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Tag: Directing

How Editing My Film Blue Sun Palace Changed the Way I See Myself

Film
By Constance Tsang | April 25, 2025
By Constance Tsang | April 25, 2025

How Editing My Film Blue Sun Palace Changed the Way I See Myself

Writer-director Constance Tsang on the transformative process of making her Cannes hit Blue Sun Palace, which is in theaters now.

What I Talk About When I Talk About Directing

Film
By Michael Tyburski | April 15, 2025
By Michael Tyburski | April 15, 2025

What I Talk About When I Talk About Directing

Michael Tyburski, whose new film Turn Me On is now out, on the role that running has played in his creative and personal lives.

How We Made Gazer

Film
By Ryan J. Sloan and Ariella Mastroianni | April 8, 2025
By Ryan J. Sloan and Ariella Mastroianni | April 8, 2025

How We Made Gazer

Creative collaborators Ryan J. Sloan and Ariella Mastroianni pull back the curtain on their Cannes hit, which is now in theaters.

The Lens is Never Neutral: How to Shoot a Crime Scene

Film
By Ami Canaan Mann | March 28, 2025
By Ami Canaan Mann | March 28, 2025

The Lens is Never Neutral: How to Shoot a Crime Scene

Ami Canaan Mann, whose new film Audrey’s Children is out now, looks back on her time researching her 2011 film Texas Killing Fields.

Steaming Up the Screen: On “Good Kissing” and the Need for Intimacy Coordinators

Film
By Aimee Kuge | March 25, 2025
By Aimee Kuge | March 25, 2025

Steaming Up the Screen: On “Good Kissing” and the Need for Intimacy Coordinators

Writer-director Aimee Kuge, whose new film Cannibal Mukbang is out today, on how to (safely) bring heat to the big screen.

You Can Be Whatever You Want To Be

Film
By Jhett Tolentino | March 21, 2025
By Jhett Tolentino | March 21, 2025

You Can Be Whatever You Want To Be

Tony and Grammy winner Jhett Tolentino shares his inspiring journey to directing his first film, Asian Persuasion, out now in theaters.

On Luna, Dilly and Milly

Film
By Ben Petrie | March 20, 2025
By Ben Petrie | March 20, 2025

On Luna, Dilly and Milly

The Heirloom’s writer-director-star Ben Petrie on how making a movie about his new dog revealed much more about himself than he’d expected.

Six Strangers I Couldn’t Have Made My Movie Without

Film
By GG Hawkins | March 7, 2025
By GG Hawkins | March 7, 2025

Six Strangers I Couldn’t Have Made My Movie Without

For writer-director GG Hawkins, her SXSW-premiering debut feature I Really Love My Husband hung on the generosity of others.

Salome and My Seven Veils of Illusion

Film
By Atom Egoyan | March 6, 2025
By Atom Egoyan | March 6, 2025

Salome and My Seven Veils of Illusion

Legendary director Atom Egoyan on his long history with the story of Salome, which is the focus of his new feature, Seven Veils.

How Disability Activism Was a Catalyst for My Film Career

Film
By Daisy Friedman | March 5, 2025
By Daisy Friedman | March 5, 2025

How Disability Activism Was a Catalyst for My Film Career

Unholy writer-director Daisy Friedman on how attending a UCLA disability rights sit-in set the course for her focus as a filmmaker.

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