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This week we're reporting from the 59th New York Film Festival. One of the most anticipated films in this year's lineup is The Souvenir Part II\u2014Joanna Hogg\u2019s follow-up to her remarkable 2019 coming-of-age drama, The Souvenir. Following Honor Swinton Byrne\u2019s Julie, a film student, in the aftermath of her boyfriend\u2019s death-by-overdose, the new film deepens the predecessor\u2019s exploration of the boundaries between art and life with tender reflection, wry humor, and some dazzling moments of meta-auto-fiction. \n\nWe caught up with Joanna while she was in New York for the festival, while Honor joined the conversation from Edinburgh via Zoom. Our lively chat touched upon the film\u2019s layered approach to autobiography, its precisely contrived naturalism, and how the film\u2019s soundtrack draws from Hogg\u2019s memories of youth.