Journal

The Metrograph Interview

Lee Chang-dong
In Conversation With
Phoebe Chen

BY Phoebe Chen

Traveling through time with the Korean filmmaker.

The Metrograph Interview

Mia Hansen-Løve in conversation with Gabe Klinger

BY Gabe Klinger

An intimate chat about process, finding inspiration, and the need for nuanced characters.

The Metrograph Interview

Vicky Krieps in conversation with Anna Fitzpatrick

BY Anna Fitzpatrick

The Luxembourgish actor speaks about finding artistic freedom and escaping the Hollywood machine.

Columns

Cracked Actor: Youn Yuh-jung

BY Kyung Hyun Kim

On the actress whose bold performances blazed a defiant trail in Korean cinema.

Columns

At Home With… May Picks

BY Metrograph

Friends of Metrograph Marlowe Granados, Rayne Fisher-Quann, and Chelsea Spengemann each share a film they love, streaming on demand on the Metrograph At Home platform.

Columns

CRACKED ACTOR: GENA ROWLANDS

BY Christian Lorentzen

A look at personalities, iconic and obscure, who lit up the screen.

Essay

Fistful of Love

BY Perwana Nazif

On the LA-based photographer’s Reynaldo Rivera’s intimate, debut film.

Essay

Chris Marker in Japan

BY Sasha Frere-Jones

On Chris Marker’s many visions of Japan, and his newly translated photoessay book Le Dépays.

Essay

Wendy and Lucy, 16 Years On

BY K. Austin Collins

Looking back at Kelly Reichardt’s astonishing first collaboration with Michelle Williams.

Interview

The Ross Brothers

BY Nick Pinkerton and Sean Price Williams

An interview with the filmmaker brothers Bill and Turner.

Interview

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

BY Dora Leu

An interview with the eternally curious Japanese filmmaker.

Interview

Jane Schoenbrun

BY Adam Piron

A conversation with the filmmaker on big and small screen nostalgia.

Excerpt

Little Yellow-green Bird

BY Lee Chang-dong

Appearing for the first time in English, a new short story from Lee Chang-dong.

Excerpt

Jobe’z World

BY Michael M. Bilandic

On the lifespan of an independent film.

Excerpt

Who Are You Dorothy Dean?

BY Emily Wells, Rene Ricard, Edie Sedgwick, Taylor Mead

An excerpt from the new bilingual edition of Who Are You Dorothy Dean?, the first book devoted to the late Black writer and actress.

Q&A

Filmcraft: Julia Bloch

BY Metrograph

A Q&A with one of our favorite working editors.

Q&A

Filmcraft: Judy Becker

BY Metrograph

A Q&A with one of the most prolific production designers working today

Q&A

YVONNE RAINER ON PRIVILEGE

BY Metrograph

A Q&A between Yvonne Rainer and Metrograph Programmer Lydia Ogwang at 7 Ludlow.

Video

Alexandria Smith on Her Selects

BY Metrograph

Artist Alexandria Smith curates a selection of favorite films that have influenced her practice for many years, continuing a programmer-in-residence series co-presented with Gagosian in theater and at home.

Video

Emma Myers on It Happens To Us: Abortion in American FIlm

BY Metrograph

Series curator Emma Myers discusses It Happens To Us, a survey of abortion and its representation in American cinema over the past century.

Video

The Roll Call

BY Metrograph

Last week, as part of our ongoing Authentic Selves: The Beauty Within curated by Anthony Roth Costanzo, we welcomed the National Black Theater to 7 Ludlow where they showcased NBT shorts films by Dane Figueroa Edidi, Lavender Freddy, and Ngozi Anyanwu, anchored by the premiere of NBT’s Executive Artistic Director Jonathan McCrory’s The Roll Call: The Roots to Strange Fruit. The screening was followed by an inspiring conversation among McCrory, NBT CEO Sade Lythcott, and activist/author DeRay Mckesson.