Directing
My Season of Change and Making Cinema During a Global Pandemic
Lydia Dean Pilcher, director of the new films Radium Girls and A Call to Spy, reflects on her personal and professional journey in 2020.
How We Survived Making Our First Feature Film Without a Crew, and the Greatest Fly Attack of Our Lives
Lifelong best friends Hannah Leder and Alexandra Kotcheff share adventures from making their debut feature The Planters alone in the desert.
Invisible Hands
Tom Gilroy examines the influence of Mike Leigh, Ken Loach and Tsai Ming-liang on his new short film, #WaynesvilleStrong.
“So, What Did We Learn?”
Writer-director Brian Duffield on making Spontaneous for three years in three countries for multiple owners before a pandemic.
The Multi-Hyphenate Curse
Brea Grant, whose new film 12 Hour Shift is out this week, talks with Kit Williamson about their transition from actors to writer-directors.
Mental Illness Took An Interest in Me
Director Luke Eve on the backstory to his new film, I Met a Girl, the latest in a series of projects focused on mental health.
How I Rediscovered My Inner Teen at 40
For director Anna Mastro, making Secret Society of Second-Born Royals connected her back to her adolescence – and her true superpower.
Don’t Look Now, or My Struggles with Autobiographical Filmmaking
Dramarama writer-director Jonathan Wysocki on the perils and pitfalls of making work that draws from one’s own life.
That Roller Coaster Day Directing Goldie Hawn
Legendary director John Badham, who has a new edition of his book On Directing out now, shares a favorite filmmaking story.
This Film is a Labyrinth
Writer-director-actor Frank Mosley on the 10-year odyssey of making his ever-evolving film project Her Wilderness, which is now online.
Through the Side Door
The Blech Effect director David Greenwald on his unconventional path in filmmaking, and the critical role Jonathan Demme played in his success.
