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Get Out of the Fuckin’ Office and See the World

Writer-director Andrew Heckler treats filmmaking like an investigative journalist, starting with his new movie Burden.

February 28, 2020

Maybe It’s Time to Give Up

The hard road James Sweeney traveled to make his debut feature Straight Up is not necessarily one that everyone will survive.

February 27, 2020

Thank You, Kathryn Bigelow

A letter of appreciation from one director to another.

February 12, 2020

The Benefits of Being Hungover as a Documentary Filmmaker

Making his new film in China, the director of Don't Be a Dick About It had an epiphany. It might sound a bit odd, but hear him out!

January 21, 2020

Bert&Bertie’s Great Girl Adventure

Troop Zero's directing duo on the importance of female collaboration and making the female answer to Stand By Me and The Goonies.

January 17, 2020

Looking Backwards and Forwards

Writer-director Liz Manashil on traveling through time in Speed of Life and on the eve of 2020.

January 8, 2020

Revisited: 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.

January 1, 2020

Revisited: Karen Gillan Talks with James Roday for the Talkhouse Podcast

The two multihyphenate actors sit down to discuss Roday's new horror movie, Treehouse, Highland cows, The Rock, crying on screen and more.

December 31, 2019

You Write What You Remember, Even When You Forget

When Tom Quinn set out to make Colewell, he didn't realize he was telling a story about someone so close to home: his next-door neighbor.

December 13, 2019

An Evening in Krems

Writer-director Jessica Hausner looks back on a pivotal, make-or-break moment during production on her new film, Little Joe.

December 6, 2019

The Simulation Presents Itself

How a moment of personal crisis ignited David Guy Levy’s need to make his new film, The Mandela Effect.

December 2, 2019

The Art of Stealing

Luigi Campi, the writer-director of My First Kiss and the People Involved, on some of the "appropriated" images in his new film.

November 8, 2019