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How the 1960s Protest Movements Shaped Me as a Filmmaker

For Deborah Shaffer, director of the new doc Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack, the political has always been personal.

November 13, 2020

Three Great Things: Fortune Feimster

Comedian and actor Fortune Feimster, who stars in the new film Chick Fight, on her love of Carol Burnett, espresso and her dog Biggie.

November 12, 2020

A World Below the Brine

Hasan Oswald shares the compelling story of how he came to make his Slamdance Grand Jury-winning doc Higher Love, out now on digital.

November 11, 2020

I Guess a 30-Year-Old Beastie Boys Record Is My Best Friend Now?

Writer and comedian Josh Gondelman on his deep love of Paul's Boutique, an NYC album that has added resonance during the pandemic.

November 10, 2020

Love You, Mum and Dad

Spell director Mark Tonderai looks back on his dramatic childhood in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and how it shaped him as an artist.

November 9, 2020

How the Clash’s Mick Jones Made My Rock & Roll Dream Come True

Making his new film, 18 to Party, writer-director Jeff Roda discovered that sometimes you should meet your heroes, after all.

November 6, 2020

Cinephile with Mark Borchardt: Possessor

The director of Coven continues his quickfire film-review series by turning his attention to Brandon Cronenberg's unsettling new horror movie.

November 5, 2020

What I Learned Working with Terrence Malick

Henry Butash reflects on how his time on three films by the master affected his own directorial debut, The Atlantic City Story.

November 5, 2020

Death, Rebirth and My Personal Journey with My Name is Pedro

Lillian LaSalle, director of the new documentary My Name is Pedro, on her challenging, emotional experiences during the pandemic.

November 4, 2020

We’re Taking the Day Off To Vote: Here’s Why Voting Is Important, In the Words of Talkhouse Contributors

Your vote could be incredibly vital in closing the book on this monstrous, authoritarian era of American politics.

November 3, 2020

No Brainin’, No Thinkin’, Just Fun and Some Stunts

Director John Stewart on his criminally overlooked stunt-filled thriller Action U.S.A., which is newly re-released in 4K.

November 2, 2020

Horrors Far Beyond Mere Violence: On Schalcken the Painter

Writer-director Graham Swon shines a light on Leslie Megahey's vastly underseen "indirect horror" movie, a lost BBC gem from 1979.

October 29, 2020