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Lost Soulz Longing for a Home

Lost Soulz writer-director Katherine Propper returns to L.A. after a long time away and ponders ideas of home.

If You Want to Make Movies, Make Your Own Luck

After waiting seven years to make his second feature, Blood for Dust, Rod Blackhurst has some thoughts on how to avoid the sophomore slump.

April 19, 2024

Prince in the Rain: Working with a Genius

In an exclusive excerpt from his new memoir, producer/director Don Mischer on creating one of the most memorable Super Bowl halftime shows ever.

November 28, 2023

Three Great Things: Andrew Davis

The veteran studio director, whose 1978 indie debut Stony Island is re-released today, on collaboration, lifelong friendship and nature.

November 17, 2023

What I Learned Moving From Casting Director To Film Director

Jennifer Cram, writer-director of the new comedy Sick Girl, on how her first role in cinema made her the filmmaker she is today.

November 9, 2023

The Spear Sisters on Discovering Where the Story Lives

Kailey and Sam Spear, whose episode of Creepshow airs tonight, on the theatre school that sparked their deep love of storytelling.

October 20, 2023

Become What You Are

Director Jacqueline Castel on how her debut feature My Animal showed her how to evolve into the person she was supposed to be.

September 7, 2023

I Missed My Kid’s Birthday. Am I Officially a Director Now?

As her new movie, The List, comes out, Melissa B. Miller Costanzo ponders the price of making it to the big time.

Making a Brain Baby with Your Ex-Husband

Filmmaker Lee Moss, whose new film, birth/rebirth, is out this week, on legacy, progeny and identity in a mutable creative partnership.

August 17, 2023

Forces in a States of Endless Tension

Writer-director Jared Moshé, whose new movie Aporia comes out Friday, on the challenges (and rewards) of combining family and filmmaking.

August 10, 2023

Music and Longing

Filmmaker Sally Potter, who just put out her debut album Pink Bikini, on the sense of yearning tied to the artform she's loved since childhood.

August 9, 2023

One Long Day (in the MTA)

“We can do this ... There’s no way we can do all of this.” Filmmaker Theodore Collatos on stealing shots for his pilot Palookaville.

August 1, 2023