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A Strange Girl’s Path To Creating Strange and Beautiful Things

Krsy Fox traces her creative journey from horror fan to actress, rock musician and now prolific genre movie writer-director.

February 22, 2022

What I Learned Directing My First Studio Film

Emily Ting, director of the smash hit Netflix movie Tall Girl 2, breaks down her experience moving from indie to big-budget filmmaking.

February 17, 2022

Laughing and Crying

Director Kristian Mercado on the complicated, interconnected relationship between film, comedy and depression in his life.

February 8, 2022

From Punk Rock to Indie Horror, It’s DIY or Die

Whether playing guitar in the bands Bad Ash and Ashers or now making his debut feature Alone with You, Justin Brooks has kept the same ethos.

February 3, 2022

Imposter Syndrome or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Filmmaking

As a RADA-trained actress, Alone with You's Emily Bennett didn't fit in, but she's now found her place behind the camera.

February 3, 2022

Harry Melling Talks with Amanda Kramer on the Talkhouse Podcast

In-demand actor Melling talks with writer-director Kramer about their movie Please Baby Please, biopics, his love of dance, and much more.

What I Learned Working with Vilmos Szigmond (and on Hundreds of Big-Budget Commercials)

Writer-director Ray Giarratana, whose new film The Tiger Rising is out now, looks back on collaborating with the legendary cinematographer.

January 25, 2022

The Actress, the Wig and the Alligator

Writer-director Iuli Gerbase shares the story of that time when one of the leads in her latest film, The Pink Cloud, went a little crazy …

January 21, 2022

How Entering a Beauty Pageant Helped Me Make My Debut Feature

She Paradise writer-director Maya Cozier on how she used Miss Trinidad & Tobago as an unlikely launchpad for her film career.

December 13, 2021

Realer Than Reality

Small Time writer-director Niav Conty on a formative childhood double bill and the unreliable nature of memory.

November 24, 2021

Parenthood, Panic Attacks and Premiering at Sundance

I Was a Simple Man writer-director Christopher Makoto Yogi looks back on the past year, a time of huge change and transition for him.

November 18, 2021

How Spending My 18th Birthday Tied to a Chair Shaped Me as a Filmmaker

Allisyn Snyder traces her extremely eventful entertainment career, from child actor to Disney star to, finally, writer and director.

November 16, 2021