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INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge episodes

March 25 One of Cinema’s Greatest Directors Returns | Miroirs No.3 Christian Petzold Interview

Christian Petzold is widely regarded as one of the most important filmmakers in contemporary world cinema. In this episode of INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, we explore his latest film, MIROIRS NO. 3.
From his early work to his international breakthrough with Barbara (2012), Petzold has built a remarkable body of films including Phoenix, Transit, Undine, and Afire. His collaborations with Nina Hoss and Paula Beer have helped define modern German cinema and global arthouse filmmaking.
Now, Petzold reunites with Paula Beer for MIROIRS NO. 3, a luminous and deeply human film inspired by Maurice Ravel’s piano suite. The film continues his exploration of identity, memory, and recovery from trauma, told with an impressionistic and emotionally resonant style.
In this conversation, Christian Petzold discusses the making of MIROIRS NO. 3, his creative process, working with Paula Beer, and the themes that have shaped his career.
MIROIRS NO. 3 opened March 20 in New York and Los Angeles and is expanding to theaters nationwide.
INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE is hosted by Greg Laemmle and Raphael Sbarge and features in-depth conversations with filmmakers, actors, and industry voices shaping independent and international cinema.

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39 min
March 18 Annemarie Jacir on PALESTINE 36 (Oscar Shortlisted) | Why This Film Matters Now
A conversation with the Oscar-shortlisted director on history, myth, and the making of PALESTINE 36

What happens when history challenges the story we’ve been told?
In this episode of INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, we sit down with acclaimed filmmaker Annemarie Jacir to discuss her new film PALESTINE 36, a powerful historical drama that revisits the years leading up to the creation of the State of Israel and offers a perspective rarely explored in narrative cinema.
For decades, the history of Palestine during this period has been shaped as much by cultural myth as by documented fact—popularized through works like Exodus and reinforced through generations of storytelling. But what happens when those narratives are questioned?
As John Ford famously wrote in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”
PALESTINE 36 pushes in the opposite direction.
In our conversation, Annemarie Jacir reflects on the historical context behind the film, the challenge of telling politically and culturally sensitive stories, and the long journey of bringing PALESTINE 36 to the screen.
Premiering at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival to a 20-minute standing ovation and shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature, PALESTINE 36 has already emerged as one of the most talked-about international films of the year.
The film opens in New York City on March 20, expands to Los Angeles on March 27, and continues its North American rollout in the weeks that follow.
This interview was recorded in person at the Royal Theatre.

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54 min
March 11 SHTTL: The Last Day Before the Invasion — Ady Walter with Moshe Lobel & Saul Rubinek
SHTTL director Ady Walter and actors Moshe Lobel and Saul Rubinek discuss the film’s powerful portrait of Jewish life in a shtetl just before the Nazi invasion of Eastern Europe.
What was life like in a Jewish shtetl just before the world changed forever?
In this episode of INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, we explore SHTTL, director Ady Walter’s striking film about life in a Jewish village on the eve of World War II, through conversations with the filmmaker and two of the film’s stars.
In this conversation you’ll hear about recreating a lost world on screen, the role of Yiddish language and culture in the film, and how the cast approached portraying a community on the brink of historic upheaval.
The word shtetl—Yiddish for the small towns across Eastern Europe where many Ashkenazi Jewish communities lived before the Holocaust—often carries a sense of nostalgia. For those born after the Shoah, it can evoke the dreamlike villages of Marc Chagall’s paintings or the storytelling of Isaac Bashevis Singer.
But Walter’s film offers something more complex. SHTTL reveals a vibrant community filled with debates about religion, politics, gender roles, economics, and identity—a living world that feels surprisingly contemporary.
The film has resonated strongly with audiences, recently becoming the longest-running film at New York’s New Plaza Cinema, where it has played continuously for more than 20 weeks.
For this episode, we recorded three separate conversations with key members of the film’s creative team:
*Ady Walter, speaking from Paris, discusses recreating a lost world and bringing Yiddish culture and pre-war Jewish life to the screen.
*Saul Rubinek, the acclaimed actor and filmmaker who grew up speaking Yiddish in Montreal, reflects on his personal connection to the language and the story.
*Moshe Lobel, the film’s star, shares his own relationship to Yiddish and the cultural traditions portrayed in the film.
Together, these conversations offer a deeper look at the history, culture, and filmmaking behind SHTTL
About the film SHTTL:
Directed by Ady Walter, SHTTL is a historical drama set in a Jewish village in Eastern Europe on the eve of the Nazi invasion in 1941. Filmed largely in Yiddish, the film follows a community navigating questions of tradition, politics, identity, and modern life during the final hours before everything changes.
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52 min
March 04 CharlieBird | The Tribeca Winner That’s Breaking Through | Libby Ewing Interview
CHARLIEBIRD: Tribeca Best Narrative Feature Winner | Libby Ewing Interview
Action.
It’s the word we most often associate with movies — big spectacle, big movement, big moments. But some of the most powerful films move in a different way. Not through explosions or chase scenes, but through emotional tension, interior conflict, and the quiet shifts that change a life.
CHARLIEBIRD, winner of the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival, is one of those films.
In this episode of INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, we sit down with director Libby Ewing to talk about her feature debut and the journey of bringing this intimate independent drama from script to screen.
Written by and starring Samantha Smart, CHARLIEBIRD follows the evolving relationship between a music therapist working in a pediatric hospital ward and one of her teenage patients. As the two navigate grief, uncertainty, and the fragile process of healing, their connection becomes a lifeline for them both.
The teenage patient is played by Gabriela Ochoa Perez, whose breakout performance earned the Best Performance award at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival.
In our conversation, Libby Ewing discusses the origins of the film, collaborating with Samantha Smart, directing emotionally vulnerable performances, and what it means for an intimate independent film to break through at one of the world’s major film festivals.
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Video podcast exploring independent film, arthouse cinema, and the film industry. In-depth filmmaker interviews, behind-the-scenes conversations, and film analysis covering new releases, repertory cinema, and classic films. Hosted by Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge in partnership with Laemmle Theatres, Inside the Arthouse focuses on film distribution, the movie business, and the creative process behind independent filmmaking
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48 min
March 02 Rendezvous With French Cinema 2026: Florence Almozini on the Future of French Film I Q&A
RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA at Lincoln CenterWhat does a nation’s cinema look like in a single moment?Each year, RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA gathers a new constellation of films — stories shaped by the tensions, desires, politics, and imaginations moving through France right now. For more than three decades, the series has offered American audiences an early glimpse of that evolving landscape — a place where emerging filmmakers stand beside established voices, and where quiet discoveries can become lasting works.Now in its 31st edition, 22 features arrive at Film at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater, offering not just premieres, but a portrait of French cinema in motion.In this episode, we sit down with Florence Almozini, Vice President of Programming at Film at Lincoln Center, to look beyond the titles themselves. We talk about the rhythms she sees across this year’s selections, the themes surfacing again and again, and the delicate art of shaping a program that reflects both where French cinema is — and where it might be headed.Because festivals are more than showcases. They are acts of curation, of translation, of belief. They are where films begin their journeys across borders.Join us for our conversation with Florence Almozini about RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA begins now — on INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE. Clips from this conversation can be found @INSIDETHEARTHOUSEclips @laemmle @officialRaphaelSbarge @insidetheArthouse @filmlinc @lincolncenter Film at Lincoln Center#RendezvousWithFrenchCinema #RendezVousWithFrenchCinema #FilmAtLincolnCenter #FrenchCinema #FrenchFilm #InternationalCinema #ArthouseCinema #WorldCinema #FilmFestival #FrenchCinema2026 #NewFrenchCinema #FilmProgramming #CinemaCulture #InsideTheArthouseRendezvous With French Cinema 2026, Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2026, Florence Almozini interview, Film at Lincoln Center, French cinema 2026, future of French film, state of French cinema, new French films 2026, French film festival New York, Walter Reade Theater, international cinema podcast, arthouse film podcast, film festival programming, film programmer interview, French filmmakers 2026, independent film distribution, US film acquisitions, world cinema interview, Inside the Arthouse podcast#InsideTheArthouse #FilmPodcast #ArthouseCinema #IndependentFilm #IndieFilm#FilmmakerInterview #FilmDiscussion #FilmAnalysis #MovieReview #FilmIndustry #FilmBusiness #FilmDistribution #LaemmleTheatres #GregLaemmle #RaphaelSbarge #NewFilmReleases #arthousefilm Video podcast exploring independent film, arthouse cinema, and the film industry. In-depth filmmaker interviews, behind-the-scenes conversations, and film analysis covering new releases, repertory cinema, and classic films. Hosted by Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge in partnership with Laemmle Theatres, Inside the Arthouse focuses on film distribution, the movie business, and the creative process behind independent filmmakingINSIDE THE ARTHOUSE is a YouTube film podcast featuring in-depth filmmaker interviews focused on independent film, arthouse cinema, documentary filmmaking, and the film industry.

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55 min
February 27 The Oscar-Nominated, BAFTA-Winning Documentary Exposing Putin’s Russia: MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
BAFTA Winner for Best Documentary and Academy Award® Nominee for Best Documentary Feature
What do you do when your government goes to war — and you believe it’s wrong?
In this episode of INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, we explore the extraordinary story behind MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN, the BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated documentary that offers a rare inside look at life in Putin’s Russia during the invasion of Ukraine.
At the center of the film is Pavel “Pasha” Talankin, a school videographer in a small Russian town who quietly opposes the war. When he is required to film classroom lessons promoting state propaganda, he faces an impossible moral choice. Instead of walking away, Pasha secretly collaborates with director David Borenstein, transforming state-mandated footage into a powerful act of cinematic resistance.
Part political thriller, part dark satire, and part whistleblower story, the film captures the tension, absurdity, and real danger of dissent under authoritarian rule.
We’re joined by co-directors David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin, along with Executive Producer Robin Hessman, for a candid conversation about filmmaking under surveillance, the ethics of resistance, and the risks of telling the truth.
This episode is part of our Oscar Spotlight Series, featuring in-depth conversations with this year’s Academy Award–nominated Documentary Feature filmmakers.

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56 min
February 25 This Oscar-Nominated Documentary Proves Comedy Isn’t What We Thought | Come See Me in the Good Light
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT with director Ryan White
Oscar-nominated documentary Come See Me in the Good Light follows celebrated poet Andrea Gibson after a cancer diagnosis reshapes their life — revealing how comedy, love, and poetry become powerful acts of resilience.
In this INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE Oscar Spotlight episode, director Ryan White joins us for an in-depth conversation about the making of the film, the trust built with Gibson and poet Megan Falley, and how humor becomes a lifeline in the face of mortality.
Premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, Come See Me in the Good Light has earned widespread acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature.
Watch our full conversation with Ryan White as we explore the emotional heart of this extraordinary documentary. And find clips from this and other conversations on our clip channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UC-UusQo4CZloPzGDncdQHQQ
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Video podcast exploring independent film, arthouse cinema, and the film industry. In-depth filmmaker interviews, behind-the-scenes conversations, and film analysis covering new releases, repertory cinema, and classic films. Hosted by Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge in partnership with Laemmle Theatres, Inside the Arthouse focuses on film distribution, the movie business, and the creative process behind independent filmmaking
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42 min
February 23 Oscar-Nominated Director Geeta Gandbhir on THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR | INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE
Oscar-nominated director Geeta Gandbhir joins INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE to discuss her powerful new documentary, THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR.
In this in-depth conversation, Gandbhir explores the real-life story behind the film, the moral complexities at its center, and the responsibility of documentary storytelling in today’s cultural landscape.
Inside the Making of THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR- Oscar Nominee Best Doc Feature
Constructed almost entirely from police body camera footage, THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR examines a tragic neighbor dispute that escalates under Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law — revealing deeper issues of race, fear, gun culture, and the American legal system.
In this in-depth interview, Gandbhir discusses the ethical responsibility of building a film from body cam footage, the cultural climate that shaped the events, and what she hopes audiences take away from one of this year’s most urgent Oscar-nominated documentaries.
Is THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR the most provocative documentary of awards season?
Watch our exclusive conversation with Geeta Gandbhir as part of our ongoing series spotlighting this year’s Oscar-nominated documentary filmmakers.
Clips from this episode can be found on our Clips channel: @INSIDETHEARTHOUSEclips
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Video podcast exploring independent film, arthouse cinema, and the film industry. In-depth filmmaker interviews, behind-the-scenes conversations, and film analysis covering new releases, repertory cinema, and classic films. Hosted by Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge in partnership with Laemmle Theatres, Inside the Arthouse focuses on film distribution, the movie business, and the creative process behind independent filmmaking
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51 min
February 20 Oscar-Nominated Documentary: CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS | What Happens When Women Lead?
The phrase “observational documentary” immediately evokes cinéma vérité pioneers like Frederick Wiseman and the Maysles Brothers — filmmakers who defined patient, fly-on-the-wall nonfiction storytelling.
With their Academy Award–nominated documentary **CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS**, directors Sarah Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni carry that tradition into urgent contemporary territory. It’s a rare Oscar recognition for a feature-length observational film — and a powerful reminder that this rigorous mode of documentary filmmaking remains as vital as ever.
At the center of CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS is Sara Shahverdi, the first Iranian woman elected as a councilmember in her rural village. A motorcycle-riding force of nature, Shahverdi challenges entrenched patriarchy through policy and persistence — advocating for women’s empowerment, resisting child marriage, and encouraging young girls to imagine futures beyond traditional constraints. Charismatic, fearless, and deeply pragmatic, she emerges as both a compelling subject and a symbol of meaningful civic change.
Beautifully shot and patiently constructed over several years, CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS is this year’s Oscar-nominated documentary about resilience, community leadership, and the transformative power of one determined individual.
As part of our 2026 Academy Awards Oscar Series spotlighting the Best Documentary Feature nominees, INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE sits down with Academy Award nominees Sarah Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni for an in-depth conversation about observational filmmaking, earning trust within a conservative community, political risk, and the enduring legacy of cinéma vérité.
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Video podcast exploring independent film, arthouse cinema, and the film industry. In-depth filmmaker interviews, behind-the-scenes conversations, and film analysis covering new releases, repertory cinema, and classic films. Hosted by Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge in partnership with Laemmle Theatres, Inside the Arthouse focuses on film distribution, the movie business, and the creative process behind independent filmmaking
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February 18 THE ALABAMA SOLUTION — Inside America’s Deadliest Prison | Oscar Nominee
Oscar Nominated Documentary: THE ALABAMA SOLUTION
As part of our ongoing series featuring interviews with this year’s Academy Award nominees for Best Documentary Feature, we speak with directors Andrew Jarecki (CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS) and Charlotte Kaufman about their Oscar-nominated film, THE ALABAMA SOLUTION.
Premiering to critical acclaim at Sundance and now a 2026 Academy Award nominee, the film investigates America’s prison crisis through unprecedented access inside Alabama’s state prison system. Through direct communication with incarcerated activists risking retaliation, the filmmakers document mass incarceration, extreme overcrowding, alleged Eighth Amendment violations, and the broader impact of “tough on crime” politics.
After peaking in the early 1990s, U.S. crime rates have steadily declined. Incarceration rates, however, have not. With roughly 1% of the adult population behind bars, the United States maintains one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. THE ALABAMA SOLUTION confronts this reality head-on, offering a searing portrait of institutional failure while also capturing moments of resilience and resistance within a broken system.
In this episode of INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, we explore the ethical responsibility of documenting incarceration, the risks taken by those speaking from inside, and what meaningful reform might require.
Watch our in-depth conversation with Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman now.
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THE ALABAMA SOLUTION is an Oscar-nominated documentary and 2026 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature. Directed by Andrew Jarecki (Capturing the Friedmans) and Charlotte Kaufman, the film investigates America’s prison crisis, exposing conditions inside Alabama’s state prison system. This investigative documentary examines mass incarceration, prison overcrowding, the prison-industrial complex, and alleged Eighth Amendment violations in what has been called one of America’s deadliest prison systems.
INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE is a YouTube film podcast featuring in-depth filmmaker interviews focused on independent film, arthouse cinema, documentary filmmaking, and the film industry.

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53 min