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Galaxy brains: valiant critics Jessica Kiang and Nathan Lee join to battle over the relative merits and demerits of the much-buzzed-about Cate Blanchett vehicle TÁR
Against interpretation: filmmaker Radu Jude and critic Giovanni Marchini Camia join to discuss the continuing significance of the films and writing of Pier Paolo Pasolini
Police stories: scholar Pooja Rangan and filmmaker Brett Story join to discuss “Watch the Cops: Policing New York in the Movies,” their recent series at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
Boo-ster shots: Kelli Weston and Steven Mears join to discuss a pair of just-out-of-season movies—slasher flick Alice, Sweet Alice and classic ghost story The Innocents
Group chat: Phoebe Chen, Molly Haskell, and Kelli Weston join to discuss highlights and lowlights from the festival that was, including TÁR, Saint Omer, Master Gardener and more
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