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Mia Hansen-Løve & David Ehrlich's Top 25 Video Countdown Dec 06, 2016

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Mia Hansen-Løve talks about her story process and working with Isabelle Huppert on her new film "Things To Come." IndieWire's David Ehrlich also stops by to explain how he makes his fantastic top 25 Video Countdown.

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"Always Shine" Director Sophia Takal Dec 02, 2016

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Sophia talks about turning the jealously and competition she felt as an actress into a great new indie horror film.

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Arrival Screenwriter Eric Heisserer Nov 21, 2016

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Eric Heisserer talks about adapting Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life" -- a short story many thought was un-adoptable for the big screen.

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"The Witch" Director Robert Eggers Nov 11, 2016

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Eggers on how he blended genre and history to create the best horror film of the year and why he's remaking “Nosferatu.”

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Paul Verhoeven Nov 04, 2016

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The great director talks about his new film "Elle," Isabelle Huppert and how his career as Hollywood director ("Showgirls," Starship Troopers," "Robocop") is starting to be reconsidered.

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"OJ: Made in America" Director Ezra Edelman Oct 28, 2016

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Ezra Edelman discusses how he used the story of OJ Simpson to explore race in American.

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"Moonlight" Director Barry Jenkins Oct 21, 2016

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Writer/Director Barry Jenkins discusses "Moonlight," his second feature and easily one of the best films of the year. Then IndieWire's Kate Erbland stops by to talk about "Billy Lynn's Long Half Time Walk" and how shooting at 120 frames per second alters movie watching and movie making.

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"Fire at Sea" Director Gianfranco Rosi Oct 14, 2016

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Gianfranco's Rosi is one best filmmakers we aren't paying enough attention to here in the US, but that's about to change as his new film "Fire at Sea" is considered a frontrunner for an Oscar nomination. The film, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, is a look at a small Italian island caught in the middle of Europe's refugee crisis.

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Kelly Reichardt Oct 07, 2016

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Kelly Reichardt talks about her new film "Certain Women," starring Kristen Stewart and Michelle Williams.

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NYFF: Hamilton & Rivette Sep 30, 2016

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One of the big premieres at this year's New York Film Festival is "Hamilton's America," a behind-the-scenes look at Lin Manuel Miranda's search for the history behind his hit musical. Director Alex Horwitz stops by to talk about shadowing Miranda from mixtape to superstar. Afterwards we visit with NYFF's Dennis Lim to discuss Jacques Rivette and the discovery of three of his first shorts, which are playing at the fest. Finally, a recommendation for a new movie every filmmaker should see.

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