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Hair Hopper For Life

Filmmaker Julia Marchese on two crowd-pleasers from 1988 that make an irresistible double bill: The In Crowd and Hairspray.

August 6, 2025

Please Don’t Ask Me That: Kelsey Taylor Interviews Herself

As her debut feature To Kill a Wolf hits theaters, writer-director Kelsey Taylor comes face to face with her harshest critic ...

August 1, 2025

Revisited: The Summer I Wanted to Be American

Canadian writer-director Philippe Lesage, whose new film Who By Fire came out earlier this year, looks back on a simpler time.

August 1, 2025

Revisited: 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.

July 30, 2025

Revisited: Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Last Summer

LaBruce extols the virtues of Frank and Eleanor Perry’s shocking coming-of-age drama that captures the loss of innocence of the late 1960s.

July 28, 2025

Shadow Work: From Once Were Warriors to Angela’s Shadow

Writer-director Jules Arita Koostachin on the profound impact Lee Tamahori's 1994 film had on her and her new film, Angela's Shadow.

Revisited: How I Made Summer Night — Even Though the Money Fell Through a Week Into Shooting

Actor Joseph Cross on how he fulfilled a childhood ambition by directing his first movie, thanks to a crew who went above and beyond.

July 25, 2025

Revisited: Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Onur Tukel’s Summer of Blood

It's all blood and fear and a lot of laughs as a schlubby Brooklyn loser gets his teeth into life after an encounter with a vampire.

July 24, 2025

Video Premiere: Samuel Habib’s My Inclusive Life

As his new feature, The Ride Ahead, premieres today on POV, Samuel Habib shares a personal video essay on his backstory.

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