Born to be wild: Bilge Ebiri and Jonathan Romney join to discuss early festival selections Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, The Girls With the Needle, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, and many more
Bonne projection: Beatrice Loayza and Isabel Stevens join to kick off our Cannes 2024 coverage, debating new films by Quentin Dupieux, Sophie Fillières, and Agathe Riedinger
Wavelengths: Amy Taubin, Genevieve Yue, and Ayanna Dozier join to discuss the history of the craft, the nitty-gritty of this niche beat, and what good writing on experimental film looks and sounds like
The view from the top: Eric Newman and Annie Berke, editors of the Los Angeles Review of Books, join to discuss, debate, and dismantle this year’s nominees, from Oppenheimer to Killers of the Flower Moon to The Holdovers, and more
Alles gut: Ela Bittencourt and Frédéric Jaeger join to discuss German cinema at this year’s edition, along with films made by women, including Helke Sander, Christine Angot, Eva Trobisch, and others
Translation problem: Jonathan Ali, Frédéric Jaeger, and Antoine Thirion to talk about Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias’s Pepe, Hong Sangsoo’s A Traveler’s Needs, Victor Kossakovsky’s Architecton, and more
A world askew: Erika Balsom, Beatrice Loayza, and Giovanni Marchini Camia join to discuss Dimitris Athiridis’s exergue – on documenta 14, Bruno Dumont’s The Empire, Mati Diop’s Dahomey, and more
Face to face: critics Jordan Cronk, Jessica Kiang, and Jonathan Romney join to discuss the opening days of the festival, which included new films from Olivier Assayas, Alonso Ruizpalacios, Ruth Beckermann, and more
Smoke and mirrors: programmer Steve Macfarlane and critic Hannu Björkbacka join to discuss the work of the Finnish auteur, subject of a long overdue retrospective at MoMA
Dutch angle: critics Jordan Cronk and Beatrice Loayza join to round up some highlights from this year's festival, including Dream Team, The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire, Mario, and more
Deep thoughts: Monica Castillo, Robert Daniels, and Vadim Rizov join for a documentary-centric discussion of DEVO, Eno, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, and more
Blurred vision: critics Justin Chang, Vadim Rizov, and Madeline Whittle join to discuss mid-festival films A Different Man, A Real Pain, Sujo, Good One, and Black Box Diaries
Tough love: critics Vadim Rizov, Abby Sun, and Madeline Whittle join to discuss festival selections Love Lies Bleeding, War Game, Presence, Girls Will be Girls, and more
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