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Terrifying. Unexpected. Beautiful: The Making of Concrete Cowboy

Writer-director Ricky Staub on the life-changing experience of making his Philadelphia-set debut feature, and the remarkable people he met on the way.

April 21, 2021

Bonnie McKee Talks with Carlson Young on the Talkhouse Podcast

Hit songwriter McKee and actor Young discuss their mutual move into writing and directing, plus COVID, psychodrama, moving scams, and more.

April 15, 2021

Ground Spiders & Homemade Hot Sauce: Behind the Behind-the-Scenes of Beast Beast

Writer-director Danny Madden shares the memorable in-between moments from his new film, which opens in select theaters this Friday.

April 13, 2021

When I Needed Them, My Community Was There for Me

Director Jessica Kavana Dornbusch on how her Miami filmmaking peers stepped up when her new movie Reefa was illegally shut down by the police.

How Rachel Sennott Changed My Life

Shiva Baby's writer-director Emma Seligman on her lead actress, who also took on the role of friend, champion and support system.

April 1, 2021

Vengeance and Pickles, or Why My First New York Movie is Really All About Food

When Tim Sutton set his new movie Funny Face in NYC, he knew it had to be a celebration of the city's diverse culinary pleasures.

March 31, 2021

We Become the Stories We Tell Ourselves

Writer-director Jessie Barr on the personal story of death, grief and family that underpins her debut feature, Sophie Jones.

March 16, 2021

“Real is a Thing That Happens to You”

Filmmaker Christina Kallas talks with her friend and former student Alexander Nanau, director of the double Oscar nominee Collective.

March 15, 2021

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.

March 3, 2021

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.

March 2, 2021

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 ...

March 1, 2021

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.

February 24, 2021