Podcast

The major and the minor: estimating the place of film in the popular imagination

Something in my eye: four critics discuss the films that make them weep and the mechanics of melodrama

What just happened? Filmmakers and critics gather to discuss the new American reality

Is he serious? A trio of experts dive into the Dutch filmmaker’s infamous oeuvre—plus a one-on-one chat with the director about Elle

Double your dissent: Walter Bernstein, a blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter, and Edmundo Desnoes, the Cuban novelist and screenwriter of Memories of Underdevelopment, discuss their firsthand experiences with censorship and political filmmaking

Brain trust: Olivier Assayas, Alison Maclean, and Kleber Mendonça Filho discuss their art

Keep cool: the two imperturbable actresses discuss technique and branching out into directing

The three ages of terror: our panel of experts reveal the films (horror and otherwise) that have unsettled them as children and adults

Primary colors: the master documentarian talks about technique in his new film The B-Side, and Donald Trump

Live from NYFF: our critics and editors compare notes on the vibrant vision of cinema put forth in their essays for the magazine