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Today, we’re sharing a special conversation with filmmaker Eliza Hittman and actress Talia Ryder following a patron screening of Never Rarely Sometimes Always at Film at Lincoln Center. Opening this weekend, the Sundance and Berlinale winner is an intimate portrayal of two teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania. Faced with an unintended pregnancy and a lack of local support, they embark across state lines to New York City on a fraught journey of friendship, bravery, and compassion. This Monday, March 16, Hittman will return to Film at Lincoln Center for a free talk, presented by Film Comment magazine, in which she’ll discuss her new film and already rich body of work. See free RSVP details: www.filmlinc.org/free This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.

Today on the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, we’re sharing a conversation following the 57th New York Film Festival premiere of Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’s rollicking thriller Bacurau, which is now playing at Film at Lincoln Center. The film follows the community of a vibrant, richly diverse Brazilian town who fight back when they become the targets of a group of armed mercenaries. The directors and legendary actress Sônia Braga will return to FLC this Sunday for a Q&A at the 6:15pm screening. The directors will also be back next week on March 10, 12, and 13 for Q&As at the 6:15pm screenings.  From March 13-24, we’re also proud to present Mapping Bacurau, an explosive 13-film series featuring influences hand-picked by the directors of Bacurau. From spaghetti westerns to horror and sci-fi gems to Brazilian classics, the series features John Carpenter’s Starman in 70mm, the 4K restoration of Robin Hardy’s folk horror classic The Wicker Man, Sergio Leone’s western epic Duck, You Sucker! in 35

Today on the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, we’re sharing a conversation following the 57th New York Film Festival premiere of Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Whistlers. Opening this Friday at Film at Lincoln Center, the leading Romanian director’s first all-out genre film is a clever, swift, and elegant neo-noir with a wonderfully off-kilter central conceit. Following the adventures of a police detective who arrives on a mysterious island, the crime drama furthers the director’s explorations of the intricacies and limitations of language, but is also his most playful, even exuberant, film. See showtimes and get tickets: www.filmlinc.org/whistlers This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.

Today on the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, we’re sharing a conversation following the 57th New York Film Festival premiere of Pedro Costa’s masterful new drama Vitalina Varela. Opening this Friday exclusively at Film at Lincoln Center, the film follows a Cape Verdean woman who returns to Fontainhas for her husband’s funeral after being separated for decades. The grief of the present and the ghosts of the past commingle in Costa’s ravishing film, which might be the director’s most visually extraordinary work. See showtimes and get tickets: https://www.filmlinc.org/newreleases This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.

Today we’re sharing a conversation following the 57th New York Film Festival premiere of Kantemir Balagov’s Beanpole. Now in select theaters, his second feature follows two women in post-WWII Leningrad as they attempt to readjust to a haunted world. The 28-year-old director joined programmer Florence Almozini and translator Sasha Korbut to discuss the trauma of war, capturing human connection, and more. This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.

Today, we’re sharing a conversation with German master Angela Schanelec from the 57th New York Film Festival, where she presented her radical new film I Was at Home, But… Starting this Friday at Film at Lincoln Center, join the director in person for her first complete New York retrospective. The series will kick off with a sneak preview of her new film, which opens next Friday, February 14, at FLC. See showtimes & get tickets, plus see 3 or more films during the retrospective and save: https://www.filmlinc.org/schanelec Likely the most singular and underappreciated among the contemporary German filmmakers collectively known as the Berlin School (which also includes Christian Petzold, Thomas Arslan, and Valeska Grisebach), Schanelec makes films that achieve nothing less than the rendering of the human soul on screen.  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 following a special screening of The Assistant with writer-director Kitty Green. The film, which opens in theaters this week, follows one day in the life of Jane (Julia Garner), a recent college graduate and aspiring film producer, who has recently landed her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. As Jane follows her daily routine, the film explores the abuse that insidiously colors every aspect of her work day. Moderated by Madeline Whittle, Programming Assistant at Film at Lincoln Center. 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 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.