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Back to School

Writer-director Sabrina Jaglom on returning to her teenage years for her latest film, the high-school thriller JANE.

August 25, 2022

Mix Tape

Killian & the Comeback Kids writer-director-star Taylor A. Purdee on multiracial representation, both in front and behind the camera.

August 18, 2022

The Films That Shaped Me – and the Teenage Movie That Made Me a Director

Vincent Grashaw, whose new film, What Josiah Saw, is streaming now on Shudder, on ’90s classics and his WWII epic, The Shortest Straw.

August 16, 2022

The Wonder of Stories Hiding in Plain Sight

Paradise Highway writer-director Anna Gutto on making an audience-friendly film about a topic many people want to pretend doesn’t exist.

July 29, 2022

A Home From Away

Actor turned filmmaker Samuel Dunning on rediscovering his creative energy during lockdown, when he wrote his forthcoming film Canoe Dig It?

July 15, 2022

Madame Harris – C’est Moi

Anthony Fabian, director of the new film Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, on why he is drawn to stories of the underdog.

July 14, 2022

How I Translated My Emotions into a Meta Layer in My Movie

Musician turned filmmaker Mogli pulls back the curtain on the evocative companion film to her new album, Ravage.

June 22, 2022

Becoming Coach Shannon

Filmmaker Shannon Plumb on her experiences returning to her basketball roots to coach a middle school team.

June 21, 2022

What’s Going to Happen Next

The Righteous’ actor-writer-director Mark O’Brien on The Game, Rosemary’s Baby and uncertainty in life and in movies.

June 8, 2022

Film: To Imagine What is Possible

Since I Been Down director Gilda Sheppard on the way that creative imagination has shaped her distinctive approach to filmmaking.

June 2, 2022

How I Turned an Ancient Buddhist Parable into a Contemporary No-Budget Political Thriller

Filmmaker Dan Coplan on the making of his latest movie, 8 Winds, starring Robert Davi, which is now available to stream.

June 1, 2022

Discoveries While Editing a Microbudget: Inbetween Girl

Writer-director Mei Makino on the rites of passage she experienced while in post-production on her feature debut, which is out now on demand.

May 24, 2022