Lost highways: the two critics join to discuss their new book Corpses, Fools and Monsters, an examination of the past, present, and future of trans cinema
Killer's kiss: the famed American filmmaker joins to discuss his latest, a charming mix of screwball and noir that asks darkly comedic questions about identity, passion, and the criminal justice system
Let there be light: Dennis Lim and Justin Chang sit down to discuss late-festival selections All We Imagine as Light,The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Viet and Nam, and more
Hard rain: critics Beatrice Loayza, Giovanni Marchini Camia, and Caitlin Quinlan discuss Miguel Gomes’s Grand Tour, Alain Guiraudie’s Misericordia, Mahdi Fliefel’s To a Land Unknown, and Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope
Party down: Guy Lodge and Adam Piron offer their reactions to Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez and Sean Baker’s Anora before sharing some personal festival highlights
Body and soul: critics Robert Daniels, Miriam Bale, and Mark Asch discuss recent festival premieres, including David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds, Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, Claire Simon's Elementary, and more
Fool’s errands: Kelli Weston and Jessica Kiang join to unpack Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, Andrea Arnold’s Bird, and Yorgos Lanthimos’s Kinds of Kindness
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