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Laughing and Crying

Director Kristian Mercado on the complicated, interconnected relationship between film, comedy and depression in his life.

February 8, 2022

How Now and Then Transformed Me into a Loyal Friend and a Better Listener

Laura Leigh Abby, whose new podcast Seventeen debuts today, on how the 1995 coming-of-age movie shaped her into who she is today.

February 7, 2022

Three Great Things: Patrick Wilson

The acclaimed actor, who's currently starring in the sci-fi blockbuster Moonfall, shares the most important things in his life right now.

February 4, 2022

From Punk Rock to Indie Horror, It’s DIY or Die

Whether playing guitar in the bands Bad Ash and Ashers or now making his debut feature Alone with You, Justin Brooks has kept the same ethos.

February 3, 2022

Imposter Syndrome or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Filmmaking

As a RADA-trained actress, Alone with You's Emily Bennett didn't fit in, but she's now found her place behind the camera.

February 3, 2022

Breaking Rules with Daisies

Writer-actor Ali Vingiano, who's now starring in The End of Us, on her deep love of Věra Chytilová’s feminist Czech New Wave classic.

February 2, 2022

In Afghanistan, Love Blossoms Against Violence

Elizabeth and Gulistan Mirzaei on how love flourished in the face of war, both in their film Three Songs for Benazir and in their own lives.

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar is the Reason I Will Find True Love or Die Alone

The Spirit Award-nominated writer-director-star of I Blame Society on the surprising way Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo’s gem affected her life.

January 31, 2022

Harry Melling Talks with Amanda Kramer on the Talkhouse Podcast

In-demand actor Melling talks with writer-director Kramer about their movie Please Baby Please, biopics, his love of dance, and much more.

Play It Again, Kim: Keeping Up with the Kardashians is the 21st Century’s Casablanca

Director Alex Thompson on why the maligned reality TV show has dominated his viewing and merits comparison with the great Hollywood classic.

January 26, 2022

What I Learned Working with Vilmos Szigmond (and on Hundreds of Big-Budget Commercials)

Writer-director Ray Giarratana, whose new film The Tiger Rising is out now, looks back on collaborating with the legendary cinematographer.

January 25, 2022

Best of 2021: Michel Franco on The Beatles: Get Back

The Mexican writer-director, whose new film Sundown hits theaters this Friday, on his favorite movie of the past year.

January 24, 2022