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Home » Film Comment

Tag: Film Comment

Posted inBlogs

A second printing for Reader film critic J.R. Jones’s book on Robert Ryan

by Michael Miner September 1, 2015August 18, 2021

Having nearly sold out, The Lives of Robert Ryan gets a second pressing.

Posted inFilm

In Amour Fou, a brilliant Prussian writer seeks a partner in suicide

by Ben Sachs May 27, 2015August 18, 2021

In Amour Fou, filmmaker Jessica Hausner chronicles the symbolic suicide of German Romantic playwright Heinrich von Kleist.

Something in the Air
Posted inFilm

Olivier Assayas takes another crack at his radical adolescence

by Tal Rosenberg May 8, 2013August 19, 2021

With Something in the Air Olivier Assayas takes another crack at his radical adolescence.

As Above So Below
Posted inFilm

Return of the L.A. Rebellion

by J.R. Jones March 27, 2013August 19, 2021

A citywide series revisits the L.A. Rebellion.

Posted inBlogs

Cosmopolis and other talking books

by Ben Sachs August 29, 2012August 19, 2021

Thinking about movies where everyone speaks the same way in light of David Cronenberg’s faithful Don DeLillo adaptation

Posted inBlogs

Now playing: Afraid to Talk

by J.R. Jones December 1, 2011August 19, 2021

Afraid to Talk, playing Friday at Northwestern’s Block Museum of Art.

Posted inBlogs

You’ve seen the movie—now write the book!

by J.R. Jones November 18, 2011August 19, 2021

A new Film Comment piece by Grady Hendrix explores the disreputable world of movie novelizations.

Posted inBlogs

This Week’s Movie Action

by J.R. Jones December 16, 2010August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.

Posted inBlogs

Now that’s more like it

by J.R. Jones December 18, 2008August 19, 2021

Film Comment has spoken.

Posted inBlogs

Rosenbaum on Oliveira; Oliveira at Film Center

by J.R. Jones July 14, 2008August 19, 2021

Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira is the subject of a Film Center retrospective and a new Film Comment essay by Jonathan Rosenbaum.

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