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How Not to Talk About a Film (Not) About Disability

For writer-director Aaron Schimberg, finding the right way to describe his latest feature, Chained for Life, has been challenging.

September 10, 2019

Things They Don’t Tell You About Directing Your First Film …

Writer-director David Raymond shares some of the key lessons he learned making his debut feature, the star-studded thriller Night Hunter.

September 5, 2019

How a New-Age Sex Therapist From a Banned Cult Turned My Filmmaking Dreams Into a Nightmare

Perception writer-director Ilana Rein shares the wild tale of her darkest moments in the "hope-industrial complex" of the indie film world.

August 28, 2019

Lulu Wang Talks with Ruben Östlund for the Talkhouse Podcast

The writer-directors of The Farewell and The Square have an enthralling, continent-spanning conversation.

August 22, 2019

Making a Latinx Movie in the Time of Trump

Coyote Lake's Mexican writer-director Sara Seligman on her complicated feelings about making a film with Latino villains in the present era.

August 1, 2019

How I Made Summer Night — Even Though the Money Fell Through a Week Into Shooting

Actor Joseph Cross on how he fulfilled a childhood ambition by directing his first movie, thanks to a crew who went above and beyond.

July 12, 2019

Making the Film I Needed at 16

Jasmin Mozaffari on the roots of her debut feature, Firecrackers, and her proudly disruptive mission to topple the patriarchy through cinema.

July 11, 2019

Film, Family, and Other F-words That Don’t Always Get Along

Miss Arizona writer-director Autumn McAlpin on the very challenging realities of trying to balance art with life obligations.

July 10, 2019

Bring on the Next Wave of Female Auteurs

As she develops new feature projects, writer-director Vashti Anderson wonders, are female filmmakers being given the chance to take risks too?

June 28, 2019

What Making a Documentary About a Cat Circus Taught Me About the Impermanence of Art

Jacob Feiring shares the wisdom he learned about filmmaking and life from making his new documentary, Acrocats!.

June 26, 2019

Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway

Diana Peralta on the leap she had to take to make her debut feature De Lo Mio, her deeply personal family tale set in the Dominican Republic.

June 21, 2019

Lake Bell Talks with Santigold for the Talkhouse Podcast

Friends Lake and Santi take a break from their hectic schedules to talk motherhood, creativity and the challenges of balancing the two.

June 20, 2019