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The work and legacy of the late Jonas Mekas have been on our minds even more than usual, with a recent retrospective of his films at Film at Lincoln Center and an ongoing exhibit at the Jewish Museum. So, for today\u2019s podcast, Film Comment Editors Clinton Krute and Devika Girish wanted to discuss a form of which Mekas was a true master: the Diary Film.\n\nDevika and Clint welcomed Anthology Film Archives Archivist John Klaccsman and critic and FC\u2013contributor Gina Telaroli for a conversation about films that document their makers\u2019 intimate lives. They discussed Mekas\u2019s kaleidoscopic As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, Ed Pincus\u2019s influential Diaries, films by Anne Charlotte Robertson and Jim McBride, as well as a the work of a more contemporary diarist: John Wilson, of the critically acclaimed HBO show.