Film Forum Podcasts

BANISHED: BETWEEN THE CIVIL WAR AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION, DOZENS OF SOUTHERN COUNTIES (AND NOT SO SOUTHERN ONES) BANISHED THRIVING AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. This little-known phenomenon typically began with a criminal accusation of a black man and his lynching, followed by the violent eviction of all the black families living in the county — and the appropriation of their land. Today, these counties remain virtually all white and their victims’ descendants remain uncompensated. African-American filmmaker Marco Williams interviews both groups, traveling to Forsyth County (Georgia), Pierce City (Missouri) and Harrison (Arkansas). Handsome, soft-spoken, articulate and unfailingly polite, he is the perfect foil for drawing out KKK members and guilty liberals alike. He takes an incendiary subject and through force of personality weaves a thoughtful investigation of racism, responsibility and real estate. Showtimes: 1:00, 2:45, 4:30, 6:15, 8:00, 10:00 daily.

ROMANCE & CIGARETTES: Missing James Gandolfini? In this long-awaited, down and dirty musical love story, he stars as Nick Murder, a Queens construction worker and family man who lusts after the local hottie (Kate Winslet) as his seething wife (Susan Sarandon) goes on the warpath, enlisting aid from her Elvis-wannabe cousin (Christopher Walken). Getting Neanderthal marital advice from his best friend (Steve Buscemi) won’t save Nick’s skin! With Bobby Cannavale, Mandy Moore, Mary-Louise Parker, Aida Turturro, Barbara Sukowa, Elaine Stritch, Eddie Izzard, Amy Sedaris. Showtimes: 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 daily.

THE MONASTERY: MR. VIG and THE NUN: Mr. Vig is an elderly, deeply eccentric, never-married Dane, living alone in a ramshackle castle; he dreams of donating his homestead to the Russian Orthodox Church to become a monastery. In a long black overcoat, with a shock of unruly white hair, and glasses perched on the tip of his nose, he looks like a character straight out of Dickens. Enter Sister Ambrosija, a remarkably attractive young Russian nun, who arrives with a small entourage and plans to whip the place into shape. A whirlwind of activity (days begin at 5:30 am), she insists upon extensive repairs; Mr. Vig wants Band-Aids where she suggests surgery. Their contest of wills plays out in humorous, offbeat encounters that take unexpected turns as two unlikely people find companionship and common ground. Hauntingly shot, THE MONASTERY is a modern fairytale with timeless roots.

PHANTOM LADY (1944, ROBERT SIODMAK) Ella Raines and Franchot Tone desperately search for a condemned man’s only hope to beat a wife-murder rap—the nameless woman he met in a bar. With orgasmic Elisha Cook Jr. drum solo. From a Cornell Woolrich novel, with “the essential ingredients of Woolrich’s world, the desperate innocent at loose at night in New York City, a city of hot sweltering streets...” (Robert Porfiro).

THE TATTOOED STRANGER: (1950, EDWARD J. MONTAGNE) When a brutally-murdered tattooed woman is found near the pre-jogging, pre-Onassis Central Park reservoir, an NYPD Homicide rookie trails a serial killer from Brooklyn to the Bronx.

LOVE FOR SALE - AN AFFECTING BRAZILIAN DRAMA FROM KARIM AINOUZ currently screening at Film Forum. This podcast is a Q&A with screenwriter MAURICIO ZACHARIAS, recorded August 17, 2007, when he appeared at Film Forum in New York City for a screening of the film.

NO END IN SIGHT - A NO HOLDS BARRED LOOK AT THE ORIGINS OF THE IRAQ WAR currently screening at Film Forum. This podcast is a Q&A with director CHARLES FERGUSON, recorded July 28, 2007, when he appeared at Film Forum in New York City on opening day.

Q&A with LIVE IN MAID director Jorge Gaggero, recorded July 18, 2007, when he appeared at Film Forum in New York City at the screening.

Q&A with FLYING director Jennifer Fox, recorded July 5, 2007, when she appeared at Film Forum in New York City at the screening.

Q&A with FLYING director Jennifer Fox, recorded July 5, 2007, when she appeared at Film Forum in New York City at the screening.

Q&A with MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal & photographer Edward Burtynsky, recorded June 20, 2007, when they appeared at Film Forum in New York City at the screening.

Q&A with MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal & photographer Edward Burtynsky, recorded June 20, 2007, when they appeared at Film Forum in New York City at the screening.

Werner Herzog introduces SANS SOLEIL and LES MAÎTRES FOUS, followed by Q&A, recorded May 21, 2007, when he appeared at Film Forum in New York City at the screening.

Werner Herzog introduces SANS SOLEIL and LES MAÎTRES FOUS, followed by Q&A, recorded May 21, 2007, when he appeared at Film Forum in New York City at the screening.

Werner Herzog introduces THE GREAT ECSTASY OF WOODCARVER STEINER, recorded May 20, 2007, when he appeared at Film Forum in New York City at the screening of THE GREAT ECSTASY OF WOODCARVER STEINER.