Cannes 2026 #8: Bringing It All Back Home
Cannes 2026 wrapped with Film Comment’s final podcast, where critics Justin Chang, Tim Grierson and Jessica Kiang dissected the festival’s closing slate. They examined three late‑premiering Competition entries—Valeska Grisebach’s Jury‑Prize winner The Dreamed Adventure, Léa Mysius’s experimental The Birthday Party, and Lukas Dhont’s socially charged Coward. The conversation then shifted to Ken Russell’s newly restored classic The Devils, screened in Cannes Classics. Their insights highlight the festival’s blend of emerging voices and cinematic heritage.
Cannes 2026 #7: Standing Ovations
Film Comment’s seventh Cannes podcast recaps late‑festival premieres, featuring competition entries Minotaur, The Man I Love, and The Black Ball, which sparked a 20‑minute standing ovation. Hosts Thomas Flew and Neta Alexander also highlighted standout titles from the ACID sidebar,...
Cannes 2026 Subscriber Exclusive: Join the Party
Film Comment’s Cannes 2026 subscriber‑exclusive podcast brings together critics Dennis Lim, Kong Rithdee, and Antoine Thirion to dissect the festival’s standout premieres and controversies. The episode spotlights new works from Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Valeska Grisebach, James Gray, and Paweł Pawlikowski, among...
Cannes 2026 #5: Out-of-Body Experience
Film Comment’s fifth Cannes 2026 podcast, hosted by editor Devika Girish, spotlights mid‑festival standouts. The episode discusses James Gray’s crime drama Paper Tiger, Thai road‑movie 9 Temples to Heaven, a slate of documentaries, and Arthur Harari’s mind‑bending thriller The Unknown....
Cannes 2026 #4: At My Window
Cannes 2026 is in full swing, and Film Comment’s crew is delivering on‑site podcasts, interviews, and a Critics’ Grid. In its fourth Croisette podcast, editor Devika Girish joins critics Öykü Sofuoğlu and Inney Prakash to dissect three standout films: *Clarissa*,...
Cannes 2026 #3: Picture Perfect
Cannes 2026 has kicked off with a bustling schedule of premieres from top auteurs. Film Comment’s daily podcast series brings critics Robert Daniels and Inney Prakash to the Croisette for in‑depth discussions. In the third episode they dissect Radu Jude’s...
Boots Riley on I Love Boosters
Boots Riley, the director behind the satirical hit *Sorry to Bother You* and the genre‑bending series *I’m a Virgo*, returns with *I Love Boosters*, a theatrical release slated for summer 2026. The film mixes professional shoplifters, a Marxist teleportation device,...
Searching for Space
Georgian auteur Alexandre Koberidze’s third feature, Dry Leaf, follows a father’s three‑hour quest across rural Georgia to find his missing daughter. The film begins as a missing‑person mystery but dissolves into patient observations of fields, abandoned villages, and invisible interlocutors. Shot entirely...
The Film Comment Podcast: Oscars 2026 Preview with the Los Angeles Review of Books
Film Comment’s podcast hosts Devika and Clint teamed with Los Angeles Review of Books editors Eric Newman, Annie Berke and Elizabeth Alsop for a special Oscars 2026 preview. The episode dissects the Best Picture slate—including Sinners, The Secret Agent and F1—while flagging emerging trends, surprise contenders and...
Interview: Ross McElwee on Remake
Ross McElwee’s new documentary Remake, released March 6 2026, is a deeply personal film that revisits his son Adrian’s life, addiction, and tragic death while also chronicling McElwee’s own battles with brain cancer, a failed Hollywood remake of Sherman’s March, and his marriage...
The Film Comment Podcast: Akinola Davies Jr. On My Father’s Shadow
Filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr. discusses his debut feature My Father’s Shadow on the Film Comment Podcast. The film, set in Lagos in 1993, follows two boys spending a day with their often‑absent father amid looming political unrest. Davies, who recently...