Playlist

Playlist: Trances

By Clinton Krute

May 17, 2021

Altered states: listen to our new playlist inspired by Ahmed El Maanouni's rapturous Moroccan concert doc

Playlist: Bacurau

By Clinton Krute

March 10, 2020

Spark a fire: listen to our new mix inspired by the Brazilian film’s radical approach to genre

Playlist: Pedro Costa’s Vitalina Varela

By Pedro Costa

February 20, 2020

Pieces of a man: the Portuguese filmmaker shares a mix of the music that has helped shape his films

Playlist: NYFF57 Contest

By Clinton Krute

October 3, 2019

In the groove: this year’s selection is also notable for its wealth of music, with films from Scorsese to Sciamma employing pop songs as narrative fulcrums

Playlist: Punks, Poets & Valley Girls

By Clinton Krute

August 13, 2019

Pretty vacant: a series at BAM yields a varied mix of post-punk, minimalism, and smooth pop

Playlist: Les Blank’s Chulas Fronteras and Del Mero Corazon

By Clinton Krute

June 27, 2019

Border crossing: Les Blank’s joyous celebrations of Tejano music and culture return to the screen

Playlist: Zerzura

By Clinton Krute

June 5, 2019

Tower of song: the Niger-set ”acid western” features a soundtrack that weds the ancient and the modern

Playlist: Ennio Morricone

By Clinton Krute

April 15, 2019

Sensing a theme: listen to two curated mixes drawn from the composer's expansive body of work

Playlist: The Films of William Ferris

By Clinton Krute

March 28, 2019

Blues connotations: the music of the rural South in the rough-hewn documentaries of William Ferris

Playlist: Babylon

By Clinton Krute

March 7, 2019

Chant down Babylon kingdom: a heady dub-heavy mix inspired by Franco Rosso's newly restored 1980 film