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2011:

• COLONEL BLIMP: MARTIN SCORSESE and MARGARET BODDE, Executive Director of The Film Foundation, introduce THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (Recorded November 18, 2011)
• THE OTHER F WORD: Q & A with one of the subjects of the film, MARK HOPPUS of Blink-182 (Recorded November 15, 2011)
• THE LOVE WE MAKE: Q & A with co-directors ALBERT MAYSLES & BRADLEY KAPLAN (Recorded November 10, 2011)
• WE CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN: Q & A with SUSAN RAY and crew members (Recorded October 17, 2011)
• YOU DON'T LIKE THE TRUTH: Q & A with filmmakers Luc Côté and Patricio Henriquez (Recorded September 28, 2011)
• THE MILL & THE CROSS: Q&A with filmmaker LECH MAJEWSKI (Recorded September 14, 2011)
• PAY OR DIE! : Introduction by JAMES LARDNER (Recorded September 11, 2011)
• SERPICO: Introduction by JAMES LARDNER (Recorded September 10, 2011)
• NYPD FESTIVAL: Introduction by former NYPD Commissioner BILL BRATTON (Recorded September 6, 2011)
• EL BULLI: Q & A with Saveur magazine founder and author of Ferran: The Inside Story of El Bulli and the Man Who Reinvented Food COLMAN ANDREWS (Recorded August 5, 2011
• EL BULLI: Q & A with chef and El Bulli alumnus GEORGE MENDES (Recorded July 27, 2011)
• PASSIONE: Q & A with filmmaker JOHN TURTURRO (Recorded June 22, 2011)
• ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT: Q & A with director Lisa Leeman and producer Cristina Colissimo (Recorded June 8, 2011)
• IT'S A GIFT (W.C. FIELDS): Intro by Dr. Harriet Fields and Ronald J. Fields, grandchildren of W.C. Fields. (Recorded April 21, 2011)
• TAXI DRIVER: Introduction by DAVID YASSKY (Recorded March 22, 2011)
• MADAME BOVARY: Introduction by translator LYDIA DAVIS (Recorded March 8, 2011)
• PUBLIC SPEAKING: Q & A with writer FRAN LEBOWITZ (Recorded March 2, 2011)
• ZERO BRIDGE: Q & A with filmmaker Tariq Tapa, moderated by Farooq Papa of the WKDA (Recorded February 16, 2011)
• WOMAN IN THE WINDOW: Introduction by Film Forum board member SHELLEY WANGER (daughter of actress Joan Bennett and producer Walter Wanger)
  (Recorded on January 30, 2011)
• IF I WANT TO WHISTLE, I WHISTLE: Q & A with filmmaker FLORIN SERBAN (Recorded January 5, 2010)

2010:

• EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF: Introduction by RICHARD BRODY (Recorded November 19, 2010)
• PSYCHO: DAVID THOMSON introduces the film (Recorded October 29, 2010)
• VISION: Q & A with star BARBARA SUKOWA (Recorded October 28, 2010)
• VISION: Q & A with filmmaker MARGARETHE VON TROTTA (Recorded October 15, 2010)
• BLUE COLLAR: Introduction by screenwriter PAUL SCHRADER (Recorded October 6, 2010)
• NAZI DOCTORS: Q & A with co-producer/director WOLFGANG RICHTER & subject DR. ROBERT JAY LIFTON (Recorded October 6, 2010)
• PATHS OF GLORY: Introduction by writer/producer DAVID SIMON (Recorded September 20, 2010)
• KINGS OF PASTRY: Q & A with filmmakers CHRIS HEGEDUS and D.A. PENNEBAKER, with film subject JACQUY PFIEFFER and famed pastry chef JACQUES TORRES (Recorded September 15, 2010)
• MY DOG TULIP: Q & A with filmmakers PAUL & SANDRA FIERLINGER, (Recorded September 1, 2010)
• MY DOG TULIP: Q & A with filmmakers PAUL & SANDRA FIERLINGER, moderated by animator GEORGE GRIFFIN (Recorded September 2, 2010)
• A FILM UNFINISHED: Q & A with filmmaker YAEL HERSONSKI (Recorded August 20, 2010)
• THE SICILIAN GIRL: Q & A with filmmaker MARCO AMENTA (Recorded August 4, 2010)
• THE AGONY AND ECSTASY OF PHIL SPECTOR: Q & A with original member of The Crystals LALA BROOKS (Recorded July 20, 2010)
• HOLLYWOOD ON THE HUDSON: Introduction by Author/Film Historian RICHARD KOSZARSKI (Recorded July 13, 2010)
• STONEWALL UPRISING: Q & A with filmmakers KATE DAVIS& DAVID HEILBRONER and MARTIN BOYCE & DANNY GARVIN from the film (Recorded June 17, 2010)
• BEETLE QUEEN CONQUERS TOKYO: Q & A with filmmaker JESSICA ORECK (Recorded May 12, 2010)
• WOMAN OF THE YEAR: Introduction by JIM LARDNER, followed by the unused ending of the film performed by THE FILM FORUM PLAYERS (Recorded May 2, 2010)
• JIM HEALY interviews director BILL FORSYTH (Recorded April 15, 2010)
• THE SUN BEHIND THE CLOUDS: Q & A with filmmakers RITU SARIN& TENZING SONAM (Recorded March 31, 2010)
• HARLAN – IN THE SHADOW OF JEW SÜSS: Q & A with filmmaker FELIX MOELLER and film subject Veit Harlan's granddaughter JESSICA JACOBY
  (Recorded March 3, 2010)
• THE RED SHOES: Q & A with THELMA SCHOONMAKER (Recorded February 19, 2010)
• TAKING OFF: Q & A with director MILOS FORMAN (Recorded January 5, 2010)
• SWEETGRASS: Q & A with filmmaker Lucien Castaing-Taylor (Recorded January 8, 2010)

2009:

• A TOWN CALLED PANIC: Q & A with filmmakers Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Pata (Recorded December 17, 2009)
• BEFORE TOMORROW: Q & A with co-director MARIE-HÉLÈNE COUSINEAU (Recorded December 2, 2009)
• LA DANSE: THE PARIS OPERA BALLET: Q & A with director FREDERICK WISEMAN (Recorded November 4, 2009)
• WILD RIVER: Introduction by FRANCES KAZAN (Recorded October 23, 2009)
• THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD: Q & A with ANDY BICHLBAUM & MIKE BONANNO (Recorded October 13, 2009)
• ON THE WATERFRONT: Introduction by BENN SCHULBERG, son of screenwriter BUDD SCHULBERG (Recorded October 10, 2009)
• FAT CITY: Introduction by PETE HAMILL & GEORGE KIMBALL (Recorded September 18, 2009)
• THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: Q & A with filmmakers JUDITH EHRLICH& RICH GOLDSMITH and subjects DANIEL & PATRICIA ELLSBERG
  (Recorded September 16, 2009)
• AMERICAN CASINO: Q & A with filmmakers LESLIE & ANDREW COCKBURN (Recorded September 2, 2009)
• BEESWAX: Q & A with filmmaker ANDREW BUJALSKI (Recorded August 7, 2009)
• IN A LONELY PLACE: Introduction by Susan Ray (Recorded July 17, 2009)
• BYE BYE BIRDIE: Introduction by Tony-winning composer CHARLES STROUSE (Recorded July 6, 2009)
• THE WINDMILL MOVIE: Q & A with producer SUSAN MEISELAS & filmmaker ALEXANDER OLCH (Recorded, June 17, 2009)
• FOOD, INC.: Q & A with filmmaker ROBERT KENNER (Recorded June 12, 2009)
• UNMISTAKEN CHILD: Q & A with filmmaker NATI BARATZ (Recorded June 3, 2009)
• BURMA VJ: Q & A with the Venerable U Gawsita, Venerable U Agga Nyana& Venerable U Pyinyar Zawta (Recorded May 22, 2009)
• 20,000 YEARS IN SING SING: Q & A with DAWSON BROWN, acting Superintendent of Sing Sing Correctional Facility (Recorded May 13, 2009)
• TREELESS MOUNTAIN: Q & A with writer/director SO YONG KIM (Recorded April 22, 2009)
• VALENTINO: THE LAST EMPEROR: Q & A with Filmmaker MATT TYRNAUER & VOGUE Editor at Large ANDRE LEON TALLEY (Recorded, March 19, 2009)
• COSTA-GAVRAS’ Z: Q & A with director COSTA-GAVRAS (Recorded March 8, 2009)
• KATYN: Introduction by Polish Cultural Institute Director MONIKA FABIJANSKA (Recorded February 18, 2009)
• OUR CITY DREAMS: Q & A with director CHIARA CLEMENTE and artist MARINA ABRAMOVIC (Recorded February 12, 2009)
• OUR CITY DREAMS: Q & A with director CHIARA CLEMENTE and artists SWOON & GHADA AMER (Recorded February 4, 2009)
• PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK: Q & A with JERRY SCHATZBERG, KITTY WINN & JOAN DIDION (Recorded January 30, 2009)
• MADE IN USA: Q & A with co-star LASZLO SZABO (Recorded January 9, 2009)

2008:

• BABY DOLL: Author FOSTER HIRSCH will host a reunion with actors CARROLL BAKER & ELI WALLACH (Recorded December 22, 2008)
• THEATER OF WAR: Q & A with filmmaker JOHN WALTER (Recorded December 27, 2008)
• HARVARD BEATS YALE 29-29: Q & A with director KEVIN RAFFETY, 1968 Harvard player RAY HORNBLOWER and 1968 Yale player MICK KLEBER (Recorded November 19, 2008)
• ALL IN THIS TEA: Introduction by director LES BLANK (Recorded November 14, 2008)
• GARLIC IS AS GOOD AS TEN MOTHERS: Introduction by director LES BLANK (Recorded November 14, 2008)
• WILD STYLE: Q & A with director CHARLIE AHEARN and guests (Recorded November 14, 2008)
• WILD STYLE: Q & A with director CHARLIE AHEARN and guests (Recorded November 15, 2008)
• STRANDED: Q & A with director GONZALO ARIJON and plane crash survivor/film subject ADOLFO “FITO” STRAUCH (Recorded October 23, 2008)
• FRONTRUNNERS: Q & A with NYC Councilwoman/Stuyvesant alum JESSICA LAPIN and film subject GEORGE ZISIADIS (Recorded October 17, 2008)
• FRONTRUNNERS: Q & A with director CAROLINE SUH and producer ERIKA FRANKEL (Recorded October 15, 2008)
• BALLAST: Q & A with director LANCE HAMMER and cinematographer LOL CRAWLEY (Recorded October 1, 2008)
• VIRTUAL JFK: Q & A with director KOJI MASUTANI, producer/historian JAMES G. BLIGHT and JFK advisor/speechwriterTHEODORE SORENSEN
  (Recorded September 17, 2008)
• THE POOL: Q & A with director CHRIS SMITH (Recorded September 5, 2008)
• RICHARD SERRA: THINKING ON YOUR FEET: Introduction by MoMA’s JANE PANETTA (Recorded September 2, 2008)
• RICHARD SERRA: THINKING ON YOUR FEET: Introduction by DIA Foundation’sLYNNE COOK (Recorded August 20, 2008)
• PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE: Introduction and live performance of two songs by PATTI SMITH (Recorded August 19, 2008)
• PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE: selections from Q & A’s with PATTI SMITH & director STEVEN SEBRING (Recorded August 8, 10, 12, 13 & 14, 2008)
• PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE: Q & A with PATTI SMITH and director STEVEN SEBRING (Recorded August 6, 2008)
• LOU REED BERLIN: Q & A with LOU REED (Recorded July 28, 2008)
• FULL BATTLE RATTLE: Q & A with co-directors Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss (Recorded July 9, 2008)
• LOUISE BOURGEOIS: THE SPIDER, THE MISTRESS AND THE TANGERINE: MoMA curator DEBORAH WYE (Recorded July 2, 2008)
• LOUISE BOURGEOIS: THE SPIDER, THE MISTRESS AND THE TANGERINE: Introduction and Q & A with co-director AMEI WALLACH (Recorded June 30, 2008)
• LOUISE BOURGEOIS: THE SPIDER, THE MISTRESS AND THE TANGERINE: Introduction by co-director AMEI WALLACH (Recorded June 27, 2008)
• HARAKIRI: Q & A with star TATSUYA NAKADAI and his interpreter Ms. Cadou (Recorded June 20, 2008)
• MASCULINE FEMININE: Introduction by author RICHARD BRODY (Recorded May 25, 2008)
• LA CHINOISE: Introduction by author RICHARD BRODY (Recorded May 14, 2008)
• BATTLE FOR HADITHA: Q & A with filmmaker Nick Broomfield and actor Elliot Ruiz (Recorded May 7, 2008)
• BREATHLESS: Introduction by agnès b (Recorded May 2, 2008)
• LONG GOODBYE: Introduction by JIM BOUTON (Recorded April 30, 2008)
• COMING HOME: Introduction by producer JEROME HELLMAN (Recorded April 22, 2008)
• STALAGS: Q & A with director ARI LIBSKER (Recorded April 9, 2008)
• BLIND MOUNTAIN: Q & A with director Li Yang translated by William Phuan (Recorded March 12, 2008)
• A FACE IN THE CROWD: Author FOSTER HIRSCH discusses the film with BUDD SCHULBERG & PATRICIA NEAL (Recorded March 5, 2008)
• CHOP SHOP: Q & A with director Ramin Bahrani & the film’s star, Alejandro Polanco (Recorded February 27, 2008)
• MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS: Introduction by production designer TONY WALTON (Recorded February 19, 2008)
• DON’T LOOK BACK: Q & A with filmmaker D.A. PENNEBAKER (Recorded February 4, 2008)
• DOC: Q & A with filmmaker IMMY HUMES (Recorded January 23, 2008)
• OTTO PREMINGER: Author FOSTER HIRSCH introduces THE FAN (Recorded January 15, 2008)
• OTTO PREMINGER: Author FOSTER HIRSCH introduces BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING and then does a Q & A with actor KEIR DULLEA (Recorded January 10, 2008)
• OTTO PREMINGER: Author FOSTER HIRSCH and Lionel Larner, Casting Director for Saint Joan, introduce Saint Joan (Recorded January 9, 2008)
• OTTO PREMINGER: Author FOSTER HIRSCH introduces IN HARM’S WAY (Recorded January 8, 2008)
• OTTO PREMINGER: Author FOSTER HIRSCH comments on THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM & THE MOON IS BLUE (Recorded January 7, 2008)

2007:

• HANNAH AND HER SISTERS: Introduction by author ERIC LAX (Recorded December 14, 2007)
• THE VIOLIN: Q & A with filmmakerFRANCISCO VARGAS & translatorREBECA CONGET (in Spanish & English) (Recorded December 5, 2007)
• LAGERFELD CONFIDENTIAL: Q & A with filmmaker RODOLPHE MARCONI (Recorded October 24, 2007)
• CONTROL: Q & A with actor SAM RILEY (Recorded October 24, 2007)
• WAR AND PEACE: Introduction by translators Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky (Recorded October 19, 2007)
• BANISHED: Q & A with director MARCO WILLIAMS (Recorded September 26, 2007)
• ROMANCE & CIGARETTES: Q & A with filmmaker JOHN TURTURRO (Recorded September 7, 2007)
• THE MONASTERY: MR. VIG & THE NUN: Q & A with filmmaker Pernille Rose Grønkjær (Recorded August 29, 2007)
• PHANTOM LADY: Introduction by author JAMES ELLROY (Recorded August 15, 2007)
• THE TATTOED STRANGER: Introduction by Film Historian BRUCE EDER (Recorded August 9, 2007)
• LOVE FOR SALE: Q & A with screenwriter MAURICIO ZACHARIAS (Recorded August 17, 2007)
• Q & A with NO END IN SIGHT director CHARLES FERGUSON (Recorded July 28, 2007)
• Q & A with LIVE IN MAID director Jorge Gaggero (Recorded July 18, 2007)
• Q & A with FLYING director Jennifer Fox (Recorded July 5, 2007)
• Q & A with MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal & photographer Edward Burtynsky
• Werner Herzog introduces SANS SOLEIL & LES MAÎTRES FOUS, followed by Q & A (Recorded May 21, 2007)
• Werner Herzog introduces THE GREAT ECSTASY OF WOODCARVER STEINER (Recorded May 20, 2007)
• THE WHITE DIAMOND: Q & A with director Werner Herzog (Recorded May 20, 2007)
• LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY: Q & A with director Werner Herzog (Recorded May 19, 2007)
• Lee Pfeiffer & Eddy Friedfeld of Cinema Retro magazine introduce OUR MAN FLINT (Recorded May 3, 2007)
• JOAN OF OZARK: Q & A with Broadway and television star Diana Canova, daughter of Judy Canova (Recorded April 9, 2007)
• Film historian Bruce Eder introduces BUCK PRIVATES (Recorded April 8, 2007)
• EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS: Q & A with legendary musical star Marge Champion (Recorded April 7, 2007)
• INTO GREAT SILENCE: Q &A with Father Michael Holleran (Recorded March 10, 2007)
• Actor James Cromwell introduces DOUBLE HARNESS (Recorded February 23, 2007)
• Q & A with GRBAVICA filmmaker Jasmila Zbanic (Recorded February 16, 2007)
• Q & A discussing BAMAKO with Danny Glover (Recorded February 14, 2007)
• Q & A with 2 OR 3 THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HIM director Malte Ludin & producer Iva Scarcova (Recorded January 24, 2007)
• Q & A with AGNES MARTIN: WITH MY BACK TO THE WORLD director Mary Lance (Recorded January 12, 2007)
• Q & A with Kiki Smith and KIKI SMITH: SQUATTING THE PALACE directors Vivien Bittencourt & Vincent Katz (Recorded January 10, 2007)
• Director of Photography Pierre Lhomme introduces ARMY OF SHADOWS (Recorded January 10, 2007)
• Actress Mary Beth Hurt introduces Woody Allen’s INTERIORS (Recorded January 9, 2007)
• Q & A with SACRIFICE / LEPER / SKY BURIAL director Ellen Bruno (Recorded January 3, 2007)
• Filmmaker Barbara Kopple introduces WILD MAN BLUES (Recorded January 2, 2007)
• Jazz legend Vince Giordano introduces SWEET AND LOWDOWN (Recorded January 2, 2007)

2006:

• MY DAD IS 100 YEARS OLD Q & A with Isabella Rossellini (Recorded December 7, 2006)
• Q & A with BERGMAN ISLAND director Marie Nyreröd (Recorded December 6, 2006)
• Q & A with IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS Filmmaker James Longley (Recorded November 8, 2006)
• Q & A with Barbara Combs Lee (Compassion & Choices President), David Leven (Executive Director NY branch), Judith Schwartz (Patient Support Coordinator) (Recorded November 2, 2006)
• Q & A with Tony Kushner and WRESTLING WITH ANGELS Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock (Recorded October 4 & 6, 2006)
• Q & A with TIME BANDITS director Terry Gilliam (Recorded Oct 3, 2006)
• Q & A with YO LA TENGO and OLD JOY director KELLY REICHARDT (Recorded Sept 22, 2006)
• Q & A with PAPER DOLLS filmmaker TOMER HEYMANN (Recorded September 7, 2006)
• Q & A session with 13 TZAMETI director Gela Babluani (Recorded July 28, 2006)

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