Film
Uncovering My Real Self in My Debut Feature
Victoria Negri on the experience of growing up with a much older father, and how it informed her very personal directorial debut, Gold Star.
On That Lost Three-Hour Version Superman and the Curious Pleasures of TV Edits
Jim Hemphill shares his fondness for quirky small-screen cuts of big movies, and one of these that's finally been released for the first time.
Collaborating with Ghosts (and Werner Herzog)
Erik Nelson explains how his cinematic communing with the dead started with Grizzly Man, and continues with his new film, Gray State.
Sober Sunrises, and Other Tales of Making Maya Dardel
What happens when a poet and a novelist start making movies together?
What I Learned “Co-Directing” Ultra Warrior for Roger Corman
The director of Crash Pad goes back to his early days as an editor to reveal how "recycling" footage brought out his true creativity.
Negative Spaces: What I Left Out of The Confession Tapes, and Why
Kelly Loudenberg, the creator of Netflix's compelling new documentary series, writes about the moments she had to leave on the cutting room floor.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Foxes
LaBruce continues his alternative canon with Adrian Lyne's 1980 teen drama, which remarkably captures Jodie Foster coming of age.
Why BPM (Beats Per Minute) is the Film 2017 Needed
Adam Baran is energized by the French drama about AIDS activists, and offers up a list of ways those similarly inspired can get involved.
The Time I Thought I Had Died and Was in Hell, and How I Came Back
Writer-director Camille Thoman on a pivotal period of her life that informs her debut feature, Never Here.
So It Turns Out Happy Death Day is Pretty Much a Masterpiece
Jim Hemphill is surprised to find the latest Blumhouse joint is legitimately great, and wonders if a golden age of horror is imminent.
[to tell other people’s stories]
Zia Anger gives her personal take on the controversy surrounding David France and his film The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson.
What I Learned Making a Film about a Clinic for Undocumented Immigrants
Maxim Pozdorovkin breaks down the lessons of his documentary, Clinica de Migrantes.
