Film Comment

Film Comment is an arts and culture magazine now published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, of which it is the official publication. "Film Comment" features reviews and analysis of mainstream, art-house, and avant-garde filmmaking from around the world. Founded in 1962 and originally released as a quarterly, "Film Comment" began publishing on a bi-monthly basis with the Nov/Dec issue of 1972. The magazine's editorial team also hosts the annual Film Comment Selects at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, publication of the magazine was suspended in May 2020, and its website was updated on March 10, 2021 with news of the relaunch of the Film Comment podcast and a weekly letter.
History.
Origins.
"Film Comment" was founded during the boom years of the international art-house circuit and the so-called New American Cinema, an umbrella term for the era's independently produced documentaries and narrative features as well experimental and underground works. By way of a mission statement, founder publisher Joseph Blanco wrote in the inaugural issue: "With the increasing interest in the motion picture as an art form, and with the rise of the New American cinema, ["Film Comment"] takes its place as a publication for the independent film maker and those who share a sincere interest in the unlimited scope of the motion picture."