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How I Spent Seven Years Single-handedly Making a Demonic Thriller – and Accidentally Uncovered My Family’s Dark History

Jordan Graham, the writer-director (and pretty much everything else) of Sator shares the remarkable story of making his debut movie.

February 9, 2021

Cinema of the Interior

For Isabel Sandoval — an Independent Spirit Award nominee for Lingua Franca — cinema, like all art, is an emotional experience.

February 8, 2021

Death, Myth and Dreaming in Wuthering Heights

The Wanting Mare writer-director Nicholas Ashe Bateman pays tribute to a late friend through his meditation on Emily Brontë’s eternal classic.

February 5, 2021

Coming Out: My Journey From the “Normal” Path to Draw with Me and Beyond

Filmmaker Constantine Venetopoulos on his ongoing cinematic exploration of gender and identity, including his Oscar-contending new short film.

February 4, 2021

Viggo Mortensen Talks with Alix Lambert on the Talkhouse Podcast

The actor, whose debut feature as writer-director, Falling, is out tomorrow, chats with his longtime friend and fellow filmmaker.

February 4, 2021

What True Diversity Looks Like

From America’s Next Top Model to his directorial debut The Right One, industry vet Ken Mok has been focused on everyone on the screen.

February 3, 2021

The Evolution of 9th Circuit Cowboy

Academy Award-winning director Terry Sanders on how he came to make his latest film, a documentary portrait of the late Judge Harry Pregerson.

February 2, 2021

The Long Road to Strawberry Mansion

Kentucker Audley on the journey he and his co-director Albert Birney took in making their new Sundance film, Strawberry Mansion.

February 1, 2021

Don’t Consider It Cheating, It Bears Repeating

Otto Bell on paying homage to cinematic greats in his new documentary short, The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima, premiering this weekend on Vice TV.

January 29, 2021

Collaging Cryptozoo

While finishing his new Sundance feature during COVID-19, animator Dash Shaw relieved his stress through a therapeutic creative outlet.

January 28, 2021

What I Learned From the Pandemic

When COVID-19 forced Spoor director Agnieszka Holland to stop working, she paused to observe some truths about life and cinema.

January 27, 2021

The Hustle Never Ends

Sarah Pirozek charts her journey from making '90s hip-hop videos through to directing her first narrative feature, #Like, which is out now.

January 26, 2021