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How Sunday Night TV Helped Me Connect With My Teenage Daughter

For MDMA writer-director Angie Wang, The Affair and Sharp Objects have helped her see and discuss difficult topics in a new way.

September 11, 2018

The Other Films of Our Lives

Amy Scott talks accidentally getting stoned in Italy, Roger Ebert, La Dolce Vita, Trump, editing, and her debut feature, Hal.

September 7, 2018

Swimming Upstream

Kusama — Infinity director Heather Lenz details the obstacles she faced during her resilient attempts to get her documentary made.

September 6, 2018

An Oral and Visual History of the Making of Bisbee ’17

Director Robert Greene, his cinematographer and producers break down the images in their new film, and how they used genre to interrogate mythologies.

September 4, 2018

Bradley Cooper’s Triumphant A Star is Born is an Instant Classic

Occasionally you see a movie and immediately know it's up there with the all-time greats. This is one of those rare times.

August 31, 2018

How We Ended Up Casting a Legendary French Porn Star in Our New Movie

The married writer-directors of Let the Corpses Tan on using porn stars in their movies, and working with the iconic Marilyn Jess.

How a Broken TV Led to Us Becoming Hollywood Filmmakers

Twins Jonathan and Josh Baker, the Australian directing team behind the new sci-fi film Kin, recall when their beloved family set packed it in.

Making a Fictional Documentary in the Era of Fake News

Dean Fleischer-Camp on the story behind his film Fraud, and what it's been like to show the film to audiences in the current climate.

August 23, 2018

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

After writing about yet another of her movies, Bruce LaBruce has finally got Jodie Foster out of his system. Probably.

August 22, 2018

Storyboarding We the Animals

The director and co-writer of We the Animals discusses putting his film on paper before he made it, and shares storyboards from the movie.

August 20, 2018

Listening to the Abyss

The producer of The Invisible War, The Hunting Ground and The Bleeding Edge on what it takes to tell profoundly important stories.

August 16, 2018

How Repeated Rejection Can Lead To Your Dream Job

Two of the The Katydids, the comedy team behind TV Land's hit sitcom Teachers, share how hearing a lot of “no's” set them up for success.