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Dream of a Better World

Imagining a more democratic, just, and peaceful world through in‑depth conversations with filmmakers and authors about power, resistance, and hope in increasingly authoritarian times.

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Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing: “It was really his story, and then all these other whistleblowers—some of whom had never spoken publicly...—who were coming forward to me saying, ‘Please make this.’”

a vHopeful Conversation with Rory Kennedy about her urgent, powerful, must see new documentary, at the IFC Center in NY two more days, and releasing globally on Netflix tomorrow, Wednesday, August 19

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Ground Control to Major Tom: David Bowie, Luca Guadagnino, Bernardo Bertolucci. Is “Space Oddity” really about space—or about love?

A song that we cannot get out of our heads reimagined. Turn up the volume and feel it. Sometimes we listen better in a language we don't yet understand.

I Want To Live!: Three Minutes of Your Time to Watch & Consider One of the Best Anti-Death Penalty Films Ever Made

a vHopeful Conversation with my grandfather, Walter Wanger who died before I was born, but whose legacy lives on in ways I'm still exploring

A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies: "And there it was in a nutshell: the rapture of seeing a thing and the horror of seeing it at the same time..."

a vHopeful Conversation with one of cinema's wisest, most penetrating observers, David Thomson

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Man on the Run: "With somebody like Paul McCartney, he is the music—the words, the melodies, they’re all reflective of who he is and what he’s going through."

a vHopeful Conversation with Oscar‑, Grammy‑, and Emmy‑winning filmmaker Morgan Neville

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American Doctor: "It’s really in the United States that I learned how to dissent & how to fight for what really matters...and the only way I know how to fight is as a filmmaker.”

a vHopeful Conversation with director, producer Poh Si Teng

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This Wednesday, August 5 at 6am PDT through August 6th at 6am on "Summer under the Stars: Host Picks," the Czar of Noir, Eddie Muller, programs 14 of my grandmother Joan Bennett's films on TCM

Plus, Victor Navasky's Naming Names, I Want to Live!, The Red Scare 6.0,, China, How Ted Met Vanessa, Fall of Freedom and a Must Listen Podcast episode on The Odyssey!

Queen of Chess: "It’s extremely satisfying to watch, because it’s this unstoppable champion who is so driven, has such guts, and also has a sense of humor and a warmth about her..."

a vHopeful Conversation with Academy award-nominated director Rory Kennedy

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Join NYWIFT, Join Fall of Freedom, Join Flaco’s Flight Tonight & See WILD INSIDE in Central Park! R.I.P Nicholas Platt, President of the Asia Society, father of actor Oliver Platt, & friend

On saying Yes to communities and remembering those I loved

In which Emily Wilson’s LRB review of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey is read so widely and understood so clearly it shifts culture—Greek gods, American studio gods, money gods willing

Ted and I saw it on opening weekend because we love event films and want to support theatrical screenings, but within the first ten minutes we both knew we were in for a three‑hour slog.