Christian Petzold Talks ‘Phoenix,’ Flipping the ‘Vertigo’ Perspective, and Letting Go of Auteurism
We talk to the director behind one of the year's most accomplished dramas about Hitchcock comparisons, that incredible ending, and more....
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15 Films to See in July
After highlighting our 30 favorite films of the year thus far, it's time to transition to the back half of 2015 and kicking things off in July is a fairly major month....
Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss Go ‘Vertigo’ In U.S. Trailer for Entrancing ‘Phoenix’
Although the film hasn't even had a day to sit, Christian Petzold's Phoenix is the first 2015 release to leave me genuinely beguiled. It isn't very difficul...
Giveaway: Win Tickets to NYC Screenings of ‘It Follows,’ ‘Gremlins,’ ‘Faults,’ ‘Spring,’ and More
Kicking off this weekend at New York City's Film Society of Lincoln Center is the 15th annual Film Comment Selects (full details here and here or below), wh...
The 40 Best 2015 Films We’ve Already Seen
We kick off our 2015 preview with 40 films we've seen and love....
The Most Overlooked Films of 2014
The 40 films that made less than $1 million that you should've seen....
The Best Directorial Debuts of 2014
While we discuss a breadth of films each year, few things give us more pleasure than the arrival of bold, new voices in the world of filmmaking. It's why we venture to film festivals and pore over a variety of different features in order to bring to light emerging talent. This year was an especially notable time for new directors making their stamp and today we're highlighted the fifteen debuts that most impressed us....
[LFF Review] Phoenix
Following the Second World War, European auteurs probed its lingering national psychological fallout resulting in films such as Night and Fog, Hiroshima Mon Amo...
Fall 2014 Preview: Our 20 Most-Anticipated Festival Films
From Venice to TIFF to NYFF and beyond, we look at our most-anticipated festival titles....
First Trailer For Christian Petzold’s ‘Barbara’ Follow-Up ‘Phoenix,’ Premiering at TIFF
While she can currently be seen alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman in Anton Corbijn's A Most Wanted Man, Nina Hoss has reteamed with Barbara director Christia...