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Three Great Things: Thomasin McKenzie

The award-winning New Zealand actress, who is currently starring in The Uprising, shares her love of crosswords, dogs and her new favorite read.

September 11, 2026

Holding It In

Filmmaker Shannon Plumb looks back on her summer, a transitional time of limbo and waiting ...

September 10, 2026

The Moment That Nearly Broke Us

Filmmakers Amanda and Michael Drexton chart the creative highs and lows that led to their Soderbergh-endorsed breakout debut feature, Sour Party.

Three Great Things: Kevin Macdonald

The Oscar-winning director, whose new film The Runner is now streaming, on his love of Lonesome Dove, Los Angeles and Leonard Cohen.

September 3, 2026

WHAT I WATCHED: You’ve Always Been a Napa Boy

Nick Corirossi and Armen Weitzman share the movies and references that inspired their feature film.

Faith and Flesh on Film

Emily Bennett traces the deep roots of her newly released horror movie Blood Shine, which she co-wrote, co-directed and stars in.

September 1, 2026

Three Great Things: James Ashcroft

The director of the new dark thriller The Whisper Man, which is now on Netflix, opens up about books, fashion and parenthood.

Ember Knight and Tristan Wheeler Talk About Being Evil

The filmmakers catch up about world building, shoestring budgets, and the Ember Knight Show.

August 27, 2026

Life Won’t Look Anything Like You Thought It Would

Writer-director Sophia Silver, whose debut feature Over/Under is out now, on filmmaking, motherhood and embracing unpredictability.

August 26, 2026

The Things That Echo: What Four Films Taught Me About Becoming

Writer-director Phyllis Toben Bancroft on women, the strange, non-linear nature of becoming and her anthology film Echoes.

August 21, 2026

Feeding the Babadook in the Basement

The Apology writer-director Alison Star Locke offers up a very personal take on "special needs moms in horror.”

August 19, 2026

“Noble, Upstanding, Nauseating Liquids”: On The Lost Weekend

In an excerpt from his forthcoming cinematic memoir, filmmaker Tony Gault considers Billy Wilder's Oscar-winning classic through the lens of his own personal history.

August 14, 2026