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It should be a no-brainer: Fido (not his real name) gets lost in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. After some time, owner and animal are located by a volunteer organization, a joyful reunion ...

To fully appreciate the pleasures of Pascal Chaumeil’s debut feature, Heartbreaker, it helps to know—and love—Dirty Dancing.The addictive 1987 hit guides every “step” of the prospective lovebirds’ ...

The Berlin Wall fell in 1989. Historians may eventually record that Hollywood surrendered in 1996 — or rather, on February 11, 1997, hereafter to be known as Independents’ Day. In the new, ...

The results are in for our 2022 poll of Film Comment’s contributors! Our Top 20 lists in both the Released and Undistributed categories feature original appreciations from our critics, as well as ...

The results are in for our 2023 poll of Film Comment’s contributors! On this page, you’ll find our list of the best films that were released either theatrically or virtually in 2023 in the United ...

The restoration of Come and See (1985), Elem Klimov’s unblinking depiction of Nazi armies wreaking carnage on Soviet Belorussia in 1943, enables us to view this disturbing, mesmerizing epic with fresh ...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, Phantom Thread, a portrait of a fictional fashion designer in the couture scene of 1955 London, indulges in similar revels, placing the film firmly in the tradition ...

Though he’s still never been invited to present one of his own films at the festival, Christopher Nolan became the center of attention during the first weekend of Cannes this year. On Saturday, his ...

The results are in for our 2019 poll of Film Comment's contributors and editors! Our top 20 list includes excerpts from our features, reviews, and interviews about these films from across the year, as ...

It’s all over. Well, not quite, but the 2010s did come to an end on a note of pessimism about the world, and one of resignation about the film industry’s consolidation and glut of choice. At the same ...

Present Tense is a column by Sheila O’Malley that reflects on the intersections of film, literature, art, and culture. Bette Davis The old man in the black coat stands up and turns to stare out the ...