Midnight confessions: the novelist and filmmaker discusses his new noir comedy, which follows a young man who returns to his hometown in the French countryside and finds himself embroiled in an unpredictable (and increasingly dangerous) game of lust
Together and apart: the two directors discuss the making of their award-winning documentary, their transition from journalism to cinema, and finding the right balance between images of incontrovertible violence with those of resilience and life
Listen to this: the place and role of music in NYFF61 biopics Maestro and Priscilla is instructive of the ways in which an artist’s life can only be understood through their work
Decline and fall: the French discusses her Palme d’Or–winning feature, which uses courtroom-drama tropes to fashion a dark, witty, and tender dissection of the complexities of romantic and family life
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
Love in the afternoon: the French filmmaker discusses her return to cinema, the productive tension between realism and expressionism, the art of the sex scene, and much more
Purple haze: highlights of the NYFF61 Currents shorts programs make a case for a cinema that turns minimalism and economy into a field for vibrant, unfettered experimentation
