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We Become the Stories We Tell Ourselves

Writer-director Jessie Barr on the personal story of death, grief and family that underpins her debut feature, Sophie Jones.

March 16, 2021

“Real is a Thing That Happens to You”

Filmmaker Christina Kallas talks with her friend and former student Alexander Nanau, director of the double Oscar nominee Collective.

March 15, 2021

Three Great Things: Derek DelGaudio

The man behind the remarkable show and film In & Of Itself shares some of the things that have made his life richer.

March 12, 2021

What You (Can’t) Say

Director Brielle Brilliant on the very particular backstory of their new film Firstness, and what that word means to them.

March 11, 2021

Why I’m Fascinated by Institutional Corruption

Acclaimed writer-director Nicholas Jarecki on why his debut, Arbitrage, and new film Crisis both focus on societal systems in collapse.

March 10, 2021

Redefining the Meaning of Success

Sarah Sherman ponders concepts of art and achievement after she and her brother Zach co-directed their debut feature, Young Hearts.

March 9, 2021

Cinephile with Mark Borchardt: Gus Van Sant and Alessandro Michele’s Ouverture of Something That Never Ended

Mark Borchardt takes a look at the Gus x Gucci collaboration that brings together high cinema and haute couture.

March 8, 2021

The Road to Triumph: Civil Rights and Marjoun and the Flying Headscarf

As Marjoun and the Flying Headscarf vies for Oscar contention, director Susan Youssef charts how Islamophobia has impacted her creative career.

March 5, 2021

The Puppy with the One Blue Eye: A Documentary Filmmaker’s Dilemma

Elizabeth Lo, whose debut documentary feature Stray is out tomorrow, on the most difficult situation she faced making the film.

March 4, 2021

Dangerous Business: On Loving Elaine May and Ishtar

Canadian filmmaker Mark Cira traces his long, complicated relationship with May's famously derided comedy back to his anarchist teen years.

March 3, 2021

Of Duct Tape, Dreams and a Guy in Walpole

Dante Bellini, director of Ken Burns: Here & There, on how the documentary icon helped him make a late-career leap to filmmaking.

March 2, 2021

The Girls of Kaali Khuhi

When writer-director Terrie Samundra made her feature debut, she ignored the age-old adage about not working with children and animals ...

March 1, 2021