Best Billy Arnett Podcasts (2025)

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#623 - Jafar Panahi and Martin Scorsese in Conversation 43:03

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Director Jafar Panahi returned to the New York Film Festival for the first time in 25 years to present the Main Slate selection It Was Just an Accident, his first film since his 2022 imprisonment. NYFF was honored to invite Panahi for special conversation with none other than Martin Scorsese. The legendary filmmakers discussed Panahi's childhood, e…

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#622 - Bradley Cooper, Will Arnett, Laura Dern & More on Is This Thing On? 34:44

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Bradley Cooper, Will Arnett, Laura Dern, Andra Day, and Christine Ebersole join NYFF selection committee member Florence Almozini to discuss this year’s Closing Night selection, Is This Thing On?Will Arnett and Laura Dern play a couple whose separation leads to unpredictable midlife self-reckonings, most dramatically in Alex’s wild career pivot to …

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#621 - Claire Denis, Isaach de Bankolé, Matt Dillon, and Tom Blyth on The Fence 21:35

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Claire Denis, Isaach de Bankolé, Matt Dillon, and Tom Blyth discuss The Fence with NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim at the 63rd New York Film Festival.In Claire Denis’s absorbing and intimate film, set at a white-run construction site in West Africa, Albouny (Isaach de Bankolé) demands the return of his brother’s body, killed in a mysterious work …

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#620 - Ben and Amy Stiller on Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost 17:56

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Ben Stiller and Amy Stiller discuss Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost with NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim at the 63rd New York Film Festival.In this funny, moving documentary from director Ben Stiller—the most personal film of his career—he tells the story of his parents: the comedy duo of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, who were a beloved mainstay…

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#619 - Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Lighton on Pillion 24:22

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Harry Lighton and Alexander Skarsgård discuss Pillion with NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim at the 63rd New York Film Festival.In his unorthodox queer romance, Harry Lighton crafts a film about a sadomasochistic relationship that is both transgressive and disarming, starring Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård in fearless performances as a mild …

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#618 - Richard Linklater and the Casts of Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague 42:57

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#617 - Mary Bronstein, Rose Byrne, Conan O'Brien & Christian Slater on If I'd Had Legs I'd Kick You 21:57

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Mary Bronstein, Rose Byrne, Conan O'Brien, and Christian Slater discuss If I'd Had Legs I'd Kick You with Film Comment editor and NYFF Talks programmer Devika Girish at the 63rd New York Film Festival.The nightmarish stresses of motherhood and work are pushed to their absurdist extremes in Mary Bronstein’s stellar piece of cinematic anxiety, starri…

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#616 - Joachim Trier, Renate Reinsve, Elle Fanning, Stellan Skarsgård & More on Sentimental Value 21:55

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Welcome to the daily 63rd New York Film Festival podcast. On today’s edition, Joachim Trier, Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, and Eskil Vogt join NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim to discuss Sentimental Value.In Joachim Trier’s Cannes Grand Prix–winning follow-up to The Worst Person in the World, Renate Rein…

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#615 - Jim Jarmusch, Adam Driver, Vicky Krieps, Tom Waits & More on Father Mother Sister Brother 34:21

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Jim Jarmusch, Adam Driver, Vicky Krieps, Tom Waits, Indya Moore, and Luka Sabbat join NYFF selection committee member Florence Almozini to discuss this year’s Centerpiece selection, Father Mother Sister Brother.Winner of the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion, Jim Jarmusch’s perceptive study in familial dynamics is carefully constructed in the form o…

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#614 - Noah Baumbach, George Clooney, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup & Riley Keogh on Jay Kelly 23:53

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Noah Baumbach, George Clooney, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, and Riley Keogh join Film Comment Editor and NYFF Talks programmer Devika Girish to discuss Jay Kelly.Noah Baumbach’s stellar character study gives George Clooney his best film role in years, as—fittingly—the last great movie star, who may be harboring more regrets than he cares to admit.The …

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#613 - Kathryn Bigelow and Team on A House of Dynamite 18:06

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Kathryn Bigelow, Tracy Letts, Jared Harris, Noah Oppenheim, Paul N.J. Ottosson, Kirk Baxter, and Volker Bertelmann join NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim to discuss A House of Dynamite, which had its North American premiere at the 63rd New York Film Festival. The detection of an unidentified incoming missile sets in motion an escalating series of a…

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#612 - Scott Cooper and Jeremy Allen White on Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere 19:04

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Scott Cooper and Jeremy Allen White join NYFF programmer Rachel Rosen to discuss Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, the Spotlight Gala selection of the 63rd New York Film Festival.Jeremy Allen White inhabits a legend in Scott Cooper’s exceptionally moving biographical drama, chronicling the early-’80s crossroads in Bruce Springsteen’s career whe…

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#611 - Kleber Mendonça Filho, Wagner Moura, and Emilie Lesclaux on The Secret Agent 18:15

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Kleber Mendonça Filho, Wagner Moura, and Emilie Lesclaux join NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim to discuss The Secret Agent at the 63rd New York Film Festival.Bacurau director Kleber Mendonça Filho returns with a thrillingly unpredictable, shape-shifting epic set in his hometown of Recife during the late 1970s, starring a magnetic Wagner Moura as a…

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#610 - Kelly Reichardt and Cast on The Mastermind 21:03

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We were delighted to welcome Kelly Reichardt, Bill Camp, Hope Davis, Gaby Hoffmann, and John Magaro to the 63rd New York Film Festival to discuss The Mastermind in a conversation with NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim.Reichardt’s restrained and often funny anti-thriller is set against a Nixon-era backdrop of alienation and disillusionment, followin…

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#609 - Daniel Day-Lewis, Ronan Day-Lewis, and Sean Bean on Anemone 32:25

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The 63rd New York Film Festival welcomed Ronan Day-Lewis, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Sean Bean for a press conference for the world premiere of Anemone, joined by NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim.Daniel Day-Lewis roars back to the screen for his first role in eight years in this emotionally charged family drama—directed by Ronan Day-Lewis and co-writte…

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#608 - Luca Guadagnino, Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield & More on After the Hunt 33:13

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Welcome to the daily 63rd New York Film Festival podcast. On today’s edition, Luca Guadagnino, Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Nora Garrett join NYFF programmer Rachel Rosen at a press conference to discuss this year’s Opening Night selection After the Hunt.In his razor-sharp new drama, Luca Guadagnino gives Juli…

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#607 - Dennis Lim on the 63rd New York Film Festival 37:21

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This week we’re excited to present a special preview of the 63rd New York Film Festival, beginning next Friday, September 26 and running through October 13. Tickets to this year’s festival are still available but going fast!NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim is joined by Jordan Raup, Associate Director of Marketing at Film at Lincoln Center, to brea…

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#606 - Jim Jarmusch and Tilda Swinton on Only Lovers Left Alive 37:59

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This week we’re excited to present an archival conversation from the 51st New York Film Festival in 2013 with Only Lovers Left Alive director Jim Jarmusch and lead actress Tilda Swinton. Jim Jarmusch returns to the New York Film Festival this October with the North American Premiere of our NYFF63 Centerpiece selection Father Mother Sister Brother. …

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#605 - Bryn Chainey on Rabbit Trap 29:01

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation from the 13th edition of the recently concluded Scary Movies with Rabbit Trap director Bryn Chainey. Rabbit Trap opens in select theaters this Friday, September 12, courtesy of IFC Films. This conversation was moderated by FLC programmer Madeline Whittle.Joining the likes of Donald Sutherland and Ju…

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#604 - M. Night Shyamalan on The Village 41:41

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation with M. Night Shyamalan, the subject of our current series Night at the Movies: An M. Night Shyamalan Retrospective, on his 2004 feature The Village. Featuring 2-for-1 double bills that place Shyamalan’s features alongside a film of his own choosing, the series runs through Thursday, September 4th. …

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#603 - Luc Moullet and Antonietta Pizzorno on Anatomy of a Relationship 17:16

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation with legendary French New Wave filmmaker and critic Luc Moullet and his creative and life partner Antonietta Pizzorno as they discuss the 1976 feature, Anatomy of a Relationship, with FLC programmer Dan Sullivan. This event took place as part of our recently concluded retrospective Luc Moullet: Anar…

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#602 - Programmer's Preview of Scary Movies XIII 32:47

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation with FLC Programmer Madeline Whittle about the 13th edition of Scary Movies. Taking place at Film at Lincoln Center from August 15-21, Scary Movies is New York City’s premier showcase for the best in new genre (and genre-bending) cinema from around the globe alongside spine-tingling classics and red…

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#601 - Fred Murphy on Hoosiers 34:47

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation with cinematographer Fred Murphy as he discusses Hoosiers. Hoosiers screened as part of our recently concluded retrospective celebrating the career of the late, great Gene Hackman.This conversation was moderated by FLC Senior Programmer Tyler WIlson.Few sports films land with the clarity, grit, and …

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#600 - Alexandra Simpson on No Sleep Till 26:42

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation from the 2025 edition of New Directors/New Films with No Sleep Till director Alexandra Simpson. No Sleep Till is now in select theaters, courtesy of Factory 25.This conversation was moderated by New Directors/New Films selection committee member Madeline Whittle.The slice-of-life indie is alive and …

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#599 - Kiyoshi Kurosawa on Cloud 16:22

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation with legendary Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa as he discusses his new feature Cloud, currently playing daily at Film at Lincoln Center. Get tickets at filmlinc.org/cloudThis conversation was moderated by New York magazine and Vulture film critic Alison Willmore. Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse) de…

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#598 - Shana L. Redmond and Michael Gillespie on Body & Soul and Us 40:35

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation between film scholars Shana L. Redmond, Director of the Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia University, and Michael Gillespie, Associate Professor in NYU’s Department of Cinema Studies, as they discuss a double feature of Oscar Micheaux's 1925 silent film Body and Soul and Jordan P…

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#597 - Paul Thomas Anderson and His Star-Studded Cast on Inherent Vice 31:16

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This week we’re excited to present an archival conversation from the 52nd New York Film Festival in 2014 with Inherent Vice director Paul Thomas Anderson and his very large and talented cast. For one week only from July 4-10, join Film at Lincoln Center in revisiting this great American film on 70mm film, ahead of the director’s highly anticipated …

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#596 - Albert Serra on Afternoons of Solitude 56:44

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation from the 62nd New York Film Festival with Afternoons of Solitude director Albert Serra. An NYFF62 Spotlight selection, Afternoons of Solitude opens at Film at Lincoln Center on June 28. Get tickets at filmlinc.org/solitudeThis conversation was moderated by FLC Vice President, Programming, Florence A…

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#595 - Peter Deming on Lost Highway 26:47

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation with cinematographer Peter Deming, who recently joined us for two special screenings of David Lynch’s Lost Highway, courtesy of Deming’s personally owned 35mm film print. This conversation was moderated by FLC programmer Dan Sullivan.Most of Lynch’s later films straddle (at least) two realities, and…

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#594 - Rithy Panh and Elizabeth Becker on Meeting with Pol Pot 35:40

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation from the 2025 edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema with Meeting with Pol Pot director Rithy Panh and journalist Elizabeth Becker, moderated by FLC’s Vice President, Programming, Florence Almozini. Meeting with Pol Pot will open at Film at Lincoln Center next Friday, June 13 with in-person Q&As …

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#593 - Jonathan Millet on Ghost Trail 34:32

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation from the 2025 edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema with Ghost Trail director Jonathan Millet. Ghost Trail is currently playing at Film at Lincoln Center. Get tickets at filmlinc.org/ghostThis conversation was moderated by FLC Vice President, Programming, Florence Almozini.Two years after being …

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#592 - John Hanson, Rob Nilsson, Susan Lynch, and Joe Spano on Northern Lights 27:49

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation from the 62nd New York Film Festival with Northern Lights directors John Hanson & Rob Nilsson and cast members Susan Lynch & Joe Spano. This conversation was moderated by NYFF62 Revivals programmer Dan Sullivan.An NYFF62 Revivals selection, Northern Lights is currently playing at Film at Lincoln Cen…

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#591 - Abderrahmane Sissako and Kessen Tall on Black Tea 31:06

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation from the 2025 edition of the New York African Film Festival with Black Tea director Abderrahmane Sissako and producer Kessen Tall.This conversation was moderated by Film Comment editor Devika Girish.After saying no on her wedding day, Aya leaves the Ivory Coast for a new life in the buzzing “Chocola…

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#590 - Pedro Almodóvar at the 50th Chaplin Award Gala 47:48

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This week we’re excited to present a special episode featuring the star-studded speeches from our recent Chaplin Award Gala.FLC was pleased to honor Pedro Almodóvar as the recipient of the 50th Chaplin Award, presented in partnership with ROLEX, at a Gala evening on April 28. The full house at Alice Tully Hall was treated to a joyful celebration of…

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#589 - A Programmer's Preview of Kira Muratova: Scenographies of Chaos 32:38

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This week we’re excited to present a special programmer’s preview of our upcoming retrospective, Kira Muratova: Scenographies of Chaos, taking place in our theaters May 16-25.The episode features a conversation between FLC programmer Madeline Whittle, Marta Kuzma (Professor of Art at Yale University), and film scholar and writer Ivan Kozlenk.Get ti…

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#588 - Constance Tsang, Ke-Xi Wu, and Murielle Hsieh on Blue Sun Palace 27:41

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation from this year’s edition of New Directors/New Films with Blue Sun Palace director Constance Tsang and cast members Ke-Xi Wu and Murielle Hsieh. This conversation was moderated by New Directors/New Films co-chair Dan Sullivan.Blue Sun Palace is now in select theaters, courtesy of Dekanalog.For more t…

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#587 - David Cronenberg and Diane Kruger on The Shrouds 27:22

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation with The Shrouds writer & director David Cronenberg and lead actress Diane Kruger, moderated by FLC programmer Tyler Wilson. An NYFF62 Main Slate selection, The Shrouds is now playing at Film at Lincoln Center. Get tickets: https://www.filmlinc.org/films/the-shrouds/In an eerie, deceptively placid n…

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#586 - Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez on Invention 34:20

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation with Invention director Courtney Stephens and lead actress Calle Hernandez (moderated by FLC's Tyler Wilson) from this year’s edition of New Directors/New Films. Presented by The Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center, the 54th edition of New Directors/New Films (ND/NF) takes place through …

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#585 - Sarah Friedland, Kathleen Chalfant, Carolyn Michelle, and H. Jon Benjamin on Familiar Touch 29:58

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation from this year’s edition of New Directors/New Films with Familiar Touch director Sarah Friedland and cast members Kathleen Chalfant, Carolyn Michelle, and H. Jon Benjamin. This conversation was moderated by New Directors/New Films co-chair Dan Sullivan.Presented by The Museum of Modern Art and Film …

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#584 - Miguel Gomes on Grand Tour 23:25

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation from the 62nd New York Film Festival with Grand Tour director Miguel Gomes. An NYFF62 Main Slate selection, Grand Tour is currently playing at Film at Lincoln Center, courtesy of Mubi. Get tickets at filmlinc.org/tour.In this fanciful and high-spirited cinematic expedition, the uncommonly ambitious …

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#583 - Matt Dillon and Anamaria Vartolomei on Being Maria 30:40

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation from the 20205 edition of the just-concluded Rendez-vous with French Cinema with Being Maria cast members Matt Dillon and Anamaria Vartolomei. Being Maria is now in select theaters, courtesy of Kino Lorber.Actors don’t choose roles,” actor Daniel Gélin (Yvan Attal) tells his daughter Maria Schneider…

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#582 - Philippe Lesage and Noah Parker on Who by Fire 29:51

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation from the 62nd New York Film Festival with Who by Fire director Philippe Lesage and actor Noah Parker. An NYFF62 Main Slate selection, Who by Fire is now playing at Film at Lincoln Center with in-person Q&As at select screenings opening weekend. Get tickets at filmlinc.org/fire A getaway at a seclude…

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#581 - Programmer's Preview of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2025 36:42

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation with Film at Lincoln Center Assistant Programmer Madeline Whittle, as she discusses the films featured in the 2025 edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema.Unifrance and Film at Lincoln Center present the 30th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, running from March 6 to March 16. Get tickets …

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#580 - Bong Joon Ho on Mickey 17 24:19

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This week we’re excited to present a recent conversation with Mickey 17 writer and director Bong Joon Ho, interpreted by Sharon Choi, and moderated by FLC Assistant Programmer Madeline Whittle.From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of Parasite (which was an NYFF57 Main Slate selection), Bong Joon Ho now presents his next groundbreaking cine…

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#579 - Frederick Wiseman in Conversation with John Wilson 41:08

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This week we’re excited to present a recent conversation with legendary documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, moderated by multiple-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker John Wilson.Through March 5, Film at Lincoln Center presents “Frederick Wiseman: An American Institution,” a retrospective featuring an extensive selection of films spanning decades of …

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#578 - Matthew Rankin, Ila Firouzabadi, Pirouz Nemati, and Sylvain Corbeil on Universal Language 29:52

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation from the 62nd New York Film Festival with Universal Language director Matthew Rankin, cast members Ila Firouzabadi & Pirouz Nemati, and producer Sylvain Corbeil. A Currents selection of NYFF62, Universal Language is now in select theaters, courtesy of Oscilloscope. With deadpan, absurdist charm, Man…

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#577 - Oren Rudavsky and Annette Insdorf on Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire 19:26

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation from the 2025 edition of the New York Jewish Film Festival with Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire director Oren Rudavsky and co-producer Annette Insdorf. This conversation was moderated by Rachel Chanoff.With his unforgettable and shattering 1958 memoir Night, Elie Wiesel forever changed the way the Holocau…

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#576 - Zeinabu irene Davis, John Earl Jelks, and More on Compensation 28:07

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Director Zeinabu irene Davis, writer Marc Arthur Chéry, and cast members Michelle A. Banks & John Earl Jelks discuss Compensation, an NYFF62 Revivals selection, with moderator Racquel Gates.Compensation opens at Film at Lincoln Center on February 21. Learn more at filmlinc.org/compensationInspired by Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem of the same title, Z…

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#575 - Fernanda Torres, Walter Salles, and Marcelo Rubens Paiva on I'm Still Here 46:52

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation from the 62nd New York Film Festival with I’m Still Here director Walter Salles, lead actress Fernanda Torres, and Brazilian journalist & author Marcelo Rubens Paiva. This conversation was moderated by FLC Assistant Programmer Madeline Whittle.An NYFF62 Spotlight selection, I’m Still Here is now nom…

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#574 - Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui on Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story 31:32

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation with directors Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui of the new hit documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story.The story of Christopher Reeve is an astonishing rise from unknown actor to iconic movie star, and his definitive portrayal of Clark Kent/Superman set the benchmark for the superhero cinem…