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 Forum. Photo by Robin Holland.

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 II Leningrad. The Q&A was moderated by Nathaniel Rogers, founder of The Film Experience web site. Balagov’s interpreter was Sasha Korbut. BEANPOLE is now available for rent in our virtual cinema at www.filmforum.org. Rental fees support Film Forum. Photo by Anthony Fairall (Balagov in center).

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, NUNS ON THE RUN) and author (Comedy Rules, Samaritans), as well as, to Lynn’s good-sporting chagrin, his early years as an actor (Bar Mitzvah Boy, Orson’s Bag). Photo by Kristen Vetter.

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 our Virtual Cinema. But first, a new weekly segment. Photo: Paul Laverty at Film Forum. Photo by Laura Bregman.