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J. Smith-Cameron is a Tony-nominated stage, film and television actress.  She recently starred in Sundance-winner Nancy directed by Christina Choe, for which she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Independent Spirit Award. Previous film credits include Antonio Campos’ Christine, Frank Whaley’s Like Sunday, Like Rain, and Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret. On television, Smith-Cameron was most recently seen in HBO’s Succession, which is about to start shooting its second season in NYC. She previously starred as Janet in Sundance’s Peabody award-winning series Rectify, and has appeared in numerous theatre productions on and off Broadway, including Juno and the Paycock (Joe A. Callaway Award and Drama Desk nomination), Our Country’s Good (Tony® nomination), As Bees in Honey Drown (Obie award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics nominations), and most recently, Peace for Mary Frances opposite Lois Smith.

J. Smith-Cameron

Film

Imposters and Grief: the Blessing of Being an Actor

Filmmakers

The 2018 Talkies: Talkhouse Film Contributors’ Top Films of the Year

The 2018 Talkies: Talkhouse Film Contributors Share Their Top 10 Movies of the Year

Jim Hosking is the director of the feature film The Greasy Strangler, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. His second feature film, An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn &#8211; a mysterious meditation on identity, love and folk music &#8211; premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. He is the director and co-creator of Tropical Cop Tales, which airs on Adult Swim on February 1, 2019 across the USA. He lives in London.

Jim Hosking

Best of 2018: Jim Hosking Talks Lee Chang-dong’s Burning

Meredith Danluck has exhibited at festivals and museum venues such as the Museum of Modern Art, Sundance, and the Venice Biennale. She has also produced multi-screen tour visuals for Jay- Z, Beyoncé and John Legend. Her ambitious four channel feature film, North of South, West of East, where four feature-length narrative films play simultaneously in perfect symphony, was commissioned by Ballroom Marfa and screened at Sundance 2013. Her latest feature, State Like Sleep, starring Katherine Waterston and Michael Shannon, was developed at the 2013 Sundance Writers and Directors Labs and premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. The film is in select theaters and on digital from January 4 through The Orchard.

Meredith Danluck

Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History

Lou Pepe directs both documentary and fiction films, among them Lost in La Mancha, shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary and winner of the Evening Standard’s Peter Sellers Award for Best Comedy; Brothers of the Head, winner of the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature; and The Bad Kids, which premiered at Sundance 2016 and won the Special Jury Award for Verité Filmmaking. Pepe holds an MFA in Film &amp; Media Arts from Temple University and is a fellow of the Sundance Documentary Film Program. He has collaborated with co-director Keith Fulton for over 20 years. Their most recent documentary, He Dreams of Giants, explores film director Terry Gilliam’s 27-year quest to film an adaptation of Don Quixote. They are currently in post-production on an experimental documentary about emotional responses to the ongoing pandemic. (Picture by Robert Beckwith.)

Lou Pepe

Revisited: On Falling Asleep at the Movies

Jim Hemphill is the writer and director of the award-winning film <a href="https://www.facebook.com/troublewiththetruth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/troublewiththetruth/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567688259834000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEfdWVn5INQ2VaFYkDfqCAJ1hDMVw">The Trouble With the Truth</a>, which is currently streaming on <a href="https://amzn.to/2Q20O6F" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://amzn.to/2Q20O6F&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567688259834000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE0fujkM407hiTH5e2ZBjQK8VSaCA">Amazon Prime</a> and other platforms. He has written about movies and television for Filmmaker magazine, American Cinematographer and Film Comment, and is the author of The Art and Craft of TV Directing: Conversations with Episodic Television Directors. He also serves as a film historian at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and has contributed audio commentaries to DVDs and Blu-rays for Indicator, Shout Factory, the BFI, and other home video labels. His website is <a href="http://www.jimhemphillfilms.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.jimhemphillfilms.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567688259834000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHaS2u3V0GTADaZ-lbaGzXANhioeQ">www.jimhemphillfilms.com</a>.

Jim Hemphill

Revisited: The Score-Only Version of Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a Revelation

Simon Barrett&#8216;s screenwriting and producing credits include The Guest, You&#8217;re Next, A Horrible Way to Die, Dead Birds and portions of the anthology films V/H/S, V/H/S/2 and The ABCs of Death. His next film, Blair Witch, opens in theaters on September 16. He currently resides in Los Angeles.

Simon Barrett

Revisited: I Took a Break from Building My Toothpick Diorama to Go See the Weirdest Movie of the Year

David Farrier has been working as a journalist in New Zealand for over 10 years. His feature documentary Tickled premiered at Sundance in 2016, and he made a follow-up, The Tickle King, in 2017. Farrier&#8217;s documentary series Dark Tourist is now streaming on Netflix. Learn more about David at his <a href="https://www.davidfarrier.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">official website</a>.

David Farrier

Revisited: My Manson Adventures Making Dark Tourist

Guillermo del Toro is a writer, producer and director. At the 2018 Academy Awards, he won Best Director and Best Feature for his film The Shape of Water. Among his other best-known films are Pan’s Labyrinth, The Devil’s Backbone, Hellboy, Crimson Peak and Cronos.

Guillermo del Toro

William Friedkin is a filmmaker living in Los Angeles. He is best known for his films The French Connection, The Exorcist, Bug, Killer Joe, and To Live and Die in L.A. His latest film, The Devil and Father Amorth, is in theaters from April 20 through The Orchard.

William Friedkin

Podcast

Revisited: Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) Talks with William Friedkin (The Devil and Father Amorth) for the Talkhouse Podcast (Part 1)

Revisited: Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) Talks with William Friedkin (The Devil and Father Amorth) for the Talkhouse Podcast (Part 2)