Amy Taubin
Amy Taubin is a contributing editor to Film Comment and Sight & Sound and writes frequently for Artforum. She is the author of the BFI Film Classic Taxi Driver.
Online articles
Cannes Film Festival 2012
The Sight & Sound blog
Follow Nick James and our correspondents on the Croisette. Read the collated entries, or see the index of individual posts. Web exclusive, May 2012
The films of 2011 Poll
In a strong year for arthouse cinema, Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life emerged as the clear winner of the S&S poll of international critics’ best films of 2011, says Nick James. from S&S January 2012
The revolution of inaction: This Is Not a Film
Made under house arrest, Jafar Panahi’s In Film Nist (This Is Not a Film) breaks all the rules, says Amy Taubin. from S&S July 2011
The films of 2010 Poll
The Social Network and Uncle Boonmee Who Can Remember His Past Lives head our round-up of the films and highlights of the year, as voted by 85 critics and curators. from S&S January 2011
Roll Forever
To mark a season of Andy Warhol films at the BFI Southbank, director Gus Van Sant tells Amy Taubin why he’s been described as the Factory artist’s alter ego. from S&S August 2007
Degraded dupes: Steven Soderbergh
The Good German explores the shadowy underworld of political manoeuvring in post-war Berlin. Amy Taubin talks to its director about confounding our expectations and capturing the look of the 1940s. from S&S March 2007