Film at Lincoln Center announces the launch of the new Film Comment digital magazine. Founded in 1962, Film Comment is debuting a subscription-based quarterly digital publication with a redesigned website, digital archive, and logo that harken back to its history while looking to the future. The new Film Comment will include expanded cover features, reviews, interviews, regular columns, podcast episodes, in-depth reporting from top festivals, and more.

The inaugural Summer 2026 issue features a cover story on Boots Riley’s highly anticipated new film, I Love Boosters, accompanied by an interview with Riley for Film Comment’s weekly podcast. The issue also includes a feature on Lucrecia Martel’s Our Land and an interview with the filmmaker; a profile of Michaela Coel, star of recent releases The Christophers and Mother Mary; an essay by Jonathan Rosenbaum reflecting on his columns for Film Comment from the 1970s; and the return of FC’s Critics’ Grid, where contributors rate new releases. Additional articles and podcasts will be added weekly to quarterly issues until the next issue launches. 

“At Film Comment, we believe in the value of film criticism—as a means of making sense of a fraught world through its images, and as an essential conduit to beauty and originality,” said Co-Editor Devika Girish. “Our new digital magazine is gorgeous, affordable, and sustainable; it ensures that Film Comment remains a bastion for truly independent, nonprofit criticism. And what better way to kick it off than with a cover story on the new Boots Riley film!”

“Our vision foregrounds the thoughtful, rigorous approach to film writing that has characterized the magazine since its inception in 1962, while leveraging the up-to-the-minute flexibility of digital publishing,” said Co-Editor Clinton Krute. “Plus, subscribers can access the beautiful and intuitive new digital archive, truly a treasure trove for cinephiles.”

Film Comment invites readers to subscribe and support the publication’s legacy of insightful, longform writing on cinema, now available in a sleek, dynamic new format. Quarterly and annual subscriptions are available now at filmcomment.com/subscribe.

FILM COMMENT
The premier nonprofit, independent home for film journalism in the United States since 1962, Film Comment is dedicated to advancing film culture through critical analysis, in-depth filmmaker interviews, festival coverage, podcasts, live events, and more. Film Comment was founded under the editorship of Gordon Hitchens, who was followed by editors Richard Corliss, Harlan Jacobson, Richard T. Jameson, Gavin Smith, Nicolas Rapold, and current co-editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute. Past and present contributing writers include Ashley Clark, Manohla Dargis, Raymond Durgnat, Roger Ebert, Manny Farber, Scott Foundas, Molly Haskell, J. Hoberman, Eric Hynes, Kent Jones, Dave Kehr, Nathan Lee, Kathleen Murphy, Sheila O’Malley, Brooks Riley, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Andrew Sarris, Amy Taubin, David Thomson, Amos Vogel, Robin Wood, and many more. The magazine has been published by Film at Lincoln Center since 1974.

FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER
Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) is a nonprofit organization that celebrates cinema as an essential art form and fosters a vibrant home for film culture to thrive. FLC presents premier film festivals, retrospectives, new releases, and restorations year-round in state-of-the-art theaters at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. FLC offers audiences the opportunity to discover works from established and emerging directors from around the world with a passionate community of film lovers at marquee events including the New York Film Festival and New Directors/New Films.

Founded in 1969, FLC is committed to preserving the excitement of the theatrical experience for all audiences, advancing high-quality film journalism through the publication of Film Comment, cultivating the next generation of film industry professionals through our FLC Academies, and enriching the lives of all who engage with our programs.

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