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Hair Hopper For Life

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By Julia Marchese | August 6, 2025
By Julia Marchese | August 6, 2025

Hair Hopper For Life

Filmmaker Julia Marchese on two crowd-pleasers from 1988 that make an irresistible double bill: The In Crowd and Hairspray.

Please Don’t Ask Me That: Kelsey Taylor Interviews Herself

Film
By Kelsey Taylor | August 1, 2025
By Kelsey Taylor | August 1, 2025

Please Don’t Ask Me That: Kelsey Taylor Interviews Herself

As her debut feature To Kill a Wolf hits theaters, writer-director Kelsey Taylor comes face to face with her harshest critic ...

Revisited: The Summer I Wanted to Be American

Film
By Philippe Lesage | August 1, 2025
By Philippe Lesage | August 1, 2025

Revisited: The Summer I Wanted to Be American

Canadian writer-director Philippe Lesage, whose new film Who By Fire came out earlier this year, looks back on a simpler time.

Revisited: Corvette Summer, A Hidden Gem of New Hollywood

Film
By Jim Hemphill | July 30, 2025
By Jim Hemphill | July 30, 2025

Revisited: Corvette Summer, A Hidden Gem of New Hollywood

Jim Hemphill celebrates the Blu-ray release of the 1978 film from the unheralded partnership of Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins.

Revisited: Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Last Summer

Film
By Bruce LaBruce | July 28, 2025
By Bruce LaBruce | July 28, 2025

Revisited: Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Last Summer

LaBruce extols the virtues of Frank and Eleanor Perry’s shocking coming-of-age drama that captures the loss of innocence of the late 1960s.

Shadow Work: From Once Were Warriors to Angela’s Shadow

Film
By Jules Arita Koostachin | July 25, 2025
By Jules Arita Koostachin | July 25, 2025

Shadow Work: From Once Were Warriors to Angela’s Shadow

Writer-director Jules Arita Koostachin on the profound impact Lee Tamahori's 1994 film had on her and her new film, Angela's Shadow.

Revisited: How I Made Summer Night — Even Though the Money Fell Through a Week Into Shooting

Film
By Joseph Cross | July 25, 2025
By Joseph Cross | July 25, 2025

Revisited: How I Made Summer Night — Even Though the Money Fell Through a Week Into Shooting

Actor Joseph Cross on how he fulfilled a childhood ambition by directing his first movie, thanks to a crew who went above and beyond.

Revisited: Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Onur Tukel’s Summer of Blood

Film
By Randy Russell | July 24, 2025
By Randy Russell | July 24, 2025

Revisited: Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Onur Tukel’s Summer of Blood

It's all blood and fear and a lot of laughs as a schlubby Brooklyn loser gets his teeth into life after an encounter with a vampire.

Video Premiere: Samuel Habib’s My Inclusive Life

Film
By Samuel Habib and Dan Habib | July 21, 2025
By Samuel Habib and Dan Habib | July 21, 2025

Video Premiere: Samuel Habib’s My Inclusive Life

As his new feature, The Ride Ahead, premieres today on POV, Samuel Habib shares a personal video essay on his backstory.

As a Disabled Filmmaker, I Don’t Owe You Radical Transparency

Film
By Reid Davenport | July 18, 2025
By Reid Davenport | July 18, 2025

As a Disabled Filmmaker, I Don’t Owe You Radical Transparency

Sundance winner Reid Davenport, whose new doc Life After opens today, on the often-gruelling experience of engaging with the public.

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