Film
What I Saw at the Pictures
Novelist Russell Banks looks back on the first time he watched Truffaut's The 400 Blows, which he will be introducing in NYC this weekend.
WeTalk — Exposing the Truth: Documentaries that Dig Below the Surface
Ondi Timoner's WeTalk heads to the Sundance Film Festival for a discussion on how governments and corporations use and collect our online data.
How to Not Feel Like a Failure in the Film Industry
True Blue's writer-director does some frank career self-assessment and envisions a system that is interdependent, not "indie."
Movies With My Mom: Bohemian Rhapsody
In this new column, Miller Costanzo lets her mother pick the movie they are going to watch, despite their very different tastes ...
Second Screen: FBI is Procedural TV Done Right
Jim Hemphill admires the latest addition to the small-screen realm of Law & Order creator Dick Wolf.
Stephen Merchant on How Being Tall and Having a Funny Father Made Him a Comedian
Fighting with My Family's writer-director Stephen Merchant traces the roots of his comedy career back to a childhood full of laughter.
WeTalk — Art For Social Change Through Women’s Empowerment
At Art Basel in Miami, Ondi Timoner sparks a conversation on how various artistic platforms can shape the way our society views minority groups.
How Fatherhood Changed Me as a Horror Director
Darren Lynn Bousman, whose new film St. Agatha is in theaters now, on how his son Henry altered his perspective on life and art.
All I Really Wanted To Do Was Direct
In the 1980s, Patrick's Mandie Fletcher became the sole female comedy director at the BBC. Here she shares some of her journey.
How a Lost Classic Helped My Film About Death Come to Life
To Dust's Shawn Snyder on how the serendipitous discovery of the 1937 film The Dybbuk had a transformative effect on his new movie.
Jon Cryer Talks with Ben Lee for the Talkhouse Podcast
The Two and a Half Men actor joins singer-songwriter Lee at his house for a chat about musicals, fame, failure, Twitter activism and more.
Revisited: Southern Discomfort, Or What I Learned About Queerness and Telling Other People’s Stories
The director of The Gospel of Eureka on his experiences making (and then screening) a documentary short about an LGBT haven in the Bible Belt.











