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Oppenheimer, with Mark Asch and Madeline Whittle
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Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster Oppenheimer, a biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the key leaders of the Manhattan Project, has sold out movie t…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Most Significant Political Films of All Time, with J. Hoberman
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Last February, the magazine The New Republic invited a host of film critics to participate in a new poll, curated by esteemed critic and longtime Fil…
3 years, 3 months ago
Boots Riley on I'm a Virgo
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Musician, filmmaker, and wearer of (many) hats Boots Riley has a new series streaming on Amazon Prime Video, called I’m a Virgo. It’s as bizarre, se…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Art of Script Collecting, with Robert M. Rubin and Erin McGuirl
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This week, we take a peek into the world of Robert M. Rubin, a New York–based collector of film scripts. An architectural and art historian by trade,…
3 years, 3 months ago
In Conversation with Trinh T. Minh-ha
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You may know Trinh T. Minh-ha from her groundbreaking films, like Reassemblage (1982) and Sur Name Viet Given Name Nam (1989); from her foundational …
3 years, 4 months ago
Cannes 2023 #9, with Justin Chang, Dennis Lim, and Rachel Rosen
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If you've been following the podcast and the Film Comment Letter, you'll know that for the last two weeks, we've been reporting from the 2023 Cannes …
3 years, 4 months ago
Cannes 2023 #8, with Caitlin Doherty, Frédéric Jaeger, and James Wham
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Cannes 2023 has wrapped—and as news of standing ovations and walkouts, throwaway raves and pans, spit takes and hot takes flood the feed, we’ll be re…
3 years, 4 months ago
Cannes 2023 #7, with Mark Asch, Miriam Bale, and Kevin B. Lee
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Cannes 2023 is here—and as news of standing ovations and walkouts, throwaway raves and pans, spit takes and hot takes flood the feed, we’ll be report…
3 years, 4 months ago
Cannes 2023 #6: Todd Haynes on May December
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Cannes 2023 is here—and as news of standing ovations and walkouts, throwaway raves and pans, spit takes and hot takes flood the feed, we’ll be report…
3 years, 4 months ago
Cannes 2023 #5, with Lovia Gyarkye, Abby Sun, and Kelli Weston
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Cannes 2023 is here—and as news of standing ovations and walkouts, throwaway raves and pans, spit takes and hot takes flood the feed, we’ll be report…
3 years, 4 months ago