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“Why Are You Making a Film About Dick Gregory?”

Andre Gaines grapples with what drove him to direct his documentary about the iconic comedian and activist, which is now airing on Showtime.

August 3, 2021

Three Great Things: Alec Utgoff

The Stranger Things actor, currently starring in the social satire Never Gonna Snow Again, on the activities that keep him sane.

August 2, 2021

Three Great Things: Jena Malone

The actress and singer, whose new movie Lorelei opens today, on some of the things that matter most to her.

July 30, 2021

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