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Finding My Moments

The director of The Honor List on the particular way she establishes a deeply personal connection to the work she's making.

May 23, 2018

From Girlfriends to Girls and Beyond

Claudia Weill looks back on the path her career took, starting with her seminal 1978 feature debut.

May 18, 2018

Blurring Fiction and Reality

Dominic Savage, writer-director of the newly released The Escape, on the unusual and challenging way he approaches making movies.

May 16, 2018

Under the Influence

Michael Pearce, whose excellent debut feature Beast opens in theaters today, on how stealing can shape your filmmaking voice.

May 11, 2018

The Invisible Woman

Natalia Almada on systemic sexism, misogyny and marginalization, and making Everything Else, her film about an unseen female protagonist.

May 4, 2018

A Journey Through Doubts, Memories and Streets

Tamer El Said writes about the uniquely organic creative approach he took to making his cinematic ode to Cairo, In the Last Days of the City.

April 30, 2018

How Directing a Documentary About Elephants Led to Me Finding My Voice

Ashley Bell started acting to escape herself, but had to undergo a transformation for her directorial debut, Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story.

April 27, 2018

Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) Talks with William Friedkin (The Devil and Father Amorth) for the Talkhouse Podcast (Part 2)

The two Academy Award-winning directors discuss Friedkin's gripping new documentary, and life's big questions.

Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) Talks with William Friedkin (The Devil and Father Amorth) for the Talkhouse Podcast (Part 1)

What happens when two longtime friends — who also just happen to be Academy Award-winning directors — sit down for a chat?

How Having A Baby Made Me Fearless (and Crazy) Enough to Direct My Debut Feature

Everybody has a story about how they made the leap to direct their first movie. Here, the director of Little Pink House shares hers.

Eliza Hittman (Beach Rats) Talks with Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here) for the Talkhouse Podcast

A conversation between one of the finest emerging American filmmakers and one of her heroes.

WeTalk — Seattle Storytellers: Lynn Shelton and Megan Griffiths

Ondi Timoner kicks off her new female-centric talk show by sitting down with two longtime friends and cinematic collaborators.