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Ode to James Baldwin

LiME writer-director Dawn Storey reflects on the impact, both personally and creatively, that Baldwin had on their life.

October 21, 2020

Some Kids Dream of Being a Superhero – I Dreamt of Being a Loser

Julia Marchese on how being an outsider and her love of Stephen King led to her latest project, a film version of King's story “I Know What You Need.”

October 20, 2020

Delirious: Notes on the Director’s Cut

Indie legend Tom DiCillo writes for the first time about the backstory to his 2006 film and why he needed to revisit it for a new version.

October 19, 2020

Cinephile with Mark Borchardt: I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Regular collaborators Frankie Latina and Mark Borchardt launch their new bite-sized film review show with Charlie Kaufman's latest mind-bending movie.

October 16, 2020

“I Was Fascinated By the Way Film Could Represent Reality”: Yung Chang in Conversation with Robert Fisk

The director of This is Not a Movie interviews his subject, Middle East correspondent Fisk, about his abiding love of cinema.

October 16, 2020

How We Survived Making Our First Feature Film Without a Crew, and the Greatest Fly Attack of Our Lives

Lifelong best friends Hannah Leder and Alexandra Kotcheff share adventures from making their debut feature The Planters alone in the desert.

A Letter to My Uninspired Self

When you travel all over and play a show a day for a year and make a movie about it, you inevitably learn lessons. But you also have to remember them.

October 13, 2020

You Can Take a Nap, I Promise

Screenwriter Nakia Stephens reflects on how she’s learning to release the shackles of productivity by leaning into purpose.

October 12, 2020

Three Great Things: Craig Roberts

The writer-director of Eternal Beauty, out now on digital and on demand, on some of the films and music that had the biggest impact on him.

October 9, 2020

Invisible Hands

Tom Gilroy examines the influence of Mike Leigh, Ken Loach and Tsai Ming-liang on his new short film, #WaynesvilleStrong.

October 7, 2020

Three Great Things: Kodi Smit-McPhee

The multi-talented Australian actor, currently starring in 2067, on his love of Be Here Now, the creative process and the Tesla Model X.

October 6, 2020

“So, What Did We Learn?”

Writer-director Brian Duffield on making Spontaneous for three years in three countries for multiple owners before a pandemic.

October 5, 2020