ⬇️
"His almost obsessive desire to destroy pretense and smash romantic icons seems to guarantee an adverse reaction."
Subscribe for full access to the Film Comment archives and read Robert Phillip Kolker's 1973 look at Ken Russell's divisive biopics.
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"As one of Russell's original defenders, I am disturbed by the mindless adoration as well as by the hysterical outrage that greets his films."
Subscribe for full access to the Film Comment archives & read Stephen Farber's 1975 essay "Russellmania"
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"As one of Russell's original defenders, I am disturbed by the mindless adoration as well as by the hysterical outrage that greets his films."
Subscribe for full access to the Film Comment archives & read Stephen Farber's 1975 essay "Russellmania"
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"His almost obsessive desire to destroy pretense and smash romantic icons seems to guarantee an adverse reaction."
Subscribe for full access to the Film Comment archives and read Robert Phillip Kolker's 1973 look at Ken Russell's divisive biopics.
Read: filmcomment.com/issues/may-j…
"My Catholic background helps me to distinguish between normal religious practices and the bizarre things attributed to the nuns."
Subscribe for full access to the Film Comment archives and read Gene D. Phillips' 1970 interview with Ken Russell.
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wrote a few words on the social reckoning for @FilmComment. please like & reshare! #MeaningfulSorkinInteraction filmcomment.com/article/shor…
