Ik-Film ( I Film )

Jan 28, 1991 — The following review, one of the most renowned in the history of film criticism, appeared in The New Yorker magazine on October 28, 1972. It is reprinted with the permission of the author, Pauline Kael. Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in...

Nicolas Rapold is a critic and programmer. He is the host of the podcast The Last Thing I Saw, author of the book The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki, and former editor in chief of Film Comment. His work appears in...

David Jenkins worked on the film desk at Time Out London and is now editor of the film magazine Little White Lies. He is coeditor and author of the book What I Love About Movies and contributed chapters to the...

Apr 23, 2001 — A majestic synthesis of disparate forms, Sergei Eisenstein’s final film seems to be as much a ballet or a moving painting as it is a movie.

Feb 19, 2001 — Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s romance film spins a web of myth and evocative symbolism around its central search for self-discovery.

Jun 12, 2025 — From Hitchcock to Kubrick, Star Wars to Twin Peaks, the selection ranges as wide as the film gauges.

Apr 1, 2020 — Cultural institutions around the country are cutting back, but it’s the fear of losing Film Comment that has set off alarms among cinephiles.

Sep 12, 2019 — A new web resource spearheaded by Su Friedrich celebrates women editors from around the world, highlighting work that has long been obscured by the masculinism of auteurist film culture.

Apr 1, 2019 — Over the course of his four-decade Hollywood career, Robert Zemeckis has racked up no shortage of memorable achievements, bringing to life the beloved Back to the Future franchise, winning an Oscar for his work on Forrest Gump, and gaining renown...

Jun 8, 2018 — San Francisco’s festival of experimental film prompts a new taxonomy from Michael Sicinski.