Talks on movies, the culture of cinema, and filmmaking.
Tobias Carroll is the author of five books, most recently the novel In the Sight. He writes a monthly column about books in translation for Words Without Borders and hosts the podcast Framed & Bound. He is also a board member of the National Book Critics Circle. His next book, a critical study of the 2011 film Kill List, will be published in 2026 by Bloomsbury Academic.
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Scott Adlerberg is the author of the novels Spiders and Flies, Jungle Horses, Graveyard Love, Jack Waters, and The Screaming Child. He has written many short stories and contributes pieces regularly to sites such as CrimeReads, Mystery Tribune, and Criminal Element. Every summer, he hosts the Reel Talks film commentary series in Bryant Park in Manhattan. He was born in New York City and lives in Brooklyn.
June 9:
J. Hoberman, Duck Soup
June 16:
Philip Gefter, Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
June 23:
Carrie Courogen, Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood's Hidden Genius
June 30:
Discussion on Movies Set in the World of Books with Tobias Carroll
July 7:
Shawn Levy, CLINT: The Man and the Movies
July 14:
Chris Alexander, Art! Trash! Terror!: Adventures in Strange Cinema
July 21:
Odie Henderson, Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema
July 28:
Alissa Wilkinson, We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine
August 4:
David M. Stewart, There's No Going Back: The Life and Work of Jonathan Demme
August 11:
Dave Karger, 50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins
August 18:
Samm Deighan, Revolution in 35mm: Political Violence and Resistance in Cinema from the Arthouse to the Grindhouse, 1960-1990