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As a Disabled Filmmaker, I Don’t Owe You Radical Transparency

Sundance winner Reid Davenport, whose new doc Life After opens today, on the often-gruelling experience of engaging with the public.

July 18, 2025

My Secret Past as Harpo Marx and Jeff Spicoli

Filmmaker Julia Marchese on her previous incarnations as one of the great screen mimes and Sean Penn's iconic stoner dude.

July 16, 2025

The Creative Process: A Visual Essay

Filmmaker Lilian T. Mehrel offers a glimpse into the creative process behind her debut feature Honeyjoon, which premiered at Tribeca 2025.

July 10, 2025

How to Rent out a Theater Without Breaking the Bank

Writer and filmmaker Lily Lady on "peppers," Fried Green Tomatoes and a new way of helping cinemas stay alive.

July 8, 2025

The Down and the Fortress of Numbness

Writer-director Tzvi shares the two letters he wrote to his cast and crew during the making of his upcoming second feature, The Down.

July 3, 2025

Three Great Things: Alex Ross Perry

The NYC indie stalwart, whose new documentary Videoheaven opens tomorrow, on cycling, tourism and baking pizzas with his daughter.

July 1, 2025

Swimming with the Alligators

Writer-director-star Uttera Singh allows herself a few tangents as she tells the story of how her debut feature, Pinch, came to be.

June 26, 2025

Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That: Terence Nance

The brilliant filmmaker, artist and musician opens up about pain, religion, A.I., capitalism, and the legacy of creative disappointment.

Long Live the Werewolf!

Or how filmmaker Onur Tukel pushed back against the impending singularity by adapting his lycanthrope screenplay Run Werewolf Run into a novel.

June 24, 2025

Kanye West, Shia LaBeouf and What Happens When We Stop Talking About the Art

Producer Greg Stewart takes a clear-eyed look at the current trend of shunning "difficult" art and the problems that stem from that.

June 19, 2025

Personal Exposure

Karla Murthy shares the experience of turning the camera on herself and her family in her latest feature, The Gas Station Attendant.

June 17, 2025

You Think You Know the Story

Emerging filmmaker Zyortza on the immigrant narrative of her timely, L.A.-set short film I Don't Even Skate.

June 13, 2025