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Revisited: Sex and the Movies

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

December 25, 2025

Some Holiday Spirit: On Film and Chosen Families

Haroula Rose offers up an outtake reel from her new film All Happy Families, and ponders how movies have helped her find her chosen family.

December 23, 2025

I Put All My Best Ideas into the Movie Itself, So Don’t Expect Much From This Essay

Rachel Wolther, whose new film The French Italian is now streaming, shares the very best (remaining) material she has about her movie!

November 4, 2025

I Went to Film a Parrot. I Discovered a New Language.

Veteran documentary producer Amy Herdy on the epiphanies she had making her directorial debut, Parrot Kindergarten.

October 28, 2025

On Losing My Father and My New Film, Köln 75

Ido Fluk on the bittersweet way in which his new film Köln 75, in theaters today, had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.

October 17, 2025

Reliving History for Vindication Swim

Filmmaker Elliott Hasler on the amazing dedication it took from many people to make his historical biopic Vindication Swim.

October 16, 2025

Left Swipe, Right Script: How a Dating App Mishap Became a Film

Writer-director-actors Delilah Napier and Lucy Powers on the unlikely inspiration for the latest feature, Floating Carousel.

Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That: Tim Blake Nelson

The beloved actor, writer-director, playwright and novelist, who's currently starring in Bang Bang, gets candid.

The Screwball Cure

Doin’ It director Sara Zandieh on how comedy has been crucial to her as a coping mechanism, a lifeline, a source of deep connection.

September 22, 2025

Three Great Things: Mike Figgis

The Oscar-nominated writer, director and musician, whose new film Megadoc is in theaters today, shares a trio of personal favorites.

September 19, 2025

Music in the Key of Blue: How Making a Film About a Teen With Synesthesia Helped Me Discover My Own Neurodivergence

Writer-director Nicola Rose on the way in which her new film, Magnetosphere, suddenly became very personally resonant for her.

August 13, 2025

Please Don’t Ask Me That: Kelsey Taylor Interviews Herself

As her debut feature To Kill a Wolf hits theaters, writer-director Kelsey Taylor comes face to face with her harshest critic ...

August 1, 2025