Directing
Back to School
Writer-director Sabrina Jaglom on returning to her teenage years for her latest film, the high-school thriller JANE.
Mix Tape
Killian & the Comeback Kids writer-director-star Taylor A. Purdee on multiracial representation, both in front and behind the camera.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Becoming Coach Shannon
Filmmaker Shannon Plumb on her experiences returning to her basketball roots to coach a middle school team.
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.
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.
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.
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.











