Mark Danner in conversation with Don DeLillo and Errol Morris at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival. DeLillo reads an excerpt from his novel, Underworld, and screens the iconic 26-second Zapruder film. Danner, DeLillo, and Morris discuss the film as well as Errol Morris' The Umbrella Man, a short video that explores the story behind the man standing under an open umbrella at the scene of the assassination.

Mark Danner leads a tribute to Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival. Rasoulof's films present a bold critique, often at his own risk, of Iran's systematic oppression of individuals. Listen to Danner's introduction to Rasoulof's work and watch a video of the Q&A following the screening. Translation by Mishana Hosseinioun.

Mark Danner leads a tribute to Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival. Rasoulof's films present a bold critique, often at his own risk, of Iran's systematic oppression of individuals. Listen to Danner's introduction to Rasoulof's work and watch a video of the Q&A following the screening. Translation by Mishana Hosseinioun.

Mark Danner leads a tribute to Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival. Rasoulof's films present a bold critique, often at his own risk, of Iran's systematic oppression of individuals. Listen to Danner's introduction to Rasoulof's work and watch a video of the Q&A following the screening. Translation by Mishana Hosseinioun.

Mark Danner discusses the Cambodian genocide with filmmaker Rithy Panh at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival. The Missing Picture chronicles Panh's own experience losing his family to the Khmer Rouge. Listen to Danner's introduction to the film or watch a video of the discussion following the screening.

Mark Danner speaks with Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland about her film, Burning Bush, commisioned as a three-part series by HBO Europe. The film explores the gray areas of the "Prague Spring," a democratic uprising in the Czech Republic in the late 1960s.

Mark Danner speaks with author Don DeLillo at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival about the 26-second Zapruder film -- the iconic video recording of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. November 2013 marks its 50th anniversary. 

Mark Danner spoke with Errol Morris about his latest film, The Unknown Known, which profiles former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, the man behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The edited interview was published in Telluride's The Watch. Listen to the unedited conversation here. 

Mark Danner interviewed by reporter Samantha Fields on PRI's America Abroad about a possible U.S. intervention in Syria's civil war. 

Mark Danner speaks with host Dave Iverson on Forum, KQED 88.5 San Francisco, about the definition of terrorism twelve years after 9/11.

The 3rd annual Milosz Festival was held in Krakow, Poland from May 16-19, 2013. Mark Danner speaks with poets Juan Gelman, Michael Krüger, and Adam Zagajewski about the nature of evil in literature and life.

The 3rd annual Milosz Festival was held in Krakow, Poland from May 16-19, 2013. Mark Danner speaks with Renata Gorczynska, Richard Lourie and Anthony Milosz about the poet's career and legacy.

Mark Danner interviewed on Truthdig Radio, KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles, about a new report by the bipartisan Task Force on Detainee Treatment. The report found U.S. personnel responsible for post-9/11 interrogation techniques that constitute torture. 

Mark Danner speaks with Ian Masters for "Background Briefing," KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles, about a new report by the Constitution Project's Task Force on Detainee Treatment. The report found it "indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture."

As the New York Review of Books turns 50, its founding editor speaks with Review contributor Mark Danner about the poetry of Twitter, hiding the Pentagon Papers, and how his journal of ideas emerged from the flood of "little magazines" as possibly the unlikeliest success story in publishing.

On February 5, 2013, The New York Review of Books celebrated its 50th anniversary. Mark Danner read from his past work for the Review at the celebration at Town Hall in New York City.

Mark Danner speaking about the use of narrative and metaphor in politics with University of Auckland professor Michael Hanne. The interview will appear as a chapter in Hanne's forthcoming book on this topic, published by The Psychology Press.

Mark Danner and New York Times film critic A.O. Scott interviewed by Brian Lehrer about the film "Zero Dark Thirty," its controversial torture scenes, and its relationship to the recent past.

Mark Danner interviewed on "NOW with Alex Wagner," MSNBC, about the film "Zero Dark Thirty," and torture's role in the hunt for Bin Laden.  

Mark Danner interviewed by Ian Masters' for "Background Briefing," KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles, about the situation in Gaza, the return of Hamas, and reconciliation talks between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority. 

Mark Danner calls in from Ramallah to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the United States' use of drone warfare on This is Hell with Chuck Mertz. WNUR Chicago, December 1, 2012. 

Mark Danner interviewed on KCBS Radio, San Francisco

Joshua Oppenheimer discusses his film with Mark Danner and Peter Sellars. Telluride Film Festival, Telluride, CO. September 3, 2012.   

Mark Danner introduces "The Attack," a film by Ziad Doueiri, at the Telluride Film Festival, 2012 

Mark Danner delivers the 13th annual Helen Ingram Plummer lecture at Georgia State University, Atlanta.

Mark Danner speaks before a performance of "Another Life," a play by Karen Malpede staged at the Irondale Theater, Brooklyn, NY. March 21, 2012. 

Raymond Bonner discusses his new book with Mark Danner, in an event
presented by the Berkeley Law School Death Penalty Clinic and the
Graduate School of Journalism. 

Mark Danner at UC-Berkeley "Story Hour", Morrison Room at Doe Library. Introduced by Vikram Chandra.