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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.

March 5, 2025

Sex and the Movies

Writer-director Jane Weinstock, whose new movie Three Birthdays is out now, explores the depiction of sexuality on screen.

February 27, 2025

The Chemistry of Connection

Writer, director and actor Michael Polish, whose new movie Alarum is out now, on the ineffable magic of creative collaboration.

February 21, 2025

Dennis Cooper Will Not Direct the Next Marvel Movie

Writer and filmmaker Lily Lady chats with living legend Dennis Cooper about his forthcoming film, Room Temperature.

February 18, 2025

Sometimes You Can Jump From a 10-Story Building and Land in a Thimble

Filmmaker Max Rissman, whose supernatural drama Upon Waking is out tomorrow, on the innumerable challenges one has to overcome on a film.

February 13, 2025

On Losing It All and Gaining Back My Voice

Veteran producer Summer Shelton details her intimate journey making her debut feature as actor-writer-director, the romantic drama You & I

January 22, 2025

Revisited: Neurodiversity is the Fucking Coolest Thing in the World

Director Amber Sealey on OCD, ADHD and the personal growth she achieved making her new movie, Out of My Mind, now streaming on Disney+.

January 15, 2025

Revisited: Filmmaking and Fatherhood: Five Years Later

Writer-director Joel Potrykus, whose film Vulcanizadora premiered at Tribeca 2024, on life with his son, Solo.

January 14, 2025

From “Interesting Enough” Actors to Extremely Unique Filmmakers

Harrison Xu and Ivan Leung on the experience of the taking massive creative leap of making their debut feature Extremely Unique Dynamic.

Revisited: The Process

My First Film director (and new mother) Zia Anger on what it takes to make something and usher it into the world.

January 3, 2025

Neurodiversity is the Fucking Coolest Thing in the World

Director Amber Sealey on OCD, ADHD and the personal growth she achieved making her new movie, Out of My Mind, now streaming on Disney+.

December 11, 2024

How Stunt Work Prepared Me for Directing

Writer-director Kelsey Egan, whose new thriller The Fix is out today, on what she learned about filmmaking from her time as a stuntperson.

November 22, 2024