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Buckley (herself Irish) plays Rose-Lynn, a Scottish ex-con with two children, despite being still on the uphill slope of her twenties, and a country-music obsessive whose ankle monitor– concealing ...

Film Comment hosted the author Malcolm Harris for a special event celebrating the launch of his latest book, What’s Left: ...

One of our favorite movies of 2025 so far is Sarah Friedland’s debut feature Familiar Touch, which opens in theaters in New York on Friday, June 20. The film follows an octogenarian with dementia, ...

Here today: a new festival defiantly reclaims a lost history, bringing contemporary and classic Cambodian cinema to a local audience ...

This article appeared in the June 20, 2025 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here. Natchez (Suzannah ...

This whole world: the films of Pierre Creton model a communal life removed from urban capitalism, nationalism, and traditional family structures ...

1. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Sam Peckinpah, 19742. Claire’s Knee Eric Rohmer, 19703. Faces John Cassavetes, 19684. Eyes Without a Face ...