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The Film Comment Podcast

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Founded in 1962, Film Comment has been the home of independent film journalism for over 50 years, publishing in-depth interviews, critical analysis, and feature coverage of mainstream, art-house, and avant-garde filmmaking from around the world. The Film Comment Podcast, hosted by editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute, is a weekly space for critical conversation about film, with a look at topical issues, new releases, and the big picture. Film Comment is a nonprofit publication that relies on the support of readers. Support film culture. Support Film Comment.

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  1. Fall New Releases, with Inney Prakash and Michael Blair

    · 1 h 02 min · Episode 28

    On this week's episode, Film Comment Editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute invited FC Contributing Editor Inney Prakash and Assistant Editor Michael Blair to debate three new films that are currently gracing the…

  2. NYFF64 Festival Report, with Bilge Ebiri and Molly Haskell

    · 58 min · Episode 27

    As the 64th New York Film Festival drew to a close last week, it was once again time for Film Comment’s Festival Report, our annual live overview of the NYFF that was. Critics Bilge Ebiri and Molly Haskell joined Film…

  3. Sex in the Cinema at NYFF64, with Ayanna Dozier and Melissa Anderson

    · 1 h 03 min · Episode 26

    Several films—both old and new—across this year’s NYFF lineup push the boundaries of depictions of sensuality and desire on screen, posing provocative questions for the current cinema landscape, where sex has become a…

  4. Critics Academy x NYFF Shorts #2

    · 27 min · Episode 25

    For the last two weeks, we've handed over The Film Comment Podcast to the participants of the 2026 Film at Lincoln Center Critics Academy—an annual program for up-and-coming critics held during the New York Film…

  5. Critics Academy x NYFF Shorts #1

    · 25 min · Episode 24

    This week and next, we're handing over The Film Comment Podcast to the participants of the 2026 Film at Lincoln Center Critics Academy—an annual program for up-and-coming critics held during the New York Film Festival,…

  6. Venice 2026 #6, with Mariona Borrull, Leonardo Goi, Luke Hicks, and Öykü Sofuoğlu

    · 46 min · Episode 23

    For the past two weeks, Film Comment has been reporting from the picturesque shores of the Lido di Venezia, where the Venice Film Festival takes place each year. For our final Podcast from this year's edition, which…

  7. Venice 2026 #5, with Jordan Cronk and Öykü Sofuoğlu

    · 51 min · Episode 22

    This week, Film Comment is reporting from the picturesque shores of the Lido di Venezia, where the Venice Film Festival takes place each year. This year’s edition features new films by many major auteurs, including…

  8. Venice 2026 #4, with Eva Sangiorgi and Paola Casell

    · 44 min · Episode 21

    This week and next, Film Comment is reporting from the picturesque shores of the Lido di Venezia, where the Venice Film Festival takes place each year. This year’s edition features new films by many major auteurs,…

  9. Venice 2026 #3, with Jonathan Romney and Tim Grierson

    · 48 min · Episode 20

    This week and next, Film Comment is reporting from the picturesque shores of the Lido, where the Venice Film Festival takes place each year. This year’s edition features new films by many major auteurs, including…

  10. Venice 2026 #2, with Bilge Ebiri and Guy Lodge

    · 43 min · Episode 19

    This week and next, Film Comment is reporting from the picturesque shores of the Lido, where the Venice Film Festival takes place each year. This year’s edition features new films by many major auteurs, including…

  11. Venice 2026 #1, with Miriam Bale and Öykü Sofuoğlu

    · 45 min · Episode 18

    This week and next, Film Comment is reporting from the picturesque shores of the Lido, where the Venice Film Festival takes place each year. This year’s edition features new films by many major auteurs, including…

  12. Jane Schoenbrun on Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

    · 37 min · Episode 17

    Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun’s third narrative feature, opens in theaters tomorrow. Dizzyingly meta-textual and deliciously, well, campy, the film stars Hannah Einbinder as an emerging queer…

  13. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, with Genevieve Yue and Inney Prakash

    · 51 min · Episode 16

    Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Zendaya, and more, is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated films of the year. Last week, FC Contributing Editor…

  14. Karlovy Vary #3, with Robert Daniels and Guy Lodge

    · 36 min · Episode 15

    This week, Film Comment Editor Clinton Krute is in the Czech Republic, reporting on the 60th Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Located in a picturesque spa town, the fest has long been the home of hidden gems in its…

  15. Karlovy Vary 2026 #2, with Robert Daniels

    · 39 min · Episode 14

    This week, Film Comment Editor Clinton Krute is in the Czech Republic, reporting on the 60th Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Located in a picturesque spa town, the fest has long been the home of hidden gems in its…

  16. Karlovy Vary 2026 #1, with Pavel Sladký and Irena Kovarova

    · 36 min · Episode 13

    This week, Film Comment Editor Clinton Krute is in the Czech Republic, reporting on the 60th Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Located in a picturesque spa town, the fest has long been the home of hidden gems in its…

  17. John Early on Maddie’s Secret

    · 45 min · Episode 12

    Listeners might know John Early as a very funny comedian and actor—but last year at the Toronto International Film Festival, John debuted a new role: an auteur. His first feature, Maddie’s Secret, takes cues from TV…

  18. Cannes 2026 #9: Breaking Borders at Cannes Docs

    · 49 min · Episode 11

    On May 15, Film Comment Editor Devika Girish moderated a panel at Cannes Docs, an industry sidebar dedicated to nonfiction filmmaking. Titled "Breaking Borders," the conversation examined how, even as the film market…

  19. Cannes 2026 #8, with Justin Chang, Tim Grierson, and Jessica Kiang

    · 1 h 06 min · Episode 10

    Cannes 2026 wrapped this past weekend, but the Film Comment crew has not slowed down one bit as we continue to cut through the noise with dispatches, interviews, Podcasts, a special Cannes Critics’ Grid, and much more.…

  20. Cannes 2026 #7, with Thomas Flew and Neta Alexander

    · 56 min · Episode 9

    Cannes 2026 is nearing its close, but the Film Comment crew has not slowed down one bit as we continue to cut through the noise with dispatches, interviews, Podcasts, a special Cannes Critics’ Grid, and much more. This…

  21. Cannes 2026 #6, with Isabel Stevens and Neta Alexander

    · 40 min · Episode 8

    Cannes 2026 is in full swing and the Film Comment crew is on the ground, cutting through the noise with dispatches, interviews, Podcasts, a special Cannes Critics’ Grid, and much more. This year’s edition is packed…

  22. Cannes 2026 #5, with Jordan Cronk, Adam Piron, and Ruun Nuur

    · 50 min · Episode 7

    Cannes 2026 is in full swing, and the Film Comment crew is on the ground, ready to cut through the noise with dispatches, interviews, Podcasts, a special Cannes Critics’ Grid, and much more. This year’s edition is…

  23. Cannes 2026 #4, with Öykü Sofuoğlu and Inney Prakash

    · 50 min · Episode 6

    Cannes 2026 is in full swing, and the Film Comment crew is on the ground, ready to cut through the noise with dispatches, interviews, Podcasts, a special Cannes Critics’ Grid, and much more. This year’s edition is…

  24. Cannes 2026 #3, with Robert Daniels and Inney Prakash

    · 42 min · Episode 5

    Cannes 2026 has arrived, and the Film Comment crew is on the ground, ready to cut through the noise with dispatches, interviews, Podcasts, a special Cannes Critics’ Grid, and much more. This year’s edition is packed…

  25. Cannes 2026 #2, with Katie McCabe and Alison Willmore

    · 43 min · Episode 4

    Cannes 2026 has arrived, and the Film Comment crew is on the ground, ready to cut through the noise with dispatches, interviews, Podcasts, a special Cannes Critics’ Grid, and much more. This year's edition is packed…

  26. Cannes 2026 #1, with Jonathan Romney and Beatrice Loayza

    · 45 min · Episode 3

    Cannes 2026 has arrived, and the Film Comment crew is on the ground, ready to cut through the noise with dispatches, interviews, Podcasts, a special Cannes Critics’ Grid, and much more. This year's edition is packed…

  27. Boots Riley on I Love Boosters

    · 1 h 01 min · Episode 2

    On this week’s Podcast, Boots Riley joins to discuss his new film, I Love Boosters. The director of 2018’s Sorry to Bother You and the 2023 streaming series I’m a Virgo has returned with a movie that provides a new,…

  28. In Conversation with George Clooney

    · 1 h 11 min · Episode 1

    Next week, on Monday, April 27, Film at Lincoln Center honors George Clooney with their annual Chaplin Award. Clooney has been a shining star in the American media firmament since the 1990s, from his breakout role on…

  29. Melissa Anderson on The Hunger

    · 1 h 04 min · Episode 1

    For more than two decades, Melissa Anderson has been one of New York City’s most important film critics—and one of Film Comment’s favorite writers. From her start as a freelancer in the 2000s, through her editorships…

  30. The Films of Peter Watkins, with J. Hoberman

    · 50 min · Episode 1

    On October 30 of last year, we lost one of cinema’s most daring auteurs: the British director Peter Watkins. Starting out in television in the 1960s, Watkins developed an utterly unique and militantly political mode of…

  31. Oscars 2026 Preview, with the Los Angeles Review of Books

    · 1 h 04 min · Episode 1

    It’s that time of year again: the Academy Awards are just around the corner. In anticipation of the winners being revealed this Sunday, Devika and Clint teamed up with some colleagues from Tinseltown—the writers and…

  32. Akinola Davies Jr. on My Father’s Shadow

    · 32 min · Episode 1

    Set in Nigeria in 1993, Akinola Davies Jr.’s elliptical, atmospheric My Father’s Shadow is a portrait of a country on the cusp of a political crisis. We experience these events through the eyes of the film’s young…

  33. Ashley Clark on The World of Black Film

    · 46 min · Episode 1

    Across his contributions to Film Comment and other publications, and his programming as the Curatorial Director of the Criterion Collection, Ashley Clark has established himself as one of the smartest, sharpest…

  34. Sundance 2026 #5, with Bilge Ebiri, Tim Grierson, and Madeline Whittle

    · 1 h 22 min · Episode 1

    It's late January, and the intrepid Film Comment crew has been on the ground reporting from an extra special edition of the Sundance Film Festival—the last to take place on the snowy slopes of Park City, Utah, the…

  35. Sundance 2026 #4, with Robert Daniels, Will Tavlin, and Natalia Winkelman

    · 52 min · Episode 1

    It's late January, and the intrepid Film Comment crew is on the ground reporting from an extra special edition of the Sundance Film Festival—the last to take place on the snowy slopes of Park City, Utah, the festival's…

  36. Sundance 2026 #3, with Tim Grierson, Robert Daniels, and Monica Castillo

    · 52 min · Episode 1

    It's late January, and the intrepid Film Comment crew is on the ground reporting from an extra special edition of the Sundance Film Festival—the last to take place on the snowy slopes of Park City, Utah, the festival's…

  37. Sundance 2026 #2, with Madeline Whittle and Will Tavlin

    · 41 min · Episode 1

    It's late January, and the intrepid Film Comment crew is on the ground reporting from an extra special edition of the Sundance Film Festival—the last to take place on the snowy slopes of Park City, Utah, the festival's…

  38. Sundance 2026 #1, with Madeline Whittle, Robert Daniels, and Will Tavlin

    · 50 min · Episode 1

    It's late January, and the intrepid Film Comment crew is on the ground reporting from an extra special edition of the Sundance Film Festival—the last to take place on the snowy slopes of Park City, Utah, the festival's…

  39. New Year, New Releases, with Beatrice Loayza and Mark Asch

    · 1 h 08 min · Episode 1

    Every January, as we ring in the new year, we take a moment to take a look at some of the major new releases of the holiday season. This year, Film Comment Editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute invited critics…

  40. The Best Films of 2025, with Amy Taubin and Bilge Ebiri

    · 1 h 44 min · Episode 1

    On December 11, 2025, as part our annual winter list extravaganza, Film Comment Editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute were joined by esteemed critics Amy Taubin and Bilge Ebiri for a real-time countdown of the films…

  41. Kleber Mendonça Filho on The Secret Agent

    · 46 min · Episode 1

    This week’s Podcast features an in-depth interview with Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho, whose latest feature, The Secret Agent, is in select theaters now. The film was a highlight of both this year’s Cannes,…

  42. Noah Baumbach on Jay Kelly

    · 38 min · Episode 1

    This week, Film Comment Editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute sit down with writer-director Noah Baumbach, whose new feature, Jay Kelly, is in select theaters now. The movie stars George Clooney as an aging Hollywood…

  43. Tokyo International Film Festival #3, with Aiko Masubuchi

    · 53 min · Episode 1

    Last week, Devika returned from the Tokyo International Film Festival, which ran from October 27 to November 5 in the Japanese capital. As one of the major festivals in Asia, the event is a great showcase for new and…

  44. Tokyo International Film Festival #2, with Kambole Campbell and Sasha Han

    · 48 min · Episode 1

    Last week, Devika returned from the Tokyo International Film Festival, which ran from October 27 to November 5 in the Japanese capital. As one of the major festivals in Asia, the event is a great showcase for new and…

  45. Tokyo International Film Festival #1, with Vadim Rizov and Kong Rithdee

    · 36 min · Episode 1

    Last week, Devika returned from the Tokyo International Film Festival, which ran from October 27 to November 5 in the Japanese capital. As one of the major festivals in Asia, the event is a great showcase for new and…

  46. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, with Miriam Bale and Adam Piron

    · 1 h 28 min · Episode 1

    Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another has been the talk of the town since its wide release last month—from critics to filmmakers to audiences, the reception has been nothing short of euphoric. Loosely…

  47. NYFF63 Festival Report, with Molly Haskell, J. Hoberman, and Beatrice Loayza

    · 1 h 06 min · Episode 1

    As the 63rd New York Film Festival drew to a close last weekend, it was once again time for Film Comment’s Festival Report, our annual live overview of the NYFF that was. FC Editor Clinton Krute was joined by critics…

  48. Gianfranco Rosi on Below the Clouds

    · 28 min · Episode 1

    One of the highlights of this year’s New York Film Festival is the latest feature by the nonfiction master Gianfranco Rosi, known for documentaries like Sacro GRA (2013), Fire at Sea (2016), and Notturno (2020), which…

  49. Stealing Time, with Kelly Reichardt, Kent Jones, and Lucio Castro

    · 1 h 02 min · Episode 1

    Three films in this year’s NYFF lineup explore the intersections of quotidian life and the arts, following artists whose efforts to make time and space for their creative passions are thwarted or frustrated by the…

  50. Spinal Tap on Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

    · 25 min · Episode 1

    “That’s the majesty of rock / The mystery of roll / The darning of the sock / The scoring of the goal / The farmer takes a wife / The barber takes a pole / We’re in this together…and ever.” These lyrics ring as true…

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