Directing
Dangerous Business: On Loving Elaine May and Ishtar
Canadian filmmaker Mark Cira traces his long, complicated relationship with May's famously derided comedy back to his anarchist teen years.
Of Duct Tape, Dreams and a Guy in Walpole
Dante Bellini, director of Ken Burns: Here & There, on how the documentary icon helped him make a late-career leap to filmmaking.
The Girls of Kaali Khuhi
When writer-director Terrie Samundra made her feature debut, she ignored the age-old adage about not working with children and animals ...
What It’s Like Releasing a Racially Charged Movie about a Chinese Immigrant During COVID-19
Asian-Canadian writer-director Li Dong, whose debut feature, Stealing School, is out this week on VOD, gives his take on the current moment.
On the Virtues of Cinematic Failure
PVT Chat's writer-director Ben Hozie on what he learned making his first two features, neither of which have ever seen the light of day.
What a Feminist, Anti-Colonial Science Lab Taught Me About Ethical Filmmaking
Filmmaker Noah Hutton on how he was inspired to create a handbook so that the making of his new film Lapsis adhered to the values it upheld.
How I Spent Seven Years Single-handedly Making a Demonic Thriller – and Accidentally Uncovered My Family’s Dark History
Jordan Graham, the writer-director (and pretty much everything else) of Sator shares the remarkable story of making his debut movie.
Cinema of the Interior
For Isabel Sandoval — an Independent Spirit Award nominee for Lingua Franca — cinema, like all art, is an emotional experience.
Viggo Mortensen Talks with Alix Lambert on the Talkhouse Podcast
The actor, whose debut feature as writer-director, Falling, is out tomorrow, chats with his longtime friend and fellow filmmaker.
What True Diversity Looks Like
From America’s Next Top Model to his directorial debut The Right One, industry vet Ken Mok has been focused on everyone on the screen.
The Evolution of 9th Circuit Cowboy
Academy Award-winning director Terry Sanders on how he came to make his latest film, a documentary portrait of the late Judge Harry Pregerson.
What I Learned From the Pandemic
When COVID-19 forced Spoor director Agnieszka Holland to stop working, she paused to observe some truths about life and cinema.











