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
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
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
Party’s over: our critics discuss latter-day selections including Alice Rohrwacher’s La chimera, Ken Loach’s The Old Oak, Wim Wenders’s Perfect Days, and more
Spotlight: Mark Asch, Miriam Bale, and Kevin B. Lee talk about the theme of performance in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, Víctor Erice’s Close Your Eyes, Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves, and many more
Mirror mirror: the director of festival standout May December discusses his inspirations, the film’s use of the zoom lens, his thoughts on camp, and more
Table talk: critics Lovia Gyarkye, Abby Sun, and Kelli Weston join to discuss Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Todd Haynes’s May December, and more
Zone defense: Jonathan Romney and Giovanni Marchini Camia join to discuss Jonathan Glazer’s much-anticipated The Zone of Interest and Lisandro Alonso’s experimental western Eureka
Moi non plus: Jessica Kiang and Jordan Cronk open the proceedings with some discussion of early Cannes films and preview the movies they're most excited about seeing
Persistence of vision: critic Yasmina Price leads a panel conversation at the New York African Film Festival exploring legacy of the great filmmaker Safi Faye, who passed away in February
Riding high: Malcolm Harris, author of a history of Palo Alto, discusses the cinema of Northern California’s most disruptive region, from Muybridge’s animal locomotion studies to dot-com era techno thrillers
Fresh faces: Vadim Rizov and Beatrice Loayza join to discuss this year’s lineup of films by emerging directors, including Earth Mama, Safe Place, The Face of the Jellyfish, and more
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