20 Favorites from the Metrograph Journal

As the year winds to a close, we’ve had a chance to reflect proudly on the work we’ve been publishing in the Metrograph Journal. Below, you’ll find a selection of 20 of the Journal’s most popular pieces of the year for you to visit or revisit—interviews with filmmakers, actor profiles, entries in some of our ongoing columns, and essays on films we love. We want to thank all of our wonderful Journal contributors and readers, and look forward to sharing more great writing with you in 2025.
—The Editors

Elaine May’s Worst-Kept Secret
By Keva York

The Top Five Non-Stooge Performances by Members of the Three Stooges
BY WILL SLOAN

The Metrograph Interview: Lee Chang-Dong
BY PHOEBE CHEN

CHRIS MARKER IN JAPAN
BY SASHA FRERE-JONES

RAMELL ROSS
InTERVIEW BY NICK PINKERTON

CRACKED ACTOR: GENA ROWLANDS
BY CHRISTIAN LORENTZEN

SEAN BAKER
INTERVIEW BY GABRIEL JANDALI APPEL

A PERFORMANCE DIARY: WINTER
BY ANNIE HAMILTON

THE OLYMPICS IN MEXICO
BY GEOFF DYER

WENDY AND LUCY, 16 YEARS ON
BY K. AUSTIN COLLINS

THE AFRICAN GAZE 
BY CHRYSTEL OLOUKOÏ

UNDER (AND OVER) THE ROOFS OF PARIS IN FRANTIC
BY NICK PINKERTON

STRANGE PLEASURES: PATRICK SWAYZE
BY BEATRICE LOAYZA

THE METROGRAPH INTERVIEW: MARK LEE PING-BING
BY BRADFORD YOUNG

THE METROGRAPH INTERVIEW: CAROL KANE
BY NATHAN SILVER

PAULINE AT THE BEACH 
BY NADJA SPIEGELMAN

SANDRA HÜLLER
INTERVIEW BY PAULA BEER

GRIFFIN DUNNE 
INTERVIEW BY KELLI WESTON

ALICE DIOP’S LOOKING GLASS SUBJECTS 
BY NICHOLAS RUSSELL

CRACKED ACTOR: MICHELLE PFEIFFER 
BY LUKE GOODSELL