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Ballad of a thin man: critic Lovia Gyarkye and Film Comment‘s Michael Blair join to discuss James Mangold‘s A Complete Unknown, Robert Eggers‘s Nosferatu, and more
Artificial heart: the great American actress discusses her role in the latest from Pedro Almodóvar, which co-stars Tilda Swinton as a dying woman who makes a daring request of an old friend, played brilliantly by Moore
Starting places: critics Erika Balsom and Benjamin Crais join to discuss the undersung filmmaker’s richly heterogenous, and endlessly fascinating, body of work
That's a wrap: critics Bilge Ebiri and Lovia Gyarkye join Film Comment editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute for a spirited wrap-up analysis of the highlights and lowlights from this year's lineup
Bread and roses: the two directorial pairs behind Northern Lights (1978) and Union (2024) discuss the practical, formal, and political considerations of making films about people power
In a silent way: Christopher Harris joins to discuss the origins of his filmmaking in his youthful ambition to be musician, his interest in stillness and silence as structuring concepts, and why his work is always as fun as it is challenging and erudite
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