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How Eddie Izzard’s Dress to Kill Gave Me Hope as a Gender-Nonconforming Comic

Kelli Dunham, whose new comedy album Not the Gym Teacher is out now, on the comedy special that changed her life.

March 16, 2020

Facts Versus Truths: The Tensions of Telling a True Story

Writer-director Katharine O'Brien, whose debut feature Lost Transmissions opens today, on the challenges of making a film based on real life.

March 13, 2020

Three Great Things: Liz Garbus

The Oscar-nominated director of Lost Girls offers up three things that anchor her in a stressful and increasingly uncertain world.

March 13, 2020

Bipolar and In Love

Writer-director-star Aaron Fisher on how art imitates life in his debut feature, Inside the Rain.

March 11, 2020

Am I The Only One Who Loves … Grease 2?

Anna Roisman has a deep personal connection to the criminally overlooked sequel, despite it's slightly questionable sexual politics ...

March 10, 2020

The Uplifting Grace of Horror

Swallow’s writer-director Carlo Mirabella-Davis charts his journey from perpetually terrified child to maker of psychological horror movies.

Kelly Reichardt Talks with Olivier Assayas for the Talkhouse Podcast

Two of the great auteurs of world cinema sit down in conversation for the very first time.

March 5, 2020

How To Escape the Endings Trap (Maybe)

Twice Oscar-nominated screenwriter William Nicholson ponders the endings, Watchmen and his latest film as director, Hope Gap.

March 4, 2020

My Eating Disorder Story

While directing his debut feature, Saint Frances, Alex Thompson started to look differently at how he ate and exercised.

March 2, 2020

A Different Kind of Black Cinema

Premature’s Rashaad Ernesto Green on why telling a young black love story was a radical act.

February 28, 2020

Get Out of the Fuckin’ Office and See the World

Writer-director Andrew Heckler treats filmmaking like an investigative journalist, starting with his new movie Burden.

February 28, 2020

Maria Bamford Talks with Chris Gethard for the Talkhouse Podcast

The minds behind What's Your Ailment? and Career Suicide sit down for a chat about mental health, comedy and quitting showbiz.

February 27, 2020