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Dialogues & Film Retrospectives

Go behind-the-scenes and explore more than 60 in-depth portraits of directors, actors, writers, and producers who were celebrated in the Walker Cinema at pivotal moments in their careers. The dynamic catalogue is enriched throughout with archival sound and video interview recordings, transcripts, photography, and ephemera, as well as essays and articles written for the esteemed series of intimate onstage interviews and film retrospectives that screened between 1990–2020.

Robert Altman, 1992
Women singing in country western club

Robert Altman, 1992

Liv Ullmann, 1993
Woman standing in corner and covering a scream

Liv Ullmann, 1993

Jim Jarmusch, 1994

Jim Jarmusch, 1994

Jane Campion, 1995
A woman sits at a piano on a beach.

Jane Campion, 1995

Spike Lee, 1996
Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee, 1996

Jessica Lange, 1997
Woman in sunglasses and polka dot dress sitting on hood of a convertible.

Jessica Lange, 1997

Doris Dörrie, 2000
Black and white photo of two men in their underwear.

Doris Dörrie, 2000

Jodie Foster, 1991

Jodie Foster, 1991

Edward Pressman, 1991

Edward Pressman, 1991

Keith Carradine, 1991
Two country western singers

Keith Carradine, 1991

John Sayles, 1991
Man standing near elevated bridge

John Sayles, 1991

Ken Burns, 1991
Thomas Hart Bentson

Ken Burns, 1991

Wim Wenders, 1991
Man sits before wings statue

Wim Wenders, 1991

Danny Glover, 1992

Danny Glover, 1992

Marcel Ophuls, 1992

Marcel Ophuls, 1992

Julie Dash, 1993

Julie Dash, 1993

Chen Kaige, 1993

Chen Kaige, 1993

Haile Gerima, 1995

Haile Gerima, 1995

Agnieszka Holland, 1995
Young man held by soldier under Nazi flag.

Agnieszka Holland, 1995

Timothy and Stephen Quay, 1996
creepy baby dolls

Timothy and Stephen Quay, 1996

Gordon Parks, 1996
Solomon Northrup's Odyssey

Gordon Parks, 1996

Peter Greenaway, 1997

Peter Greenaway, 1997

Abbas Kiarostami, 1998

Abbas Kiarostami, 1998

Terry Gilliam, 1998

Terry Gilliam, 1998

Stan Brakhage, 1999
Pittsburgh, police car

Stan Brakhage, 1999

Werner Herzog, 1999
film still of an explosion

Werner Herzog, 1999

John Waters, 2000

John Waters, 2000

Leos Carax, 2000

Leos Carax, 2000

Agnès Varda, 2001

Agnès Varda, 2001

Hanif Kureishi, 2001

Hanif Kureishi, 2001

Heddy Honigmann, 2002
Heddy Honigmann

Heddy Honigmann, 2002

Gus Van Sant, 2003

Gus Van Sant, 2003

Matthew Barney, 2003

Matthew Barney, 2003

Frederick Wiseman, 2003

Frederick Wiseman, 2003

Guy Maddin, 2004

Guy Maddin, 2004

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2005
Two men sitting on a picnic table.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2005

Alexander Payne, 2005

Alexander Payne, 2005

Ang Lee, 2005

Ang Lee, 2005

Lili Taylor, 2006
black and white of women with blood on lips

Lili Taylor, 2006

James Ivory, 1990
Woman in a garden

James Ivory, 1990

Isabella Rossellini, 2006
Beautiful lady in front of microphone

Isabella Rossellini, 2006

Michel Gondry, 2007

Michel Gondry, 2007

Béla Tarr, 2007

Béla Tarr, 2007

Milos Forman, 2008
Man dressed as Mozart sitting on window sill with castle in background

Milos Forman, 2008

Mike Leigh, 2008

Mike Leigh, 2008

William Klein, 2009

William Klein, 2009

Clint Eastwood, 1990

Clint Eastwood, 1990

Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009
Women in shaded room

Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009

Kelly Reichardt, 2010
River of Grass, red, man and woman

Kelly Reichardt, 2010

Olivier Assayas, 2010

Olivier Assayas, 2010

Julian Schnabel, 2011

Julian Schnabel, 2011

Harry Belafonte, 2012

Harry Belafonte, 2012

Lawrence Kasdan, 2012

Lawrence Kasdan, 2012

Christopher Nolan, 2015

Christopher Nolan, 2015

Claire Denis, 2012

Claire Denis, 2012

Steve McQueen, 2013

Steve McQueen, 2013

Todd Haynes and Christine Vachon, 2016

Todd Haynes and Christine Vachon, 2016

Luca Guadagnino, 2019
Dancers wearing in red in formation

Luca Guadagnino, 2019

Bong Joon Ho, 2020

Bong Joon Ho, 2020

Tom Hanks, 1996

Tom Hanks, 1996

Julia Reichert, 2020
Julia Reichert’s American Factory, 2019. Image courtesy Netflix. Organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts with The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and curated by Wexner Center Director of Film/Video David Filipi. Special thanks to the Chicken & Egg Pictures for its support of this retrospective.

Julia Reichert, 2020

Lucy Walker, 2017
Snowboarders and balloons

Lucy Walker, 2017

Robert Redford, 2016

Robert Redford, 2016

Noah Baumbach, 2013

Noah Baumbach, 2013