Film Comment

Outside in: author Adam Shatz discusses his new biography of Frantz Fanon along with the cinematic afterlives of the late anticolonial theorist

Oceanic feeling: the writer discusses her fascinating new book on Chantal Akerman’s Proust adaptation

Love’s labor’s lost: the French director discusses his latest, a time-hopping thriller about the pursuit of love in a hostile world

New day rising: Vadim Rizov and Alissa Wilkinson join to discuss this year's lineup of movies by emerging filmmakers

Blazing trail: scholar Aboubakar Sanogo joins to discuss the bristling anti-colonial visions of the great Mauritanian-French filmmaker

The view from the top: Eric Newman and Annie Berke, editors of the Los Angeles Review of Books, join to discuss, debate, and dismantle this year’s nominees, from Oppenheimer to Killers of the Flower Moon to The Holdovers, and more

Who shall say is calling?: our final podcast from this year’s festival covers prizewinners Direct Action and Who By Fire, and more

Alles gut: Ela Bittencourt and Frédéric Jaeger join to discuss German cinema at this year’s edition, along with films made by women, including Helke Sander, Christine Angot, Eva Trobisch, and others

Translation problem: Jonathan Ali, Frédéric Jaeger, and Antoine Thirion to talk about Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias’s Pepe, Hong Sangsoo’s A Traveler’s Needs, Victor Kossakovsky’s Architecton, and more

A world askew: Erika Balsom, Beatrice Loayza, and Giovanni Marchini Camia join to discuss Dimitris Athiridis’s exergue – on documenta 14, Bruno Dumont’s The Empire, Mati Diop’s Dahomey, and more

Face to face: critics Jordan Cronk, Jessica Kiang, and Jonathan Romney join to discuss the opening days of the festival, which included new films from Olivier Assayas, Alonso Ruizpalacios, Ruth Beckermann, and more

Smoke and mirrors: programmer Steve Macfarlane and critic Hannu Björkbacka join to discuss the work of the Finnish auteur, subject of a long overdue retrospective at MoMA

Dutch angle: critics Jordan Cronk and Beatrice Loayza join to round up some highlights from this year's festival, including Dream Team, The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire, Mario, and more

Deep thoughts: Monica Castillo, Robert Daniels, and Vadim Rizov join for a documentary-centric discussion of DEVO, Eno, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, and more

Blurred vision: critics Justin Chang, Vadim Rizov, and Madeline Whittle join to discuss mid-festival films A Different Man, A Real Pain, Sujo, Good One, and Black Box Diaries

Tough love: critics Vadim Rizov, Abby Sun, and Madeline Whittle join to discuss festival selections Love Lies Bleeding, War Game, Presence, Girls Will be Girls, and more

Stay awake: critics Robert Daniels, Guy Lodge, and Madeline Whittle join to discuss buzzy festival selections Between the Temples, I Saw the TV Glow, and many more

Up in smoke: our Sundance coverage kicks off with critics Lovia Gyarkye and Guy Lodge on some early titles including Freaky Tales, Handling the Undead, Girls State and more

Catholic block: the director and star discuss their newly restored 1993 film and its daring mix of sex and religion

Fast and furious: Alissa Wilkinson and Robert Daniels join to discuss recent releases The Iron Claw, Ferrari, The Color Purple, and The Book of Clarence