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Deborah Goodwin

Revisited: My Dad Was One Battle After Another

Filmmaker Deborah Goodwin on the resonant parallels between her own family life and Paul Thomas Anderson's latest movie.

December 29, 2025

My Dad Was One Battle After Another

Filmmaker Deborah Goodwin on the resonant parallels between her own family life and Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie.

October 23, 2025

On Weapons and Trumpism

Filmmaker Deborah Goodwin explores the parallels between Zach Cregger's new box-office hit and what's happening politically in the U.S.

August 26, 2025

The Little People

Writer-director Deborah Goodwin looks back to her childhood as she tries to make sense of the current political moment.

December 13, 2024

Moneyball, AI and the Future of the Old Playbook?

Writer-director Deborah Goodwin looks at what Bennett Miller's 2011 sports drama can tell us about the current WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.

August 18, 2023

How Severance Perfectly Parallels the Absurd Speakership Debacle

Filmmaker Deborah Goodwin unpacks the uncanny echoes of TV’s best show she found in Kevin McCarthy’s bumbling bid for power.

January 12, 2023

On Black Storytelling and Why Hollywood Must Irrevocably Change

Deborah Goodwin looks back on her personal experiences as a Black filmmaker and calls for a systemic transformation of the film industry.

June 22, 2020