FILM FORUM PRESENTS is the official podcast of Film Forum, a nonprofit cinema in downtown New York City, founded in 1970. Each episode features audio from a special event (Q&A, intro, or conversation), recorded live at Film Forum, around our signature programming: premieres of new independent movies and world-class repertory cinema.
Welcome to Lobby Talk, a new podcast series from Film Forum Presents. At Film Forum, the theaters are where you experience cinema - but the lobby is where you truly…
In our new Unfolding the Calendar episode, Film Forum's Director Tabitha Jackson talks with Repertory Artistic Director Bruce Goldstein and Premieres Artistic Director Mike Maggiore about the programming on our…
In today's episode, filmmaker Philip Hartman discusses the enduring resonance of NO PICNIC, his gritty 1986 neo-noir drama and priceless artifact of pre-gentrication East Village, with film critic and writer…
In our new Unfolding the Calendar episode, Film Forum's newly-appointed Director Tabitha Jackson talks with Repertory Artistic Director Bruce Goldstein and Premieres Artistic Director Mike Maggiore about the programming on…
In our new Unfolding the Calendar episode, Film Forum programmers Sonya Chung and Mike Maggiore discuss upcoming premieres on our calendar for January - March 2026. With these conversations, we…
In our new Unfolding the Calendar episode, Film Forum programmers Sonya Chung and Mike Maggiore discuss upcoming premieres on our calendar for October - December 2025. With these conversations, we…
In our new Unfolding the Calendar episode, Film Forum programmers Sonya Chung and Mike Maggiore discuss upcoming premieres on our calendar for July - September 2025. With these conversations, we…
In this edition of UNFOLDING THE CALENDAR, we welcome back filmmaker Richard Shepard, who joined us previously to discuss last year's "Out of the 80s" series, which was inspired by…
In our new Unfolding the Calendar episode, Film Forum programmers Sonya Chung and Mike Maggiore discuss upcoming premieres on our calendar for April - June 2025. With these conversations, we…
In this episode of Unfolding the Calendar, Film Forum Director Sonya Chung and Premieres Artistic Director Mike Maggiore discuss the new films opening in February and March 2025. With these…
In this episode, Film Forum Director & Premieres Co-Programmer Sonya Chung discusses our January openings with Premieres Artistic Director Mike Maggiore; and Mike talks to filmmaker Steve Pink about his…
In our new Unfolding the Calendar episode, Film Forum programmers Sonya Chung and Mike Maggiore discuss upcoming premieres on our calendar for October – December 2024. With these conversations, we…
In Part 4 of the July – September 2024 installment of UNFOLDING THE CALENDAR, Film Forum Director Sonya Chung sat down at the theater with Lana Wilson, the brilliant director…
In part 3 of the July – September 2024 installment of UNFOLDING THE CALENDAR, Film Forum's Repertory Artistic Director Bruce Goldstein has a lively, free-wheeling conversation with Odie Henderson, chief…
In part 2 of the July – September 2024 installment of UNFOLDING THE CALENDAR, Film Forum Director and premieres co-programmer Sonya Chung talks with WAR GAME filmmakers Jesse Moss and…
In our new Unfolding the Calendar episode, Film Forum programmers Sonya Chung and Mike Maggiore discuss upcoming premieres on our calendar for July – September 2024. With these conversations, we…
Film Forum's Director Sonya Chung talks with filmmaker, novelist, and memoirist Bridgett M. Davis on the occasion of the restoration and release of her 1996 film NAKED ACTS — which…
For Part 2 of our April – June Unfolding the Calendar installment, Film Forum's Founding Repertory Artistic Director Bruce Goldstein has a lively, wide-ranging conversation with film director Richard Shepard…
In this, our fourth Unfolding the Calendar episode, Film Forum programmers Sonya Chung and Mike Maggiore discuss upcoming premieres on our (now three-month!) calendar for April – June 2024. With…
In this, our third Unfolding the Calendar episode, Film Forum programmers Sonya Chung, Bruce Goldstein, and Mike Maggiore provide a behind-the screens look at our February-March 2024 calendar. They discuss…
In this, our second Unfolding the Calendar episode, Film Forum programmers Sonya Chung, Bruce Goldstein, and Mike Maggiore provide a behind-the screens look at our December 2023/January 2024 calendar. They…
For today's episode, we take a turn from our usual format to bring you a sneak peek at the October-November calendar, guided by our programmers Sonya Chung, Bruce Goldstein, and…
In today's episode, we bring you a Q&A with filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov following the opening night screening of his film 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL on July 14, 2023. Chernov is…
In today's episode, we bring you a Q&A with the filmmaker Lizzie Gottlieb and her father, the legendary New York writer and editor Robert Gottlieb, following the U.S. theatrical premiere…
In today's episode, we bring you a Q&A with filmmaker Amanda Kim following a screening of her debut feature NAM JUN PAIK: MOON IS THE OLDEST TV on March 27,…
In this episode, Film Forum Repertory Artistic Director Bruce Goldstein has an informal chat with Beatrice Welles, daughter of Orson Welles, who appeared at Film Forum in 2015 for the…
In today's episode, we bring you a conversation with Amir Naderi, writer and director of THE RUNNER, one of the most revered figures of the Iranian New Wave, and Madjid…
In today's episode, we bring you a dynamic, thought-provoking Q&A from opening night of THE TERRITORY, the new double Sundance prize-winning documentary, on August 19, 2022. THE TERRITORY is an…
In today's episode, we bring you the fascinating discussion around our recent screening of the bold 1972 Afrofuturist science fiction film SPACE IS THE PLACE. The film, directed by John…
In today's episode, we bring you a conversation from the opening night, March 4, of Sebastian Meise's new drama GREAT FREEDOM. The film centers on an incredible performance by world…
In today's episode, we bring you a conversation from the opening night, February 18, of Lisa Hurwitz's hit new film THE AUTOMAT. The documentary explores the history and legacy of…
Today's From the Archives episode features an audience Q&A at Film Forum with the Iranian master filmmaker Asghar Farhadi from January 10, 2012. He appeared during our premiere run of…
In today's episode, we bring you a conversation with Ryûsuke Hamaguchi from November 30, following a screening of his newest film, the critically acclaimed drama, DRIVE MY CAR. The film…
In today's episode, we bring you audio from the recent world premiere screening of a new 35mm restoration of HALLELUJAH!, director King Vidor's landmark all-Black feature, the opening event of…
In today's episode, we bring you special events around two of our recent hit films – CHESS OF THE WIND and HIVE. First up, we were honored to have the…
In today's episode, Film Forum presents a Q&A from the opening night of SPEER GOES TO HOLLYWOOD, on October 29th. The new documentary explores the post-war life of Albert Speer,…
In today's episode, Film Forum presents a Q&A with Robert Yapkowitz, co-director of the new documentary, KAREN DALTON: IN MY OWN TIME, about the mesmerizingly talented, and largely underrecognized folk…
In today's episode, Film Forum presents a Q&A from opening weekend of the new documentary, IN BALANCHINE'S CLASSROOM, about the brilliant artistry of ballet legend George Balanchine as both a…
In today's episode, Film Forum presents a lively Q&A from the opening night of FIRE MUSIC, an engrossing chronicle of the free jazz movement. Joining us for the Q&A were…
In today's episode, Film Forum presents a Q&A with filmmaker Bassam Tariq and star Riz Ahmed from the opening night of their acclaimed new drama MOGUL MOWGLI on September 3.…
In today's episode, Film Forum presents a conversation between filmmaker Wayne Wang and New Yorker writer Hua Hsu from the opening night of the new restoration of Wang's groundbreaking independent…
In this two-part episode devoted to EYIMOFE (THIS IS MY DESIRE): a Q&A from our July 23rd opening night screening with co-director Arie Esiri and producer Melissa Adeyemo, moderated by…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a conversation around TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION, a new documentary that explores the intertwined lives of, and often fraught relationship between, two…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a conversation with Maria Sødahl, writer and director of the new film HOPE, and the film's stars, Stellan Skarsgård and Andrea Bræin Hovig. Based…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a discussion around the acclaimed new documentary WOJNAROWICZ: F**K YOU F*GGOT F**KER with director Chris McKim and editor Dave Stanke. The film explores the…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a Q&A with filmmaker Ray Yeung about his new film, TWILIGHT'S KISS, co-presented by NewFest, New York's leading LGBTQ+ film and media organization. TWILIGHT'S…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a Q&A with Oeke Hoogendijk, filmmaker of the new documentary MY REMBRANDT, moderated by Adam Eaker, Assistant Curator, European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a Q&A with Hao Wu, one of the three directors of the new film 76 DAYS. The Gotham Award-nominated documentary follows the doctors and…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a panel discussion around Tania Cypriano's new documentary BORN TO BE on November 19th, presented by the Human Rights Campaign. BORN TO BE is…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a Q&A with the legendary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman about his latest documentary, CITY HALL, moderated by MoMA film curator Josh Siegel on November 1.…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a conversation around Catherine Gund's new documentary, AGGIE, co-presented by the Asian American Writers' Workshop. AGGIE is the story of the filmmaker's mother, the…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a conversation around Ric Burns's new documentary, OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE, organized and co-presented with the Bellevue Literary Review. The film chronicles the…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a Q&A between two boundlessly creative women - THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT filmmaker Jan Oxenberg and her longtime friend, Winnie Holzman, creator of…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a wide-ranging conversation with Werner Herzog, the iconic filmmaker behind some of the greatest and most fabled documentaries and feature films of the last…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a conversation with A THOUSAND CUTS filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz and its subject, the Filipino-American investigative journalist Maria Ressa. The film follows Ressa, whose…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a Q&A with Gero von Boehm, filmmaker of the new documentary HELMUT NEWTON: THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, and the legendary actor-model-filmmaker Isabella Rossellini.…
We at Film Forum join the rest of the world in mourning the passing of Representative John Lewis on July 17. Lewis was a giant of the Civil Rights Movement…
We at Film Forum were sad to learn of the recent passing of Kevin Rafferty, a masterful documentary filmmaker. His movies were brilliantly researched and edited – collaging materials from…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a Q&A with Emmy-winning actor/producer Elisabeth Moss and filmmaker Josephine Decker, recorded on July 1, about their acclaimed new drama SHIRLEY. In the film,…
In this special "From the Archive" episode, Film Forum Presents a Q&A with award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson and producer Laurens Grant following a screening of their film THE BLACK PANTHERS:…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents the artist Ursula von Rydingsvard and Daniel Traub, filmmaker of the new documentary URSULA VON RYDINGSVARD: INTO HER OWN, from May 31st. Von Rydingsvard…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a conversation between the Oscar-winning actress and filmmaker Lee Grant and the celebrated artist and drag performer Charles Busch. Their talk followed a December…
Actress, producer, and publisher Sarah Jessica Parker introduces this week's Film Forum Presents. The episode features excerpts from two special events from our recent run of WHAT SHE SAID: THE…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a Q&A with Romanian filmmaker Andrei Ujicǎ from November 15, 2019, following a screening of his 1992 film VIDEOGRAMS OF A REVOLUTION. The movie,…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents an excerpt from a fascinating round-table discussion about the new documentary, CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, based on economist Thomas Piketty's explosive bestselling book…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a conversation between D.W. Young, director of the delightful, illuminating new documentary portrait of the rare book trade, THE BOOKSELLERS, and two of the…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents goes bicoastal to bring you a conversation between the legendary director Jules Dassin and Bruce Goldstein, Film Forum's Director or Repertory Programming, recorded at…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a Q&A with Kantemir Balagov, the astonishingly talented filmmaker of BEANPOLE, following a sneak preview of his film on January 2, 2020. BEANPOLE, Russia's…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents a hilarious conversation between filmmaker Jonathan Lynn and Film Forum's Director of Repertory Programming Bruce Goldstein, following a special screening on December 11, 2018…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents brings you a conversation between Jan Komasa, director of CORPUS CHRISTI, and Film Forum Premieres Programmer Mike Maggiore, recorded especially for the podcast. CORPUS…
In this episode, Film Forum Presents two events: From our archive, an introduction by former New York Police Department commissioner Bill Bratton, who appeared with Don Siegel's 1968 crime drama…
FILM FORUM PRESENTS is the official podcast of Film Forum, a nonprofit cinema in downtown New York City, founded in 1970. Each episode features audio from a special event (Q&A, intro, or conversation), recorded live at Film Forum, around our signature programming: premieres of new independent movies and world-class repertory cinema.
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