The Flaherty Film Seminar is one of the nonfiction film world’s most interesting events. Founded by Frances Flaherty in 1955 in honor of her late husband, Robert—the documentarian best known for Nanook of the North (1922)—the Seminar brings together scholars, artists, programmers, critics, and more to watch and intimately discuss a selection of works curated ... Show More
Nov 18
Noah Baumbach on Jay Kelly
This week, Film Comment Editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute sit down with writer-director Noah Baumbach, whose new feature, Jay Kelly, is in select theaters now. The movie stars George Clooney as an aging Hollywood star reckoning with the choices he’s made on his way to the t ... Show More
37m 31s
Nov 14
Tokyo International Film Festival #3, with Aiko Masubuchi
Last week, Devika returned from the Tokyo International Film Festival, which ran from October 27 to November 5 in the Japanese capital. As one of the major festivals in Asia, the event is a great showcase for new and restored films from the region, as well as Japanese specialitie ... Show More
52m 57s
Nov 14
Tokyo International Film Festival #2, with Kambole Campbell and Sasha Han
Last week, Devika returned from the Tokyo International Film Festival, which ran from October 27 to November 5 in the Japanese capital. As one of the major festivals in Asia, the event is a great showcase for new and restored films from the region, as well as Japanese specialitie ... Show More
47m 35s
Mar 2025
After Hours with Martin Scorsese, Griffin Dunne and Raymond De Felitta (Ep. 533)
<p class="p1">In a special Anniversary Series discussion, Director Martin Scorsese discusses his film, After Hours, with Actor Griffin Dunne and fellow Director Raymond De Felitta in a screening at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, Scorsese discusses original conc ... Show More
39m 49s
Dec 2023
Leave the World Behind with Sam Esmail and Luke Greenfield (Ep. 451)
Director Sam Esmail discusses his new film, Leave the World Behind, with fellow Director Luke Greenfield in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses the changes he considered when adapting the book to screen, working with the Obama family as prod ... Show More
43m 1s
Jan 2025
QUYEN TRAN - Cinematographer
<p>SEASON 2 - EPISODE 124 - Quyen Tran - Cinematographer</p> <p>On this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast, we speak with cinematographer Quyen Tran (AHSOKA, MAID, PALM SPRINGS). We start the episode with Quyen's harrowing recollection of her experience in New York City on 9/11, ... Show More
1h 3m