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The Ultimate Game of Trust

Leslie Zemeckis draws parallels between her discipline as a documentarian and the work of her latest subject, tiger tamer Mabel Stark.

March 23, 2018

How I Made a Feature Film About Rape in Just Nine Shots

Tunisian writer-director Kaouther Ben Hania on the intricate and exhausting process of making her new movie, Beauty and the Dogs.

March 20, 2018

Second Screen: The Next Great Action Director is Working in TV – and She’s a Woman

Jim Hemphill spotlights a director whose standout talents show she's clearly ready to make the leap to the big screen.

March 19, 2018

On Falling Asleep at the Movies

Director Lou Pepe on the phenomenon of cinematic narcolepsy and why the very best films lull us into a dream state.

March 15, 2018

What One (Bad) Review of My Movie Taught Me About Myself

Sophie Brooks, writer-director of The Boy Downstairs, on dealing with a particular kind of negative criticism, and the lesson she took from it.

March 14, 2018

You Hate Me, You Really Hate Me

Actress Nadia Alexander on the violent reactions some viewers have had to the complex antiheroes she's played – and what she's done in response.

March 13, 2018

How Making a Movie Saved My Life

Recovering sex and love addict Charlene deGuzman on the transformative effect her SXSW-premiering film Unlovable had on her.

March 8, 2018

How American Vandal Saved Noël Wells’ Life

The writer-director-star of Mr. Roosevelt on the current state of comedy, and the redemptive awesomeness of Netflix's true-crime mockumentary.

March 7, 2018

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Man on a Swing

LaBruce on Frank Perry’s unsettling cat-and-mouse neo-noir, and its parallels with another underseen gem, Séance on a Wet Afternoon.

March 6, 2018

I Went to Black Panther With My Son, and Saw the Future

Shannon Plumb on the world now, and the world that can be glimpsed in Ryan Coogler's paradigm-shifting box-office behemoth.

March 2, 2018

Tom Kalin, Eliza Hittman, Reinaldo Marcus Green and Kirsten Johnson Talk the Oscars on the Talkhouse Podcast

The filmmakers behind Beach Rats, Cameraperson, Savage Grace and Monsters and Men dive deep into the Academy Awards.

Scared, Angry White Men

Ted Geoghegan on his new film Mohawk, a thriller about America's ugly past and the proto-Trump supporters who shaped the country.

February 27, 2018