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Film Comment Selects

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Film Comment Selects is an annual program hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and curated by the editors and writers of Film Comment magazine. It aims to provide a cutting-edge lineup of eclectic and international films, many of which have appeared on the international film festival circuit and been championed in the magazine but have yet to gain distribution. The program first appeared as a one-off event in March 2000, organized by editor Richard T. Jameson and showcasing the most significant films and filmmakers of the past decade. Gavin Smith and Kent Jones added three New York premieres to the roster (Lars von Trier’s The Idiots, Manoel de Oliveira’s Inquiétude, Abbas Kiarostami’s The Wind Will Carry Us), and based on its success, it was revived in 2002, remaining an annual event at the Film Society of Lincoln Center ever since. In recent years, the program has extended its focus on little-seen international discoveries to also include avant-garde selections, retrospectives of overlooked or underrated artists, previews of films that are soon to be released, and conversations with directors and actors.

Past programs

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March 2000

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

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Special events

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2002

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Focus on New Japanese Cinema

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2003

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2004

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2005

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Bulle Ogier Tribute

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2006

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Focus on Elaine May

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2007

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2008

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Spotlight on Richard Fleischer

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Mondo Packard

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  • Reflections of Evil (Damon Packard, 2002)
  • Damon Packard’s Greatest Hits: trailers for Apple (1992–1995), Untitled Star Wars Mockumentary (2004), Reflections of Evil (2003), The Early 70’s Horror Trailer (2002); Rollerboogie III (1999); Chad’s Wedding Video; Chemtrails (2005); Al’s Techno Bar (2005); Lost in the Thinking (2005); Dawn of an Evil Millennium (1988)

Other special programs

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2009

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Special Retrospectives

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Double Trouble: Joel DeMott and Jeff Kreines

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  • Demon Lover Diary (Joel DeMott, 1980)
  • Seventeen (Joel DeMott and Jeff Kreines, 1983)

Guy Debord

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  • In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni (1978)
  • The Society of the Spectacle (1973) screened with Réfutation de tous les judgements, tant élogieux qu’hostiles, qui ont été jusq’ici portés sur le film ‘La société du spectacle’ (1975)
  • Hurlements en faveur de Sade (1952) screened with On the Passage of a Few Persons Through a Rather Brief Unity of Time (1959) and Critique de la separation (1961)

2010

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2011

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2012

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2013

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2014

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Focus on Christian Petzold

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Healthcare Mayhem Double Feature

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References

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