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Postcards From Hollywood: Cherry Blossoms

The Blackout director Daniela De Carlo’s series of short essays on her early days in Los Angeles starts with how Nora Ephron changed her life.

July 29, 2021

Three Great Things: Avan Jogia

The actor, musician, writer and director, whose new comedy The Exchange is out this week, on a trio of works that have excited him creatively.

July 27, 2021

“A Universe in a Grain of Sand”: Reflections on Making Echoes of the Invisible

Steve Elkins on some of the remarkable people who didn’t make the final cut of his expansive new documentary, and the themes that underpin the film.

July 26, 2021

Buddies, Break-Ups and the Pitfalls of Autobiographical Screenwriting

Writer-director Linas Phillips, who’s currently crowdfunding his next film, Take Two, on drawing for real life for his movies.

July 22, 2021

The Redemptive Genius of Jackass

The Republic of Sarah creator Jeffrey Paul King on the show he always turns to for inspiration in times of difficulty and doubt.

July 21, 2021

Designing Steve

Wyatt Rockefeller on how creature builders, puppeteers and VFX artists brought Steve the robot to life in his debut feature, Settlers.

July 20, 2021

Fall and Rise

River writer-director Emily Skye on what happened when her dream film project suddenly fell apart in pre-production five years ago.

July 16, 2021

The Time in Between

Documentary filmmaker Derek Doneen, whose new series Heist hits Netflix today, on the off-camera moments that linger long in the memory.

July 14, 2021

Start With One Face, End With Another: How Uncertainty in Art Quells Uncertainty in Life

Filmmaker Michelle Memran on how she used making art with watercolor pencils as a form of therapy, from her cancer diagnosis through the pandemic.

July 13, 2021

666 Lessons I Learned from The Devil Wears Prada

In honor of the film’s 15th anniversary, Anna Roisman looks at the wisdom that can be gleaned from this Anne Hathaway classic.

July 12, 2021

Blood and Movies

For writer-director Jonathan Cuartas, family is at the very heart of his new film, My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To.

July 8, 2021

Three Great Things: Lou Taylor Pucci

The actor, who's currently starring in Physical, on the best life has to offer, including his personal adventuring highlights!

July 7, 2021