Film Comment Selects

Past programs

March 2000

Top of the World: Film Comment Magazine Selects the Most Important Films and Filmmakers of the Nineties

• Red
• JLG/JLG
• The Puppetmaster
• Schindler's List
• Pulp Fiction Miller's Crossing The Age of Innocence The Idiots Inquiétude
• ''The Wind Will Carry Us''

Special events

• Pink Floyd The Wall, followed by prog-rock afterparty with music by the DJs of Viva Radio—October 13, 2009The Last Days of Disco, followed by a late disco dance party with DJs Jeremy Campbell and Dan Selzer —August 27, 2009
• Thirst, with Park Chan-wook in person—July 20, 2009The Friends of Eddie Coyle —May 26, 20091991: The Year Punk Broke, followed by an after-party with music provided by Viva Radio—May 4, 2009
• A Tribute to Pierre Clémenti; the USA premiere of Les Idoles —November 25, 2008The Changeling —October 31, 2008Che! —October 28, 2008The Last Winter —September 17, 2007
• The Executioner's Song, followed by a Q&A with Lawrence Schiller and Rosanna Arquette—August 5, 2007
• Them —August 2, 2007
• Norman Mailer on Film: Tough Guys Don't Dance and Maidstone, with Mailer in conversation—July 22, 2007
• Preview screening of Joshua, followed by a Q&A with George Ratliff, producer Johnathan Dorfman, and cast members—July 2, 2007Hot Fuzz screened with Electra Glide in Blue, with Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost in person—April 10, 2007
• An Evening with Charles Grodin, with a screening of Midnight Run, followed by an onstage conversation with Charles Grodin—December 13, 2006
• Sneak Preview of The Descent, with Neil Marshall in attendance—July 24, 2006Pine Flat, with Sharon Lockhart in person—May 25, 2006
• An Evening with Anton Corbijn, Jonathan Glazer, Mark Romanek, and Stéphane Sednaoui, featuring all four directors in a roundtable Q&A and Michel Gondry as MC—September 13, 2005
• 2046, with Wong Kar-wai in person—June 15, 2005
• We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen, followed by a Q&A with Tim Irwin and producer Keith Schieron—'''May 24, 2005'''

2002

• The Mission Investigating Sex
• Trouble Every Day The Sleepy Time Gal The Piano Teacher The Entity screened with Outer Space and Dream Work Forever Mine
• ''Merci pour le chocolat''

Focus on New Japanese Cinema

• Ring Ichi the Killer H-Story Pulse
• ''Harmful Insect''

2003

• The Road Combat d’amour en songe
• Seafood Path to War Seven Days in May
• Two films by Chris Marker and Société pour le lancement des Oeuvres Nouvelles : The Battle of the Ten Million and 2084 The Secret Lives of Dentists La Nouvelle vie Remembrance of Things to Come screened with Embassy Ken Park Blissfully Yours Monrak Transistor Brief Crossing Shadow Kill
• JUON:the grudge 2 2003
• JUON: the grudge

2004

• Greendale All Tomorrow’s Parties No Rest for the Brave
• The Grudge Los Angeles Plays Itself The World's Greatest Sinner Bright Future Strayed The Story of Marie and Julien The Magic Gloves Playing “In the Company of Men”
• Ripley’s Game Gambling, Gods and LSD Shanghai Picnic Welcome to Destination Shanghai
• ''The Five Obstructions''

2005

• Clean At Five in the Afternoon
• Vital
• Downfall Izo Le Pont des Arts Turtles Can Fly
• The Ister Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Secret File Ma mère
• Archival prints of Fixed Bayonet and Steel Helmet Los muertos Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel
• ''Memories of Murder''

Bulle Ogier Tribute

• ''The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie''

2006

• One Night Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachtani? Diás de Campo Saratan Workingman’s Death Isolation Kinetta Bashing
• Digital Short Films by Three Filmmakers: Haze ; Magician ; Worldly Desires The Forsaken Land Loft
• ''Kekexili: Mountain Patrol''

Focus on Elaine May

• The Heartbreak Kid Mikey and Nicky
• Ishtar

2007

• James Benning: Two Films: Ten Skies and 13 Lakes Lights in the Dusk Longing Play It as It Lays
• Retribution Summer ’04
• Summer Palace Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters These Encounters of Theirs Twilight's Last Gleaming The Wedding Director
• ''The Yacoubian Building''

2008

• Chop Shop
• Container
• Dark Matter Dust
• The Edge of Heaven Ex Drummer
• Flash Point
• Frontière(s) Import Export Inside
• Joy Division Schindler’s Houses Wolfsbergen
• ''A Wonderful World''

Spotlight on Richard Fleischer

• Mandingo
• ''10 Rillington Place''

Mondo Packard

• Damon Packard’s Greatest Hits: trailers for Apple, Untitled Star Wars Mockumentary, Reflections of Evil, The Early 70’s Horror Trailer ; Rollerboogie III ; Chad’s Wedding Video; Chemtrails ; Al’s Techno Bar ; Lost in the Thinking ; ''Dawn of an Evil Millennium''

Other special programs

• Crispin Glover in person: Rubin and Ed
• A new look at Philippe Garrel: ''J’entends plus la guitare''

2009

• The Chaser Frontier of Dawn Jerichow
• Revanche The Tiger's Tail A Week Alone
• ''A Woman in Berlin''

Special Retrospectives

• ''Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains''

Double Trouble: Joel DeMott and Jeff Kreines

• Seventeen

Guy Debord

2010

• Accident Air Doll Applause Be Good A Brighter Summer Day
• Les derniers jours du monde (Happy End)
• Godard Rarities: A choice selection of odds and ends from the extended oeuvre of Jean-Luc Godard, including material from his American escapades and TV appearances, curated with the help of Jake Perlin.
• Kinatay (The Execution of P.) The Land of Madness Like You Know It All Morphia Nucingen House Perfect Life
• Persecution Survival of the Dead Tales from the Golden Age
• The Victors

2011

• ''Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen''

2012

• ''Whore's Glory''

2013

• "3" A Borrowed Life Call Girl Dormant Beauty Electra Glide in Blue
• "From the Life of the Marionettes"
• "Gebo and the Shadow"
• "Here Comes the Devil" Hearts of the West In the Fog Miss Lovely Motorway Nights with Theodore Penance Sightseers Slither Stemple Pass Wish You Were Here
• ''White Epilepsy''

2014

• ''The Weight''

Focus on Christian Petzold

• ''Wolfsburg''

Healthcare Mayhem Double Feature

• ''The Hospital''