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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

Don’t Look Now, or My Struggles with Autobiographical Filmmaking

Dramarama writer-director Jonathan Wysocki on the perils and pitfalls of making work that draws from one’s own life.

September 16, 2020

That Roller Coaster Day Directing Goldie Hawn

Legendary director John Badham, who has a new edition of his book On Directing out now, shares a favorite filmmaking story.

September 9, 2020

This Film is a Labyrinth

Writer-director-actor Frank Mosley on the 10-year odyssey of making his ever-evolving film project Her Wilderness, which is now online.

August 31, 2020

Through the Side Door

The Blech Effect director David Greenwald on his unconventional path in filmmaking, and the critical role Jonathan Demme played in his success.

August 28, 2020

Life v2.0

Director MJ Bassett, whose new film Rogue is out tomorrow, on her experiences after coming out as transgender in 2017.

August 27, 2020

On Control

Age-positive adult film performer and director Morgana Muses, subject of the new documentary Morgana, on BDSM and her midlife transformation.

August 25, 2020

Home Movies

Writer-director Richard Tanne looks back on the first short film he made in high school, and how it connects to his new movie, Chemical Hearts.

August 21, 2020

Darren Aronofsky Talks with Alejandro Jodorowsky (Psychomagic: A Healing Art) for the Talkhouse Podcast

From NYC and Paris, two of the finest filmmakers alive reunite to talk Psychomagic: A Healing Art, the pandemic, art, philosophy and much more.

August 20, 2020

Adventures of a Location Manager: From Spider-Man 3 and The Wolf of Wall Street to The Beach House

Jeffrey A. Brown on his long and colorful journey from locations work to directing his first feature, which is out now on Shudder.

August 13, 2020

The Way Forward: James D’Arcy Didn’t Finish His Pandemic Movie, But is Now Back Shooting in Rome

The writer-director of Made in Italy, out now in theaters and on digital, on life during and after lockdown.

August 10, 2020

Opera in the Age of Coronavirus

Legendary director Atom Egoyan, whose new film Guest of Honour is out now, ponders the uncertain future of the other art form he works in.

August 5, 2020