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Three Great Things: Nina Conti

The ventriloquist turned actor-director, whose new film Sunlight opens tomorrow, shares a trio of personal favorites.

June 5, 2025

Devil in a Wig

Actor-writer-director Callie Hernandez takes us on a journey that starts with her love of Jonathan Glazer's banned commercial for Flake ...

May 30, 2025

I Was So Excited to See the New Final Destination Movie, I Didn’t Even Wash My Hands After Peeing

For writer and filmmaker Lily Lady, going to see the latest installment in the horror franchise was an experience that did not disappoint.

May 28, 2025

How Filmmaking Became My Escape from Intimacy

Director and cinematographer Jon Bregel on creative burnout and rethinking how to make filmmaking play a truly positive role in his life.

May 22, 2025

I Made a Movie for an Industry That Didn’t Want It

Writer-director Vincent D’Alessandro on the challenges he faced finding a home in the world for his debut feature, Bottom Feeders.

The Secret Soundtrack to My Debut Feature

Writer-director-actor Max Talisman shares a definitive mixtape of the love songs that shaped his film Things Like This, which opens today.

May 16, 2025

Three Great Things: Paul Banks

The Interpol frontman, who scored the new Indian dark comedy Sister Midnight (which is in theaters tomorrow), shares a trio of favorites.

May 15, 2025

Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That: Lili Taylor

The beloved actor and avian ambassador opens up about her new book, Turning to Birds, and dives deep into some of life's big questions.

Seeing Myself in Egghead & Twinkie

Writer-director Sarah Kambe Holland on the different aspects of her hilarious debut feature that resonate with her own real-life experiences.

The Impossibility of Promoting a Movie During a Genocide

Palestinian-German writer-director Lexi Alexander on the difficulties of releasing her new feature Absolute Dominion at this moment in time.

May 9, 2025

Interracial Relationships, Soap Operas and Me

Former soap writer Alina Adams looks at the (previously?) controversial topic of interracial love, both on screen and in her own life.

May 8, 2025

Throuples, Trauma and Taboos: Healing Through Art with My Debut Feature

Writer-director Sarah Jayne Brown on the messy, uncomfortable process of writing Unicorn’s Dilemma, now crowdfunding on Indiegogo.