Live Live Live
By Jessie Barr | July 3, 2024
By Jessie Barr | July 3, 2024
Live Live Live
Filmmaker Jessie Barr shares her cancer story, which is the focus of her upcoming gallery show in Los Angeles next week.
Tag: cancer
How Kid Rock and a Cancer Scare Created My New Film, Chop & Steele
By Ben Steinbauer | April 18, 2023
By Ben Steinbauer | April 18, 2023
How Kid Rock and a Cancer Scare Created My New Film, Chop & Steele
Winnebago Man director Ben Steinbauer on the dramatic and unusual circumstances that led to him making his sophomore feature.
How a Brush With Death Made Me an Even Bigger Horror Fan
By Kimberley Elizabeth | October 27, 2022
By Kimberley Elizabeth | October 27, 2022
How a Brush With Death Made Me an Even Bigger Horror Fan
Kimberley Elizabeth, one of the directors of the new horror anthology movie Sinphony, on her origin story as a genre filmmaker.
Start With One Face, End With Another: How Uncertainty in Art Quells Uncertainty in Life
By Michelle Memran | July 13, 2021
By Michelle Memran | July 13, 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.
For the Fun of It: A Conversation with Kate Bornstein and Eli Oberman
By Eli Oberman | December 3, 2019
By Eli Oberman | December 3, 2019
For the Fun of It: A Conversation with Kate Bornstein and Eli Oberman
The friends discuss mental health, “The Queer Art of Failure,” and the fun of exploring gender.
The Simulation Presents Itself
By David Guy Levy | December 2, 2019
By David Guy Levy | December 2, 2019
The Simulation Presents Itself
How a moment of personal crisis ignited David Guy Levy’s need to make his new film, The Mandela Effect.
My Cancer Vendetta, or The Long Road to Making Cancer Rebellion
By Hernan Barangan | May 28, 2019
By Hernan Barangan | May 28, 2019
My Cancer Vendetta, or The Long Road to Making Cancer Rebellion
Filmmaker and leukemia survivor Hernan Barangan charts the journey that led him to making his documentary feature debut.
How I Survived Cancer and Finishing a 15-Year Documentary
By Michelle Memran | April 1, 2019
By Michelle Memran | April 1, 2019
How I Survived Cancer and Finishing a 15-Year Documentary
Michelle Memran on the lengthy and arduous journey she took to complete The Rest I Make Up, her film about playwright María Irene Fornés.
Watching and Waiting
By Ella Vos | January 24, 2019
Watching and Waiting
"Better question is, why do I need an excuse for my fear? Why can’t I accept that I’m terrified and that’s a normal feeling? Cancer is scary."
Cancer Face
By John Carroll Lynch | September 27, 2017
By John Carroll Lynch | September 27, 2017
Cancer Face
Lucky director John Carroll Lynch on a moment (and an expression) that changed the course of his life.