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You Can Take a Nap, I Promise

Screenwriter Nakia Stephens reflects on how she’s learning to release the shackles of productivity by leaning into purpose.

October 12, 2020

Three Great Things: Craig Roberts

The writer-director of Eternal Beauty, out now on digital and on demand, on some of the films and music that had the biggest impact on him.

October 9, 2020

Invisible Hands

Tom Gilroy examines the influence of Mike Leigh, Ken Loach and Tsai Ming-liang on his new short film, #WaynesvilleStrong.

October 7, 2020

Three Great Things: Kodi Smit-McPhee

The multi-talented Australian actor, currently starring in 2067, on his love of Be Here Now, the creative process and the Tesla Model X.

October 6, 2020

“So, What Did We Learn?”

Writer-director Brian Duffield on making Spontaneous for three years in three countries for multiple owners before a pandemic.

October 5, 2020

Just For a Minute, Let’s Talk About Yahoo Serious

The writer-directors of Save Yourselves! begin their campaign to get the comedies of Yahoo Serious into the Criterion Collection.

Three Great Things: Aya Cash

The star of You're the Worst and the new horror film Scare Me shares some of the things that make her life better and more meaningful.

October 1, 2020

The Multi-Hyphenate Curse

Brea Grant, whose new film 12 Hour Shift is out this week, talks with Kit Williamson about their transition from actors to writer-directors.

September 29, 2020

Why a Lawyer Wrote a Movie

Jay Paul Deratany, a working attorney who wrote and produced the new film Foster Boy, on his duty to share the stories of foster youth.

September 28, 2020

Mental Illness Took An Interest in Me

Director Luke Eve on the backstory to his new film, I Met a Girl, the latest in a series of projects focused on mental health.

September 25, 2020

Texas and the Lost Girls

The director of All Roads to Pearla recalls and shares images from a human trafficking raid in Houston that he covered as a photojournalist.

September 24, 2020

How I Rediscovered My Inner Teen at 40

For director Anna Mastro, making Secret Society of Second-Born Royals connected her back to her adolescence – and her true superpower.

September 23, 2020