“I wanted to do a French movie, and I had this idea of wanting to do a New Yorker movie,” Wes Anderson explains. “Somehow, I also wanted to do one of those omnibus-type things where it was a collection of short stories.” The result is the new film “The French Dispatch.” Anderson describes his interest in The New Yorker as “almost fetishistic.” Each of the mo ... Show More
Mar 1
Failed “Finance Bros” Find Success with HBO’s “Industry”
David Remnick sits down with Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, the creators of a show he loves, “Industry,” which is currently airing its fourth season. The show is centered on the financial and personal dramas of junior employees at a fictional London investment bank. Down and Kay are ... Show More
16m 23s
Feb 27
What Could Go Wrong, or Right, in a War with Iran
As Donald Trump and his Administration threaten to attack Iran, their motivations remain unclear. Does the President want to force Iran to make a nuclear deal, to replace the one that he scrapped in his first term, or is he really seeking regime change? To understand how this all ... Show More
34m 29s
Mar 2023
Ethan Warren, "The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson: American Apocrypha" (Columbia UP, 2023)
Paul Thomas Anderson’s evolution from a brash, self-anointed “Indiewood” auteur to one of his generation’s most distinctive voices has been one of the most remarkable career trajectories in recent film history. From early efforts to emulate his cinematic heroes to his increasingl ... Show More
1 h
Oct 2021
Thomas Mallon on the Career of Jonathan Franzen
<p>Jonathan Franzen’s new novel, “Crossroads,” has generated a lot of discussion, as his work tends to do. The novelist and critic Thomas Mallon, who <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/books/review/jonathan-franzen-crossroads.html" target="_blank">reviewed “Crossroads”</ ... Show More
59m 32s