Director Maryam Keshavarz discusses her new film, The Persian Version, with fellow Director Crystal Moselle in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, she discusses finding inspiration in her family and world events, achieving authenticity in her locations and production design, and aiming for representation in a grounded and personal ... Show More
Aug 22
The Fantastic Four: First Steps with Matt Shakman and Edward Zwick (Ep. 556)
Director Matt Shakman discusses his new film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, with fellow Director Edward Zwick in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses favoring practical and 60’s-style effects to align with the retro futuristic style of the ... Show More
27m 24s
Aug 15
Folktales with Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady and Ondi Timoner (Ep. 555)
Directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady discusses their new film, Folktales, with fellow Director Ondi Timoner in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, they discuss the logistics of filming in the unpredictable daylight and wilderness of Norway, creating sc ... Show More
41m 29s
Aug 12
Life of Mike with Derick Halliman and Christine Swanson (Ep. 554)
Director Derick Halliman discusses his new film, Life of Mike, with fellow Director Christine Swanson in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses finding depth in a complex and disillusioned main character, favoring small casts and sets for tight ... Show More
28m 44s
Feb 2024
Decolonizing & Decentering Theater in the Arab World | Laila Soliman
A captivating conversation with theater director and playwright Laila Soliman about theater, cultural discourse and decolonization across the Arab world. Using three of her major works – Zigzag, La Grande Maison and her first opera Woman at Point Zero – as reference, we discuss w ... Show More
59m 39s
Dec 2021
#378 - Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, and Milena Smit on Parallel Mothers
This week on the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, we’re featuring an incredibly special talk from the 59th New York Film Festival with Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, and Milena Smit on Parallel Mothers, moderated by NYFF Director of Programming Dennis Lim. In this contemporary me ... Show More
27m 43s
Aug 2017
How beloved book The Glass Castle became a movie.
Director Destin Daniel Cretton made 2013's Short Term 12, one of Todd's favorite movies of the 2010s. For his follow-up film, he reteamed with that film's star, Brie Larson, and adapted the beloved memoir The Glass Castle. The film follows the story of journalist Jeanette Walls, ... Show More
1h 2m
Nov 2017
From memoir to movie: the story behind the Boy with the Topknot
The BBC Two drama The Boy with the Topknot was based on a true story. That made the jobs of its writer, producer and director all the more complicated as they worked with actors, commissioners and those who are represented on screen. The 90 minute film the Boy with the Topknot, s ... Show More
14m 48s
Oct 2018
133: The Bacchanal of 1920s Hollywood, via Frederica Sagor Maas (The Seduced Episode 2)
Seduction begins at an MGM sponsored orgy at the Ambassador Hotel, as told through the eyes of one of the attendees, a young female screenwriter named Frederica Sagor. Sagor would go on to pen one of the frankest memoirs of 1920s Hollywood, revealing the systematic sexual exploit ... Show More
42m 2s
Jun 2024
Maria, la destinée tourmentée de l'actrice Maria Schneider, star d'un des films les plus controversés des années 70
"Maria" retrace la destinée de l'actrice Maria Schneider, révélée par le film choc "Le Dernier Tango à Paris". Anamaria Vartolomei en est la tête d'affiche. Nous l'avons rencontrée avec la réalisatrice et scénariste du film, Jessica Palud.
Maria raconte les périodes charnières de ... Show More
17m 26s