Author Talk Series
Enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors and thought leaders. Brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium.
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The Assessment [2025]
Olsen, Elizabeth
National Anthem [2024]
Plummer, Charlie
Thelma [2024]
Squibb, June
Treasure [2025]
Dunham, Lena
Kanopy
Nowhere Special [2020]
Uberto Pasolini
20 Days in Mariupol [2023]
Mstyslav Chernov
Chernov, Mstyslav
One Life [2025]
Hopkins, Anthony
Io Capitano [2023]
Matteo Garrone
Perfect Days [2023]
Wim Wenders
The Monk and the Gun [2023]
Pawo Choyning Dorji
The Monk and the Gun [2024]
Wangchuk, Tandin
Out of Darkness [2022]
Andrew Cumming
Out of Darkness [2025]
Evans, Lola
Driving Madeleine [2022]
Christian Carion
Origin [2023]
Ava DuVernay
Eileen [2023]
William Oldroyd
What Happens Later [2023]
Meg Ryan
What Happens Later [2024]
Ryan, Meg
Anatomy of a Fall [2023]
Justine Triet
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas [2021]
Mark Cousins
She Came to Me [2023]
Rebecca Miller
It Lives Inside [2023]
Bishal Dutta
Golda [2023]
Guy Nattiv
Golda [2024]
Mirren, Helen
Jules [2023]
Marc Turtletaub
Jules [2024]
Kingsley, Sir Ben
Biosphere [2022]
Mel Eslyn
The Eight Mountains [2022]
Charlotte Vandermeersch
You Hurt My Feelings [2023]
Nicole Holofcener
Master Gardener [2022]
Paul Schrader
Master Gardener [2024]
Edgerton, Joel
Monica [2022]
Andrea Pallaoro
BlackBerry [2023]
Matt Johnson
Everything Went Fine [2021]
Francois Ozon
The Quiet Girl [2022]
Colm Bairéad
EO [2022]
Jerzy Skolimowski
Something in the Dirt [2022]
Aaron Moorhead
Something in the Dirt [2023]
Benson, Justin
Triangle of Sadness [2022]
Ruben Östlund
The Story of Film: A New Generation [2023]
Cousins, Mark
Official Competition [2021]
Gastón Duprat
Crimes of the Future [2022]
David Cronenberg
Petite Maman [2022]
Céline Sciamma
The Worst Person in the World [2021]
Joachim Trier
Spencer [2021]
Pablo Larrain
Titane [2021]
Julia Ducournau
Pig [2021]
Michael Sarnoski
Together [2021]
Stephen Daldry
McAvoy, James
Cryptozoo [2021]
Dash Shaw
Censor [2021]
Prano Bailey-Bond
Algar, Niamh
Together Together [2020]
Nikole Beckwith
Together Together [2021]
Helms, Ed
Shiva Baby [2020]
Emma Seligman
Shiva Baby [2021]
Sennott, Rachel
The World to Come [2020]
Mona Fastvold
The World to Come [2021]
Waterson, Katherine
Supernova [2020]
Harry MacQueen
Supernova [2021]
Firth, Colin
The Dissident [2020]
Bryan Fogel
The Dissident [2021]
Abdulaziz, Omar
The Climb [2019]
George, Jason
Ammonite [2020]
Francis Lee
Portrait of a Lady On Fire [2019]
Clemency [2019]
Chinonye Chukwu
Give Me Liberty [2018]
Kirill Mikhanovsky
Give Me Liberty [2021]
Galust, Chris
Tel Aviv on Fire [2018]
Sameh Zoabi
The Nightingale [2019]
Jennifer Kent
Making-of: Honeyland [2019]
Westdoc Online
Transit [2018]
Christian Petzold
Transit [2019]
Rogowski, Franz
Gloria Bell [2018]
Sebastián Lelio
The Image Book [2019]
Jean-Luc Godard
At Eternity's Gate [2023]
Dafoe, Willem
Shoplifters [2019]
Franky, Lily
Pick of the Litter [2018]
Dana Nachman
Love, Gilda [2022]
Chase, Chevy
Blaze [2018]
Ethan Hawke
Dark Money [2018]
Kimberly Reed
The Miseducation of Cameron Post [2018]
Desiree Akhavan
The Miseducation of Cameron Post [2017]
Moretz, Chloë Grace
RBG [2018]
Betsy West
Spera, Clara
Oh Lucy! [2018]
Terajima, Shinobu
Faces Places [2017]
Agnès Varda
In the Fade [2018]
Faith Akin
Kruger, Diane
Loving Vincent [2017]
Dorota Kobiela
Loving Vincent [2018]
Ronan, Saoirse
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream [2019]
Miki Wecel
Lucky [2022]
Stanton, Harry
Human Flow [2017]
Ai Weiwei
78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene [2017]
Alexandre O Philippe
School Life [2016]
David Rane
School Life [2017]
Leyden, Amanda
Menashe [2017]
Joshua Z Weinstein
In search of Fellini [2016]
Taron Lexton
The Trip to Spain [2017]
Michael Winterbottom
A Ghost Story [2017]
David Lowery
Affleck, Casey
The Girl Without Hands [2016]
Sébastian Laudenbach
The Girl Without Hands [2018]
Demoustier, Anaïs
Score [2017]
Zimmer, Hans
Kedi [2016]
Ceyda Torun
I am not your negro [2016]
Raoul Peck
I Am Not Your Negro [2017]
Jackson, Samuel L.
Dheepan [2016]
Jacques Audiard
Captain Fantastic [2016]
Matt Ross
Captain Fantastic [2022]
Mortensen, Viggo
Eye in the Sky [2015]
Gavin Hood
Eye In The Sky [2022]
The Keeping Room [2016]
Marling, Brit
The Look of Silence [2015]
Rukun, Adi
I'll See You in My Dreams [2014]
Brett Haley
I'll See You in My Dreams [2015]
Danner, Blythe
The Connection [2014]
Cédric Jimenez
The Connection [2015]
Dujardin, Jean
20,000 Days on Earth [2014]
Iain Forsyth
20,000 Days On Earth [2014]
Cave, Nick
The Dog [2014]
Wojtowicz, John
Boyhood [2014]
Richard Linklater
Mood Indigo [2013]
Michel Gondry
Mood Indigo [2014]
Duris, Romain
The Immigrant [2022]
Cotillard, Marion
The Attack [2013]
Ziad Doueiri
Frances Ha [2013]
Noah Baumbach
Holy motors [2012]
Léos Carax
Sleepwalk with Me [2012]
Mike Birbiglia
Robot and Frank [2012]
Langella, Frank
The Kid With a Bike [2011]
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Pina [2011]
The whistleblower [2010]
Larysa Kondracki
Whistleblower [2012]
Weisz, Rachel
The Illusionist [2019]
Norton, Edward
Mao's Last Dancer [2009]
Bruce Beresford
Mao's Last Dancer [2011]
Cao, Chi
The Messenger [2009]
Oscilloscope Pictures (Firm),
The Messenger [2013]
Harrelson, Woody
Cold Souls [2009]
Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm),
Cold Souls [2010]
Giamatti, Paul
Goodbye Solo [2008]
Ramin Bahrani
Two Lovers [2009]
Phoenix, Joaquin
Wendy and Lucy [2008]
Kelly Reichardt
Wendy And Lucy [2013]
Williams, Michelle Ingrid
Happy-Go-Lucky [2008]
Mike Leigh
Hawkins, Sally
Elegy [2008]
Isabel Coixet
The Visitor [2014]
Jenkins, Richard
Taxi to the Dark Side [2007]
Alex Gibney
Gibney, Alex
Starting Out in the Evening [2007]
Brian Morton
Venus [2007]
O'Toole, Peter
Shortbus [2006]
John Cameron Mitchell
Half Nelson [2006]
Ryan Fleck
Half Nelson [2020]
Gosling, Ryan
The Proposition [2005]
John Hillcoat
Capote [2020]
Hoffman, Philip Seymour
Mad Hot Ballroom [2005]
Marilyn Agrelo
Mad Hot Ballroom [2011]
Verdemare, Louise
Enduring Love [2004]
Roger Michell
Enduring Love [2013]
Craig, Daniel
Super Size Me [2016]
Spurlock, Morgan
The Barbarian Invasions [2003]
Denys Arcand
The Barbarian Invasions [2004]
Arcand, Denys
Touching the Void [2004]
Kevin Macdonald
Spellbound [2002]
Jeffrey Blitz
The Man on the Train [2013]
Rochefort, Jean
Raising Victor Vargas [2002]
Peter Sollett
Raising Victor Vargas [2003]
Rasuk, Victor
Divine Intervention [2003]
Elia Suleiman
Russian Ark [2002]
Aleksandr Sokurov
Russian Ark [2014]
Mozgovoy, Leonid
Mostly Martha [2002]
Sandra Nettelbeck
Mostly Martha [2013]
Gedeck, Martina
Lovely and Amazing [2002]
Nicole Holfcener
Lovely and Amazing [2021]
Keener, Catherine
Butterfly [2001]
Cuerda, Jose Luis
Jesus' Son [2000]
Alison Maclean
Jesus' Son [2023]
Crudup, Billy
Felicia's Journey [1999]
Atom Egoyan
Felicia's Journey [2022]
Haskins, Bob
The Dinner Game [1998]
Francis Veber
Smoke Signals [1998]
Beach, Adam
Buffalo '66 [1999]
Gallo, Vincent
Underground [1995]
Emir Kusturica
The Pillow Book [2015]
McGregor, Ewan
Cosi [2018]
Mendelsohn, Ben
