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As a Doctor and Screenwriter, I Found Purpose. With My New Film, I Am Finally Myself.

Roshan Sethi, an oncologist and co-creator of TV’s The Resident, on love, happiness and his debut feature as writer-director, 7 Days.

March 29, 2022

How the Elevator of Blood from The Shining and a Breakup Inspired My Film Superior

Erin Vassilopoulos, whose debut feature Superior opens at BAM today, on the forces that shaped her short film of the same name.

March 25, 2022

The Other F-Word

Documentary filmmaker Patrick Forbes on the central role that fear has played in shaping his work over the years.

March 24, 2022

25 Memories From Selena In Honor of Its 25th Anniversary

A quarter century after Selena's release, Anna Roisman celebrates just some of the many things she loves about this classic biopic.

March 22, 2022

How My Local Comic-Book Shop Led Me to My Debut Feature

Director Rob Schroeder on the role the Secret Headquarters, his favorite haunt in Los Angeles, played in shaping his new film, Ultrasound.

March 18, 2022

Taika, Trump, Putin and Me

Russian-born writer-director Wes Hurley on the myriad struggles of making his autobiographical epic, Potato Dreams of America.

March 17, 2022

That Time I Got Caught Stealing a VHS Copy of Basic Instinct When I Was 12

On the 30th anniversary of this classic erotic thriller, actor-writer-director Ryan Spahn shares how the movie drove him to a life of crime.

March 16, 2022

Why Lucy Matters to Me

To mark the release of Amy Poehler’s new doc Lucy and Desi, Shannon Plumb shares her deep love of Lucille Ball and how she changed the world.

March 15, 2022

On Sadness

Julia Cho, who co-wrote the new Pixar movie Turning Red, reflects on how lingering melancholy has colored her life and work.

March 11, 2022

Visions in the Night

To coincide with a major retrospective of her work, Nina Menkes revisits a manifesto she wrote a decade ago, looking at it now with fresh eyes.

March 9, 2022

How I Healed From an Eating Disorder with My Mind (and Body and Spirit)

Writer-actress Kelly Murtagh on the deep, personal journey she took making her new film, Shapeless, out now on VOD.

March 8, 2022

A Perfect Day with Mick Rock

As his short film about photographer Mick Rock, David Bowie Is, plays at Nitehawk Shorts Fest, Dave Horowitz remembers his late subject.

March 3, 2022