Film Forum Presents

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 movement whose aims and struggles resonate as strongly today as they did 50 years ago. The film was produced by Firelight Media, a non-profit founded by Stanley Nelson to produce non-fiction cinema by and about communities of color. THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION is currently available to stream for free with a new introduction by Nelson through July 4th at https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/the-black-panthers-vanguard-of-the-revolution-full-film/. Photo by Laura Bregman (Nelson at a 2019 Q&A for MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL)

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. All rental fees support Film Forum. The Q&A was moderated by Molly Donovan, Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

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 and homelessness during the Reagan era, is currently available for home viewing in our Virtual Cinema, at www.filmforum.org. All rental fees support Film Forum. Grant is being honored this month at the Guggenheim Symposium at the 2020 AFI Docs Film Festival, presented by the American Film Institute. Photo by Anthony Fairall.

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 Ceaușescu from power. The screening and Q&A, moderated by curator David Schwartz, marked the opening of the repertory series THE ROMANIANS: 30 years of Cinema Revolution, the most expansive survey of Romanian cinema presented in the U.S. to date. VIDEOGRAMS OF A REVOLUTION will be available for home rental in our Virtual Cinema beginning this Friday, May 29th, at www.filmforum.org. Another terrific Romanian film, Cristi Puiu's STUFF AND DOUGH, will become available on Friday, June 5th. All rental fees support Film Forum. Special thanks to the Making Waves Film festival and Cinema Projects for making this episode possible. Photo by Elmar Lemes

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 Media) and Gillian Tett (Chair of the Editorial Board and Editor-at-Large (US) of the Financial Times and Co-Founder of Moral Money). The roundtable was moderated by The New Republic Editor Chris Lehmann. CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY is available for rental in our Virtual Cinema at www.filmforum.org. All rental fees support Film Forum. For the full discussion, visit The New Republic Facebook page.

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 Cinema at www.filmforum.org. Pictured left to right: D.W. Young, Heather O'Donnell, Rebecca Romney. (D.W. Young photo by Melanie Metz; Heather O'Donnell photo by Dave Pappas; Rebecca Romney photo by Peter Bolte)

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.