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 at selec ... Show More
Dec 2019
Lorene Scafaria (‘Hustlers’) and Lulu Wang/Shuzhen Zhao (‘The Farewell’)
EW’s Shana Naomi Krochmal, David Canfield, and Clarissa Cruz share two in-depth conversations with acclaimed female filmmakers: Lorene Scafaria, who fought hard to adapt the screenplay for ‘Hustlers’ – and then even harder to get to direct the movie – talks about working with Jen ... Show More
1h 12m
Aug 2024
Yiman Wang, "To Be an Actress: Labor and Performance in Anna May Wong's Cross-Media World" (U California Press, 2024)
Between 1919 and 1961, pioneering Chinese American actress Anna May Wong established an enduring legacy that encompassed cinema, theatre, radio, and American television. Born in Los Angeles, yet with her US citizenship scrutinised due to the Chinese Exclusion Act, Wong—a defiant ... Show More
1 h
Aug 2024
078. Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Tokyo Sonata
In this episode, we’re laughing and crying to the sweet melodies of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 2008 film Tokyo Sonata, and its social commentary on the Japanese nuclear family in the midst of a financial crisis.
We explore the film’s construction of a patriarchal nuclear family, discuss ... Show More
59m 21s
Feb 2025
Loren Ridinger: Living Your Best Life After Losing Your Greatest Love
In the latest episode of the Angie Martinez IRL Podcast, Angie kicks off a new season by delving into an intimate and inspiring conversation with Loren Ridinger. Loren, a long-time friend and the CEO of Market America Worldwide and Shop.com, discusses her new book 'Scrambled or S ... Show More
1h 6m
Nov 2019
Season 5 Episode 11 'The Affair' Review
It is the series finale! *cue thug tears* Watch Alison, Lem and April break down the entire final epsiode of the series. Whitney gets married and find resolution with her mother and father, Joanie finds out the truth about her mother, EJ reveals his tru indentity, and Noah and He ... Show More
1h 1m
Sep 2024
Work in Progress: Uzo Aduba
Uzo Aduba is a force on the big screen, small screen — and the stage! Now, she is crossing off one more accomplishment from her list: author. The Emmy award-winning actress opens up to Sophia about her new memoir, "The Road Is Good: How a Mother's Strength Became a Daughter's Pur ... Show More
58m 7s
Apr 2024
Cathy Yue Wang, "Snake Sisters and Ghost Daughters: Feminist Adaptations of Traditional Tales in Chinese Fantasy" (Wayne State UP, 2023)
Contemporary Chinese film and literature often draw on time-honored fantastical texts and tales which were founded in the milieu of patriarchy, parental authority, heteronormativity, nationalism, and anthropocentrism. Cathy Yue Wang's Snake Sisters and Ghost Daughters: Feminist A ... Show More
36m 7s
Nov 2024
084. Edward Yang: Taipei Story
Join us as we delve deeper into our series on Taiwanese auteur Edward Yang, as we take a step back to explore one of his earliest features, "Taipei Story" (青梅竹馬) from 1985. In this film, Yang collaborates with his compatriot Hou Hsiao-hsien to portray a city undergoing monumental ... Show More
1 h