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#297 - Heidi Ewing, Ivan Garcia, Gerardo Zabaleta & Armando Espitia on I Carry You With Me Oct 02, 2020

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Welcome to a special 58th New York Film Festival edition of the Film at Lincoln Center podcast. Today, NYFF Director Eugene Hernandez is joined by director Heidi Ewing, along with subjects Ivan Garcia & Gerardo Zabaleta, and actor Armando Espitia to discuss their film I Carry You With Me. Among the most emotionally resonant and innovatively conceived cinematic love stories in years, I Carry You With Me unexpectedly and brilliantly incorporates documentary elements into the tale of a burgeoning romance between two men who cross the border from Mexico to the U.S. Get nationwide virtual tickets, screening tonight only in a four-hour window beginning at 8pm ET: https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020/films/i-carry-you-with-me/

#296 - Jia Zhangke on Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue Oct 01, 2020

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Welcome to a special 58th New York Film Festival edition of the Film at Lincoln Center podcast. Today, NYFF programmer K. Austin Collins is joined by director Jia Zhangke to discuss the filmmaker’s evocative new documentary Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue. Jia Zhangke gathers three prominent authors—Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong—in Shanxi province, where he grew up, to create a tapestry of testimonies about the drastic changes in Chinese life and culture that began with the social revolution of the 1950s. Interpretation by Vincent Cheng. All documentaries at the 58th New York Film Festival are presented by HBO. Get tickets for tonight’s premiere at the Brooklyn drive-in or nationwide virtual tickets: https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020/films/swimming-out-till-the-sea-turns-blue/ All documentaries at the 58th New York Film Festival are presented by HBO.

#295 - Philippe Lacôte on Night of the Kings Sep 30, 2020

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Welcome to a special 58th New York Film Festival edition of the Film at Lincoln Center podcast. Today, NYFF programmer Rachel Rosen is joined by director Philippe Lacôte to discuss the Ivory Coast filmmaker’s breakout feature The Night of Kings. Paying homage to the tradition of the griot in West African culture, this original vision tells the story of a pickpocket (Koné Bakary), newly arrived at a correctional facility in the Ivorian capital of Abidjan, who, in order to stay alive, must keep his fellow inmates entertained with wild tales over the course of a night. Interpretation by Isabelle Dupuis. Get tickets for tonight’s screening at the Bronx drive-in here: https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020/films/night-of-the-kings/

#294 - Chaitanya Tamhane on The Disciple Sep 30, 2020

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Welcome to a special 58th New York Film Festival edition of the Film at Lincoln Center podcast. Today, NYFF programmer Florence Almozini is joined by director Chaitanya Tamhane to discuss The Disciple, the Indian filmmaker’s much-anticipated follow-up to Court. The Disciple is a finely crafted labor of love set in the world of Hindustani classical music, starring singer—and remarkable first-time actor—Aditya Modak as a man living in Mumbai who tries to follow in the footsteps of his father and become a maestro in the Khayal raag music tradition. Get tickets for Thursday's premiere at the Queens drive-in or nationwide virtual tickets available through Sunday at 8pm ET here: https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020/films/the-disciple/

#293 - Pedro Almodóvar & Tilda Swinton on The Human Voice Sep 28, 2020

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Welcome to a special 58th New York Film Festival edition of the Film at Lincoln Center podcast. Today, NYFF Director Eugene Hernandez is joined by director Pedro Almodóvar and actor Tilda Swinton to discuss their new short film The Human Voice. In the film, Swinton swallows up the screen as a woman traumatized by the end of a relationship. An impeccably designed yet combustible adaptation of Jean Cocteau’s 1930 play The Human Voice, it marks the Spanish director’s English-language debut. They discussed the power and perseverance of cinema during tumultuous times, how their collaboration came about, the classic film influences they were inspired by, why the pandemic didn't influence Almodóvar's original design for the film, and more. Presented by Film at Lincoln Center, the 58th New York Film Festival highlights the best in world cinema from September 17-October 11. This year’s festival features drive-in screenings in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens and virtual screenings available nationwide. See the complete schedule and get tickets here: https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020/

#292 - Chloé Zhao on Nomadland Sep 26, 2020

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Welcome to a special 58th New York Film Festival edition of the Film at Lincoln Center podcast. Today, NYFF Director Eugene Hernandez is joined by filmmaker Chloé Zhao to discuss Nomadland, the director’s richly textured follow-up to her acclaimed The Rider. The NYFF58 Centerpiece selection recounts a year in the life of Fern (Frances McDormand), a stoic, stubbornly independent widow who, having spent her adult life in a now-defunct company town, repurposes an old van and sets off in search of seasonal work. Mixing professionals and non-actors, Nomadland is a road movie for our precarious times. Nomadland is sponsored by Campari. Presented by Film at Lincoln Center, the 58th New York Film Festival highlights the best in world cinema from September 17-October 11. This year’s festival features drive-in screenings in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens and virtual screenings available nationwide. Get tickets and see more information: https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020

#291 - Steve McQueen on Mangrove & Tsai Ming-liang on Days Sep 25, 2020

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Welcome to a special 58th New York Film Festival edition of the Film at Lincoln Center podcast. Today, NYFF Director of Programming Dennis Lim is joined by director Steve McQueen to discuss Mangrove, making its world premiere at the festival. An epic piece of McQueen’s Small Axe anthology, Mangrove tells the true story of Frank Crichlow, the Trinidad-born owner of a café in Notting Hill who was arrested for protesting the police’s intimidation and brutality. This is a vivid and gripping dramatization of these events and the resulting landmark 1970 court case of Crichlow and the other defendants, who came to be known as the Mangrove Nine. Small Axe at the 58th NYFF is presented by Campari. Then, Lim is joined by Tsai Ming-liang to discuss one of the Taiwanese director’s best and sparest works, Days. In the film, Lee Kang-sheng plays a variation on himself, wandering through a lonely urban landscape and seeking treatment for a chronic illness; at the same time, a young Laotian immigrant working in Bangkok goes about his daily routine. The lives of these two solitary men eventually converge. Get free tickets for tonight’s community screening of Mangrove at the Queens drive-in or nationwide virtual tickets. Days premieres tonight at sold-out screenings at the Brooklyn Drive-In and virtually nationwide.

#290 - Matías Piñeiro on Isabella Sep 24, 2020

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Welcome to a special 58th New York Film Festival edition of the Film at Lincoln Center podcast. Today, NYFF programmer K. Austin Collins sits down with director Matías Piñeiro to discuss the Argentinian filmmaker’s latest feature, Isabella. Never has Piñeiro’s art been more graceful or structurally complex than in his latest, in which he again uses a Shakespeare text to anchor a loose yet intellectually rigorous examination of life’s loves, labors, and futile pursuits. Get nationwide virtual tickets through Sept. 29: https://virtual.filmlinc.org/film/isabella/

#289 - Sofia Coppola, Bill Murray, Rashida Jones & Marlon Wayans on On the Rocks Sep 22, 2020

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Welcome to a special 58th New York Film Festival edition of the Film at Lincoln Center podcast. Today, NYFF Director Eugene Hernandez is joined by Sofia Coppola, Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, and Marlon Wayans to discuss On the Rocks. A Spotlight selection at NYFF, Coppola’s latest work is a lighthearted but poignantly personal comedy about aging, marriage, and the tenuous bond between parents and grown children. The story follows a New York author and married mother-of-two who has become suspicious that her career-driven husband may be having an affair with a coworker—a speculation encouraged by her caddish, bon vivant father. On the Rocks is sponsored by Campari. Learn more about NYC drive-in and nationwide virtual tickets for NYFF: https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020/

#288 - Sam Pollard on MLK/FBI Sep 21, 2020

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Welcome to a special 58th New York Film Festival edition of the Film at Lincoln Center podcast. Today, programmer K. Austin Collins is joined by director Sam Pollard to discuss his new documentary MLK/FBI. Throughout his history-altering political career, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was often treated by U.S. intelligence and law enforcement like an enemy of the state. In this virtuosic documentary, veteran editor and director Pollard lays out a detailed account of the FBI surveillance that dogged King’s activism throughout the 1950s and ’60s. Get tickets for tonight’s premiere at the Queens drive-in or nationwide virtual tickets: https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020/films/mlk-fbi/

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