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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
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