Film Forum Presents

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 life and legacy of the celebrated physician, author and professor of neurology Oliver Sacks through his own work and words. We were joined by Kate Edgar, Dr. Sacks's longtime editor and the Executiv...

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 My So-Called Life and prolific writer for stage and screen (including the book for Wicked). THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT is Oxenberg's wildy imaginative, deeply personal, and surprisingly funny documentary about the deat...

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 five decades. Film Forum has premiered more of Herzog's films than almost any other filmmaker in our 50 year history – many of which Herzog says he considers his best and most challenging work that other th...

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 fearless critiques of The Philippines' autocratic President Rodrigo Duterte, via her popular news site Rappler, recently resulted in an alleged "cyber libel" conviction punishable by up to six ye...

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. The film explores the life and work of fashion photographer Helmut Newton, whose sexually-charged work often toed the line between art and exploitation. Boehm interviews many of Newton's famous subjec...

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 and a true American hero. In this episode, dedicated to his memory, Film Forum Presents an interview with filmmaker Dawn Porter, whose acclaimed documentary JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE is now playing in our Virtual Cinema at www.filmforum.org. The...

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 a vast array of sources. Politically astute and surprisingly humorous, Kevin's movies infused wit and intelligence into every subject upon which he focused. All five of his feature films premiered at Film Forum....

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, Moss stars as the brilliant, prickly horror writer Shirley Jackson whose meticulous routine and strained marriage are interrupted when a young pair of newlyweds show up on her doorstep. SHIRLEY is curren...

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: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION from September 2, 2015, moderated by Sabrina Gordon of the Black Documentary Collective. The documentary chronicles the rise and fall of The Black Panthers – a group and moveme...

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 is one of the world's greatest artists – and one among a small group of women – working in monumental sculpture. The film is currently available for home viewing in our Virtual Cinema, at www.filmforum.org. Al...

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 2019 screening of Grant's groundbreaking 1985 film WHAT SEX AM I?, which was part of a series devoted to her work. Grant's Academy Award-winning DOWN AND OUT IN AMERICA, her 1986 exposé of poverty an...

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 ART OF PAULINE KAEL, a fascinating documentary about the life and enduring legacy of the New Yorker film critic. In the first excerpt, Director Rob Garver and Composer Rick Baitz discuss the origins of 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, co-directed by Harun Farocki, uses amateur video and footage from both the Romanian state-controlled film industry and a demonstrator-controlled TV station to capture the revolution that swept dictator Nicolae Ceaușesc...

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 of the same name, presented by The New Republic. Joining Piketty in the discussion are Ian Bremmer (Global Political Risk Advisor and President and Founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO...

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 film's subjects – Heather O'Donnell of Honey & Wax Booksellers and Rebecca Romney of Type Punch Matrix – recorded especially for the podcast. THE BOOKSELLERS is available for home viewing in our Virtual Cin...

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 the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2004. RIFIFI, Dassin's heist film masterpiece, is now available for home viewing in our Virtual Cinema at www.filmforum.org . All rental fees support Film...

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 official submission to the 2020 Oscars for Best International Feature, is a visually stunning and emotionally resonant drama of two young women piecing their lives back together in decimated post-World War I...

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 of Lynn's 1992 modern comedy classic, MY COUSIN VINNY, starring Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei . Their entertaining and broad-ranging chat covers Lynn's career as a writer/director (CLUE, NUN...

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 CHRISTI, which stars the astonishing young actor Bartosz Bielenia as a recently-released juvenile prisoner who poses as a priest in a rural Polish town, was nominated for the 2020 Academy Award...

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 MADIGAN as part of our NYPD repertory series in 2011. You'll also hear a recent Q&A with Paul Laverty, screenwriter of Ken Loach's acclaimed drama SORRY WE MISSED YOU, which is now available for rental in...