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This week on the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, we’re sharing a conversation following the U.S. premiere of Bertrand Bonello’s Zombi Child at the 57th New York Film Festival. Opening this Friday at Film at Lincoln Center, the film is an unconventional plunge into horror-fantasy that feverishly dissolves boundaries of time and space as it questions colonialist mythmaking. Moderated by programmer Florence Almozini, they discussed voodoo, Haitian history, boarding schools, the two-part shoot, and more. See showtimes & get tickets for Zombi Child, which is a New York Times Critic's Pick, at filmlinc.org/zombi This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.

Today, we’re sharing a conversation following our special screening of the new 4K restoration of The Limey. Steven Soderbergh, Luis Guzmán, Lesley Ann Warren, editor Sarah Flack, and cinematographer Ed Lachman joined Film at Lincoln Center to discuss their radical, fragmentary take on the film noir. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the team talked about the shooting and editing process for the movie, which endures as a seminal work of American film modernism and a love letter to the art cinema of the sixties. Moderated by Film Comment Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold. This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.

Today, we’re sharing a conversation with Parasite director-writer Bong Joon Ho and actor Song Kang Ho, who joined us for a special Q&A following a screening of their Palme d'Or and Golden Globe winner, which continues playing daily at Film at Lincoln Center. They discussed the worldwide acclaim for the film, the twists beyond the first act, and the future of their long-running collaboration. Starting this week at Film at Lincoln Center and underway through January 14, join us for The Bong Show, a complete Bong Joon Ho retrospective featuring his brilliant debut Barking Dogs Never Bite, his hugely entertaining monster movie The Host, his genre-defying drama Mother, his star-studded English-language debut Snowpiercer, rarely-screened shorts, and more. The series also includes Bong's hand-picked influences with films by John Carpenter, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kim Ki-young, and more. See more films during the retrospective and save with a 3+ film package! See showtimes and get tickets at filmlinc.org/thebongshow Thi

This week on the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, we're sharing a conversation from our recent series Veredas: A Generation of Brazilian Filmmakers, which put a spotlight on the radical recent films from the country. Writer-director Karim Aïnouz joined us for the New York premiere of his tropical melodrama, Invisible Life, which opens at Film at Lincoln Center this Friday, January 3. The winner of the Un Certain Regard award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and Brazil’s submission for this year’s Oscars, it tells the tale of two inseparable sisters in 1940s Rio de Janeiro. The conversation was moderated by Mary Jane Marcasiano from Cinema Tropical. See showtimes and get tickets at filmlinc.org This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.

This Friday, our career-spanning Agnès Varda retrospective kicks off here at Film at Lincoln Center and continues through January 6 with Rosalie Varda in person. To celebrate the series, we’re sharing a conversation with the French New Wave pioneer from our archives. In 2015, she joined us for our annual Art of the Real festival and participated in a special Q&A with programmer Rachael Rakes. They discussed her enormously influential feature debut La Pointe Courte, directed when she was just 25 years old, and which many critics and scholars now consider as the first proper entry in what would become the Nouvelle Vague. Besides sharing fascinating anecdotes from the making of the film, Varda also told stories of her interactions with other icons of French cinema like Alain Resnais, Francois Truffaut, and André Bazin. See showtimes and get tickets for the retrospective at filmlinc.org/varda This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.

This week on the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, we're sharing a conversation with Cunningham director Alla Kovgan from the 57th New York Film Festival. Her breathtaking new film, opening this Friday at Film at Lincoln Center, pays tribute to one of the most visionary choreographers of the 20th century, Merce Cunningham. The director will return to FLC for opening weekend Q&As this Saturday and Sunday! Get tickets at filmlinc.org This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.

This week on the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, we’re sharing a conversation on the emotional, vibrant new drama Waves. Writer-director Trey Edward Shults and cast members Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Alexa Demie, and Renée Elise Goldsberry joined Film at Lincoln Center following a sneak preview. They discussed the personal history of the story, the kinetic filmmaking on display, the casting process, and much more. This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.

This week on the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, we’re sharing an extensive conversation with Mati Diop. The French-Senegalese director earned the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival for her debut film Atlantics, which is now in theatrical release and arrives on Netflix this Friday. At the 57th New York Film Festival, Diop was on hand at a Directors Dialogue to discuss her first feature, which is a hypnotic yet grounded ghost and love story, with FLC Director of Programming Dennis Lim. This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.

This week on the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, we preview our new series Relentless Invention: New Korean Cinema, 1996–2003, starting this Friday at Film at Lincoln Center and continuing through December 4. Grady Hendrix of Subway Cinema and FLC programmer Tyler Wilson discuss how a generation of filmmakers,  from Bong Joon Ho to Park Chan-wook, created homegrown blockbusters that imbued the pleasures of pop cinema with a subversive, gleefully inventive approach to genre and a sharp sociopolitical edge. See showtimes and get tickets, plus save with 3+ film package or All-Access Pass, at filmlinc.org/newkorean Then, our season of Agnès Varda kicks off with her final film, Varda by Agnès this Friday, followed by the most comprehensive retrospective to date, beginning December 20. During the 57th New York Film Festival, Agnès’ daughter and producer Rosalie Varda joined us for a Q&A, moderated by programmer Florence Almozini, following a sold-out screening of her swan song. She discusses the emotional journey

This week on the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, we preview our upcoming Patricia Mazuy retrospective with programmer Madeline Whittle. She discusses the French director's singular filmography, which will be presented starting this Friday with free screening of Travolta and Me followed by The King’s Daughters, starring Isabelle Huppert, and continuing through Sunday with the director in person. See showtimes and get tickets at filmlinc.org/mazuy, plus save with 3+ film package. Then we go to a special conversation from our members-only sneak preview of Dark Waters, featuring writer-director Todd Haynes and actor-producer Mark Ruffalo. In the thrilling drama, inspired by a shocking true story, Ruffalo plays a tenacious attorney who uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world’s largest corporations. They duo discuss not over-dramatizing this true story, challenging systems of power, Ed Lachman's cinematography, and more. This podcast is brought to you by Fil

This week on the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, we preview our upcoming Jessica Hausner retrospective with programmer Dan Sullivan. He discusses the Austrian director's eclectic filmography thus far, which will be presented starting this Friday with a sneak preview of her Cannes winner Little Joe (featuring a Q&A with Hausner and actress Emily Beecham) and continuing through Sunday. See showtimes and get tickets at filmlinc.org/hausner, plus save with 3+ film package. Then we go to a special conversation with Martin Scorsese. Following the world premiere of The Irishman at the 57th New York Film Festival, the director sat down with NYFF director Kent Jones for the annual event On Cinema. During the discussion the filmmaker talked about influences and recent favorites, illustrated with film clips. During the discussion the legendary filmmaker talked about influences and recent favorites, illustrated with film clips, specifically a pair of Hugo Haas features, Ari Aster’s Hereditary, and Joanna Hogg’s Archipel

Today, we’re sharing a special conversation from our Lily Tomlin & Jane Wagner retrospective this past September at Film at Lincoln Center. The duo joined writer Hilton Als for a lively, wide-ranging discussion of their work across film, television, and theater. They discussed how their lasting and fruitful partnership has reshaped the art of American comedy and expanded its feminist imagination. This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.

Thank you for tuning into our daily podcasts from the 57th New York Film Festival, featuring conversations with the filmmakers behind The Irishman, Marriage Story, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Pain and Glory, Uncut Gems, and more. We also featured extensive talks about two favorites from the festival now playing at Film at Lincoln Center, Parasite and Synonyms. Today on our weekly podcast, we’re featuring a special NYFF Live discussion presented by the Writers Guild of America, East. At the festival, five screenwriters gathered to discuss writing New York City on the page and how it goes beyond the quintessential urban landscape. Panelists include JC Chandor, Geoffrey Fletcher, Gillian Robespierre, and Steven Zaillian, with moderation by Paul Schrader. They discussed the screenwriting process and capturing NYC in their films, including The Irishman, Taxi Driver, Precious, Obvious Child, and Margin Call This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.

On Day 17 and the final episode of our 57th New York Film Festival daily podcast, Eugene Hernandez, FLC's Deputy Director and Co-Publisher of Film Comment, is joined by Kent Jones, the director of NYFF. They discuss his history and vision for the festival, as well as saying goodbye in his final year as director. Introducing the main discussion on this podcast, Jones also reflects on William Wyler's Dodsworth, which was presented at the festival in a brand-new 35mm restoration. Following the film, Jones moderated a conversation with Catherine Wyler, Melanie Wyler, and Kenneth Lonergan. They talk about the making and reception of this worldly, richly layered adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s 1929 novel, which is one of the triumphs of the storied career of director William Wyler. The film was gorgeously restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, in association with The Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Family Trust, with funding provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation. The 57th NYFF concludes today! S

On Day 16 of our New York Film Festival daily podcast, Eugene Hernandez, FLC's Deputy Director and Co-Publisher of Film Comment, is joined by Anne Thompson, Editor At Large at IndieWire. They discuss her early days at Film Comment magazine and how NYFF fits into the fall season landscape. Then we go to yesterday's press conference with Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Willem Dafoe who discuss their Closing Night selection Motherless Brooklyn. The trio talk about the bold adaptation process; how Norton balanced writing, acting, and directing; the uncertainty and risk of the project; how the film captures a changing New York City; working with cinematographer Dick Pope; and more. The 57th NYFF continues through Sunday! See all available tickets at filmlinc.org/nyff This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.

On Day 15 of our New York Film Festival daily podcast, Eugene Hernandez, FLC's Deputy Director and Co-Publisher of Film Comment, is joined by Rajendra Roy, the Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film at the Museum of Modern Art. They discuss film culture in New York City, as well as the history of NYFF, leading to a special NYFF Live talk celebrating Agnès Varda. When Varda died earlier this year at age 90, the world lost one of its most inspirational cinematic radicals. Her final film, the documentary Varda by Agnès, sheds light on her experiences as a director, photographer, and installation artist, bringing personal insight into the method she called “cinécriture” (“cinematic writing”). Her daughter and frequent collaborator Rosalie Varda and other special guests–including Rajendra Roy, Caryn James, and Madeline Whittle–joined Eugene Hernandez for an in-depth conversation. They paid tribute to Varda before the film had its New York premiere in NYFF’s Main Slate and ahead of the most comprehensive retrospecti

On Day 14 of our New York Film Festival daily podcast, Eugene Hernandez, FLC's Deputy Director and Co-Publisher of Film Comment, is joined by Matt Bolish, FLC'S Director of Operations, Producer of the New York Film Festival, and Convergence Programmer. They discuss what goes into pulling off the 17-day festival as well as what to look forward to at Convergence, which delves into innovative modes of storytelling via interactive experiences, featuring Virtual Reality, Immersive Cinema, game play, and more. See this year's lineup, which includes two free talks and the world premiere of Holy Night, playing for free through Sunday: filmlinc.org/convergence Then we go to a special Directors Dialogue with Bong Joon Ho. The South Korean filmmaker, whose unpredictable and diverse filmography has taken us from the gonzo monster movie The Host to the intense, bloody melodrama of Mother to the graphic novel action of Snowpiercer, has created perhaps his masterpiece with this year’s Palme d’Or–winner Parasite. Bong discu

On Day 13 of our New York Film Festival daily podcast, Eugene Hernandez, FLC's Deputy Director and Co-Publisher of Film Comment, is joined by Alexandra Siladi, FLC's Membership Manager, to discuss NYFF favorites and her work in developing our membership program, including New Wave. Learn more about becoming a member here: filmlinc.org/members If you join during NYFF, you will receive an exclusive Pedro Almodóvar tote bag and save 15% at the Contributor, Friend, Angel, and New Wave levels of membership. Join today on-site or online with code LOVEFILM.(Offer valid for new members only; while supplies last.) Then we go to yesterday's tribute to exhibitor, producer, and distributor Ben Barenholtz, a titan of independent cinema who died earlier this year. A panel of New Yorkers who knew him well–Columbia University film professor Annette Insdorf, and collaborators Ethan Coen, John Turturro, and film distributor Eamonn Bowles–discussed their memories working with Barenholtz and more. The 57th NYFF continues thro

On Day 12 of our New York Film Festival daily podcast, Eugene Hernandez, Film at Lincoln Center's Deputy Director and Co-Publisher of Film Comment, is joined by Dan Stern, Film at Lincoln Center Board President, to discuss Stern's history with the organization and how the festival flourishes in a competitive global cinema landscape. Then we go to yesterday's Q&A following the world premiere of The Booksellers, D.W. Young’s elegant and entertaining documentary. The film takes a lively tour of New York’s book world, past and present, from the Park Avenue Armory’s annual Antiquarian Book Fair; to the Strand and Argosy book stores, still standing against all odds; to the beautifully crammed apartments of collectors and buyers. Young was joined by producers Judith Mizrachy and Dan Wechsler following the screening.  The 57th NYFF continues through October 13! See all available tickets at filmlinc.org/nyff This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.

On Day 11 of our New York Film Festival daily podcast, we explore the making of the festival's surprise screening, Uncut Gems. In the introduction, Eugene Hernandez, FLC's Deputy Director and Co-Publisher of Film Comment, is joined by Eric Kohn, IndieWire’s Executive Editor & Chief Critic, to discuss NYFF and the importance of film festivals, and the evolution of the Safdies. Then we go to yesterday's NYFF Live talk on the making of Uncut Gems, moderated by Kohn. Josh and Benny Safdie (Heaven Knows What, Good Time) were on hand to detail the process of making this electrifying New York City-set thriller, joined by co-writer and editor Ronald Bronstein, producer Sebastian Bear McClard, composer Daniel Lopatin, and casting director Jen Venditti. The 57th NYFF continues through October 13! See all available tickets at filmlinc.org/nyff This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.