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How Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler’s Murder Mystery Solved the Case of the Uncomfortable Imposter!

Before You Know It's writer-director-star Hannah Pearl Utt on how the Netflix comedy saved her at a moment of existential and creative crisis.

August 29, 2019

How a New-Age Sex Therapist From a Banned Cult Turned My Filmmaking Dreams Into a Nightmare

Perception writer-director Ilana Rein shares the wild tale of her darkest moments in the "hope-industrial complex" of the indie film world.

August 28, 2019

Why Making Documentaries is an Act of Resistance

What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? director Roberto Minervini on the profound importance of nonfiction filmmaking, now more than ever.

August 27, 2019

A Not Very Funny Story About My Mother and the 1998 Movie The Godson

Ahead of his Off-Broadway show, Kids in the Hall's Kevin McDonald shares a poignant tale from his past.

August 23, 2019

Lulu Wang Talks with Ruben Östlund for the Talkhouse Podcast

The writer-directors of The Farewell and The Square have an enthralling, continent-spanning conversation.

August 22, 2019

Corvette Summer, A Hidden Gem of New Hollywood

Jim Hemphill celebrates the Blu-ray release of the 1978 film from the unheralded partnership of Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins.

August 21, 2019

Ratchet TV: Aziz Ansari: Right Now

Shamir takes a closer look at the controversial new stand up special and the advent of "apology culture."

August 21, 2019

Am I The Only One Who Loves … Second Act?

In her new column for Talkhouse, Anna Roisman kicks off a passionate defense of unappreciated movies with this 2018 J.Lo gem.

August 19, 2019

Four Stories About Alexander Sokurov

Documentarian Victor Kossakovsky dedicated his new film Aquarela to Russian cinematic great Sokurov. Here he explains why.

August 16, 2019

A Father-Son Story

For A Score to Settle director Shawn Ku, the themes of his films connect deeply to his own relationship with his father.

August 14, 2019

I Loved D.A. Pennebaker

Caveh Zahedi looks back on his friendship with the all-time great documentary filmmaker, who passed away last week.

August 12, 2019

The Rest of the Story

For a long time, Brian Falduto was “the gay kid from School of Rock,” but now he’s happily writing new, exciting chapters of his life.

August 9, 2019