Film Comment

The ultimate viewing experience: author Stanley Schtinter and critic Erika Balsom join to discuss Schtinter’s new book (and accompanying film program) Last Movies

Gateway art: Inney Prakash joins to discuss this year's Mumbai Film Festival, an oasis for indie cinema in the glitzy homebase of Bollywood

Pod life: horror experts Nicholas Russell and Clyde Folley join for our annual fearfest, this time focusing on Abel Ferrara’s 1993 remake, Body Snatchers, and Michael Powell’s classic, Peeping Tom

Sweet nothings: all-star critics Molly Haskell, Adam Nayman, and Kelli Weston join for a Film Comment Live talk to discuss and debate all the highlights of the festival that was

Don’t lie to me: filmmakers Rosine Mbakam, Kleber Mendonça Filho, and Frederick Wiseman join to discuss the slippery nature of truth on screen

Work out: representatives of the unions behind the writers’ and actors’ strikes join, along with critic Alissa Wilkinson, to discuss these labor actions

The stories we tell: RaMell Ross, Milisuthando Bongela, and Jason Fox join for a live talk at the Camden International Film Festival

Stage craft: critics Lovia Gyarkye and Alex Barasch join to discuss TIFF selections Dream Scenario, Woman of the Hour, Lee, and others

What more do you want? Local critics Saffron Maeve and Adam Nayman join to discuss new films from Atom Egoyan, Cord Jefferson, Pedro Almodóvar, Bertrand Bonello, and more

Face to face: critics Chloe Lizotte and Adam Nayman join to discuss Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, Dumb Money, The Boy and the Heron, and more

Open up: Mark Asch and Maddie Whittle join to discuss TIFF selections Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, The Human Surge 3, God Is a Woman, and more

Work it out: programmer and librarian Elena Rossi-Snook and filmmaker Brett Story join for a conversation about the labor movement on screen

Think piece: A.I. scholar Andrea Rizzoli and critic Kevin B. Lee join to discuss the limitations and possibilities of A.I. as applied to art and cinema

Future days: in our first excerpt from this Locarno event, scholar Shane Denson joins to discuss the terrain of “post-cinema”

Blast off: Maddie Whittle and Mark Asch join for a lively debate about Christopher Nolan's new opus about the “father of the atomic bomb“

Filming the revolution: J. Hoberman joins for a deep-dive into The New Republic’s new poll of the 100 Most Significant Political Films

A little perspective: the musician and filmmaker talks about his new series, a madcap coming-of-age caper about a Black giant who confronts a broken capitalist world

Between the lines: collector Robert M. Rubin and bibliographer Erin McGuirl join to discuss the ways in which unique screenplays and other "exformation" can help rewrite film history

Speaking nearby: the scholar and filmmaker joins to discuss a new artist book exploring and expanding her 2015 film, Forgetting Vietnam

The long day closes: Justin Chang, Dennis Lim, and Rachel Rosen offer an overview of the festival that was, and discuss late premieres from Catherine Breillat and Hong Sangsoo